Living and gardening in an older Hudson Valley home
Posts about the Newburgh area
Our home was constructed in 1935. We know this because the date is carved in one of the slate shingles on the roof. By all accounts it was not a great time in the United States. Unemployment remained at 20% and the Great Depression would not begin to end for five more years. Despite the […]
It was a busy summer, and I chose not to write any blogs over the summer. While I made quick posts on Facebook and Instagram, I did not take the time to write more information. Sometimes, it is better to just live in the moment rather than document the moment. Concerts and other events are […]
The internet, or more precisely Instagram, will probably be my undoing. Posts by influencers and bloggers demonstrate many clever and interesting things. I waste hours looking at posts of the seeming ease of renovating French Chateaus and English manor houses, cake decorating, gardening and countless other worthwhile, but challenging occupations. For unknown reasons, I get […]
Winter is so much bleaker than the rest of the year. In Spring and Summer, flowers are lovely and make for wonderful photographs. There are new projects outside to write about and photograph. In Winter, the landscape is barren and largely gray. A dear friend of mine, Tim, commented the other day, that it was […]
This may look like any other tree decorated with Christmas lights, but it represents much more. A few months ago, my neighbor approached me about decorating a 4o foot Canadian Hemlock tree in my yard with Christmas lights. She would buy the lights and have them installed, if she could use my tree. I immediately […]
When a local non-profit canceled their fund-raising event in support of an annual summer festival, Newburgh Illuminated, I had a conversation with some neighbors and friends about having our own get-together. The original event was planned as black-tie, with a Copacabana theme. I retained the black-tie format but dropped the Copacabana theme. It’s not every […]
It has truly been a busy Spring season. No one thing has caused it to be busy, it is just the amalgamation of an assortment of activities. I wake up each day wondering, where have I spent my time? Why isn’t it possible to just lie in bed. The life of the leisure class. I […]
When I lived in Denver, Colorado I had many wonderful neighbors. I didn’t give it much thought when I moved to Newburgh, but I hoped I would have good neighbors. Without a doubt I can say my neighbors are incredible. – even better than I could have imagined. We enjoy our neighbors. They are intelligent, […]
