Easter 2022 | Island Ashley
One of our resident wild bunny family sunning himself this morning. Elsewhere in the garden: The gorgeous green and white solitary tulip is nearly open. I wonder who planted it, and how long ago? R…| Island Ashley
London’s Kew Gardens, a UNESCO World Heritage Site containing the “largest and most diverse botanical and mycological collections” in the world, was so vast we couldn’t see it all in one visit. Fresh off a transatlantic flight, we meandered and marveled for several hours and then decided to see the rest another time. We wandered … Continue reading Snippets of London in July: Kew Gardens, Do Ho Suh at the Tate Modern, Hadestown in the West End| Island Ashley
My parents are celebrating their 50th anniversary this summer, starting with several days spent with family in Idaho as a nod to their Yellowstone honeymoon all those years ago. Four of our five were able to make it, and we traded off driving as we made our way east. We stopped at Lake Coeur d’Alene … Continue reading Mariposa Lilies in Idaho| Island Ashley
This has to be one of the best ways to re-see the relatively bleak February gardenscape—as a potential treasure trove of raw materials brimming with interesting texture. A friend and colleague showed me some of the gorgeous gel prints she’s recently done and lent me her supplies. After a whole-family painting party on Sunday, today … Continue reading Gel printing| Island Ashley
Overall, these two weeks in June were two of the richest, most joyful, most heart-bursting-with-parent-pride weeks I’ve lived through, full of catching up with old friends and meeting new ones, hiking, traveling by rail (nipped in just before the strike), seeing, walking, listening, learning.| Island Ashley
One of our resident wild bunny family sunning himself this morning. Elsewhere in the garden: The gorgeous green and white solitary tulip is nearly open. I wonder who planted it, and how long ago? R…| Island Ashley
