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Wednesday Vignette – truths and consequences
Lately, I’ve been stewing on the rather glaring perception of a void between the standards of attaining a certain status, and the relative lack of adherence to those values required once you’re in. In...
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Wednesday Vignette – in season… and not
Last week, when my friend Tamara and I visited our friend Rickii to celebrate that she and her husband sold their beautiful home on private, wooded acreage, and downsized to a condo with a spectacular...
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Wednesday Vignette – natural swimming pools
All the rage overseas, you don’t come across them often over here in the US. Not yet, anyway. I’ve been intrigued with them for years, and I finally have a glimmer of a chance at creating one! I...
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Wednesday Vignette – on tree inequality and a possible remedy
Lately, an old, familiar, and very relevant topic has re-emerged. I heard a thing on NPR just today about the importance of urban tree cover in mediating our ever increasing heat waves, and how our...
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Wednesday Vignette – thankful
My mother always says to count your blessings if you can’t sleep. Definitely more interesting than counting sheep. To fill your heart with peaceful bliss instead of boring yourself to sleep seems a...
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Wednesday Vignette – breaking bad habits
So, we’ve all just survived Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Giving Tuesday. This morning I heard something from a sponsor of NPR that totally rubbed me the wrong way. I must have forced out of my mind...
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Wednesday Vignette – the pitfalls of ‘solo’
So, here is another post that only peripherally touches on the magic of gardening, and the gardening community. Per an NPR report I heard yesterday, the US is in a “loneliness epidemic”. Apparently...
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Wednesday Vignette – plant procurement
Last night I attended the Holiday Party of the landscape company I work for. The company is unusual in that it is large enough to employ a Plant Purchasing Department – which is where I spend my days,...
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Wednesday Vignette – parking lot plants and the horticultural disconnect
We’ve all heard the term “parking lot plants”, correct? And most of us think of them with with at least some measure of disdain. They are common to the point of nauseam, they are often sheared into...
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Wednesday Vignette – it’s a new year
Hey All, Happy 2024! Hope you all had a wonderful month of celebrations, however you do it. Starting with Thanksgiving, I took a nice, long break from all things Optic Verve, and it was just...
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Black is Black… I want my garden back
Remember that old song ‘Black is Black’? Originally put out by a band called Los Bravos in 1967, my generation is likely more familiar with the disco version – LOL! For reasons you will soon...
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Wednesday Vignette – a visit to Jeffrey Park
Jeffrey Mansion – the home of a turn of the century industrialist, built in the first decade of the 1900’s (1905 or 06, I think it was) is now a public park in Columbus, Ohio with expansive trails...
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Wednesday Vignette – websites, garden shows and other distractions
“Again?” my boss said when – after nearly two weeks in Ohio – I asked for another day off. When he heard I wanted to take a quick trip up to Seattle to see the NW Flower and Garden Show at the...
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Wednesday Vignette – the weight of ice
In just a few days in Portland Metro, more than 675 trees toppled over, during the two back to back ice storms ravaging the Pacific Northwest a few weeks ago. As you might remember we miraculously...
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Wednesday Vignette – the fluffy, the rangy, and the tall
I’ve been a bad blogger. I have pretty much ignored my self-imposed responsibilities to those who still give me time of their day, in favor of mundane things like taxes, dentist visits, and proposal...
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Wednesday Vignette – 50 shades of green
Hello All, It’s been a few very busy weeks and I have a few things to report. After a meeting this evening, I feel I can finally relax a little – there is nothing pressing tomorrow, other than to try...
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Wednesday Vignette – the Dirty Diggers 2024 spring sale
This past Sunday was our annual Dirty Diggers of Lovewood spring plant sale. As always, it was a lot of fun and we were barraged with people snapping up our offerings. The official starting time was...
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Wednesday Vignette – horsemen and horseshoes
Hey All, It’s been a while. I’ve been working a lot, but mostly I haven’t felt I’ve had much of interest to say. Maybe I still don’t. Instead I have consumed a lot of what others have to say – mostly...
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