Living and gardening in an older Hudson Valley home
Nature produces beautiful objects. Andrew and I enjoy making things from objects we find in and around the yard. Crafting things has been something I have done since I was a little boy. Autumn is a particularly good time to make crafts. Seed pods, acorns, dried flowers and pine cones all make wonderful useful holiday […]
Raking leaves doesn’t have to be boring. While looking at the bright crimson leaves from the maple tree, I hit upon an idea. Most of the leaves in my yard, after they have fallen, are a shade of yellow. The featured image photo shows my neighbor’s maple with a bright red circle on the ground. […]
It seemed to happen over night! First the leaves began to change and then they started to drift off the trees. After some rainy weather over the past few days and a windy night, the leaves dropped like an avalanche. The catalpa and sycamore leaves are huge and have fallen at a significant rate. No […]
