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Day 147 • Something Beautiful 2022: Talieson
Something Beautiful is the resurrection of a 2014 initiative to find a visual feast for each day of the year. My baby sister and her daughters braved the elements driving in from Milwaukee through the storm last night. No tornado whisked them to Oz, but Villa Lucci is very much an Emerald City after the…
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Day 146 • Something Beautiful 2022: The Siberians
Something Beautiful is the resurrection of a 2014 initiative to find a visual feast for each day of the year. Though a lover of iris since childhood, the slender, delicate and deep sapphire-colored Siberian did not become part of my garden until the Muchmore gardens in Cincinnati. There, I cultivated a beautiful and large stand.…
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Day 145 • Something Beautiful 2022: Ruby peonies
Something Beautiful is the resurrection of a 2014 initiative to find a visual feast for each day of the year. To go to Door County last week with peony buds showing a teasing glimpse of ruby, well, that was a difficult call. To come home and find them still closed made me smile. This morning…
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Day 144 • Something Beautiful 2022: Elegant design
Something Beautiful is the resurrection of a 2014 initiative to find a visual feast for each day of the year. A package of a dark blue heathered alpaca yarn arrived day before yesterday. I’ve been waiting 6 weeks for this yarn (which is another story). And, even though it is summer, I am excited to…
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Day 143 • Something Beautiful 2022: Mayapples
Something Beautiful is the resurrection of a 2014 initiative to find a visual feast for each day of the year. While in Door County, I visited old friends who live on the wooded shores of Sturgeon Bay. I thought I had large flower gardens until I toured Terri’s. We share a love of heirloom flowers…
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Day 142 • Something Beautiful 2022: Being in the moment
Something Beautiful is the resurrection of a 2014 initiative to find a visual feast for each day of the year. On Day 3 of my adventure in Door County working with Patrick and Sam Dougherty, I had the opportunity to talk to Patrick about his philosophy and process. The materials and site available are two…
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Day 141 • Something Beautiful 2022: Community
Something Beautiful is the resurrection of a 2014 initiative to find a visual feast for each day of the year. Day 2 of the Horseshoe Bay Farms Stickswork Project was a beautiful reminder of the comfort and joy of community. I was scheduled to weave but Patrick Dougherty, the artist in residence for the project,…
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Day 140 • Something Beautiful 2022: Life as apprentice
Something Beautiful is the resurrection of a 2014 initiative to find a visual feast for each day of the year. Yesterday, I began my three days of volunteering to work on this amazing installation by artist, Patrick Dougherty, at Horseshoe Bay Farms in Egg Harbor, Wisconsin on the beautiful Door County Peninsula. Patrick’s creations are…
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Day 139 • Something Beautiful 2022: The Grosbeaks
Something Beautiful is the resurrection of a 2014 initiative to find a visual feast for each day of the year. In the back of the house outside the screened porch and at the top of the garden between the beds and the wildmess of the woods is a craggy, wretched tree. A buckthorn, which I…
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Day 138 • Something Beautiful 2022: Garden hums
Something Beautiful is the resurrection of a 2014 initiative to find a visual feast for each day of the year. Though flowers are clearly the primary focus of my gardening efforts, I am mindful that what I am planting or curating will draw butterflies and birds. The now large garden has drawn many different kinds…