Fleurs, Fins, & Furries
at The Surgeon’s House
Garden Explosion
April is making us think that summer is already here with a variety of exciting happenings outside. The [...]
Our Man on the Street Eternally, Rumi
Just look at the never-ending beauty of the Earth Mother and how we have the senses to appreciate [...]
Happy Spring Equinox
Spring is in the air and some folks really know how to make a show of themselves – [...]
Springtime Antics Inside and Out
This beautiful spring weather has everyone feeling frisky and full of themselves. Take a look in the garden [...]
And Not A Moment Too Soon . . .
SPRING IS SPRINGING and we are reminded that our green people are starting to awaken. [...]
Jelly Jelly Who’s Got The Jelly?
Okay, enough is enough! As if the javelinas aren’t enough of a nuisance simply by virtue of their [...]
Itching For Spring
We can’t remember when we have endured fallow, flowerless pots for so long so when we anticipated a [...]
Undercover Babies
Look who presented themselves for our delight as the snow melted . . . the hellebores ‘suddenly’ appeared [...]
Sleeping Over With Skinny
Sometimes later in the evening when we are dimming some lights and heading for bed, it has been [...]
Update For Skinny’s Fan Club
We think that perhaps we have hit a homerun with the placement of Skinny’s igloo outside the atrium [...]
If At First You Don’t (blablabla), Try Try Again!
As the nights grow colder, our furry friends are busier than ever getting their good eats as you [...]
A Life of Stealth & Crime
We have been so elated that Skinnyman was eating all his hi-protein cat food every night not realizing [...]
Dining Al Fresco At TSH
We just don’t seem to get enough of the grins and chuckles provided by our surreptitious visitors, especially [...]
Apples and more
Talk about an accelerated timeline for picking and storing our apples – the moment the colder nights began, [...]
Perseverance rather than intelligence
As the weather continues to cool we have redoubled our attempts to help Skinny the hairless raccoon with [...]
My Kingdom for a rope!
Our two little raccoon families visit at least once per night and all the little dudes have gotten [...]
Center Stage
The exquisite little cold weather beauty took center stage on a recent overcast and rainy day. The cooling [...]
Everyone’s having a good time until . . .
This year has blessed us with two raccoon families, one with three youngsters and one sporting four little [...]
Exquisite Equinox Season
A barefoot, dirt-digger shouldn’t have a favorite season of the year but I must confess, that fall [...]
Critter-Proofing is Challenging
Loving the myriad of critters that share this property with us, sometimes we need to set some [...]
Andrea and the Castor Bean!
In the past, we traditionally planted castorbeans gifted to us by our holiday decorating friend, Ann and [...]
We’re Serious About Our Cereus
Talk about an object lesson is staying in the ‘now’ and being mindfully observant of our daily [...]
More Veggie Shed Shenanigans
Talk about stocking up for winter, look who is busier than tics on a dog building his [...]
Serious (cereus) Business is at Hand
Forty-eight hours after the first of the seven night blooming cereus burst into bloom, here comes number [...]
Blessings Everywhere
Our Excavator apparently has an itch that he can’t reach and the gardens continue to lure us [...]