Jeff has been invited to speak about The Art & Craft of Home Landscaping

at the 28th Annual Connecticut Flower and Garden Show
Location:  The Convention Center in Hartford, CT

In many ways observing the landscape of any new year in New England is like staring at a film negative … like so long ago when there were actually such things as film negatives. Although our gardens are stripped bare of leafy foliage and flower what remains is an essential exhibit of texture, form and space. In the absence of snow these are clusters of stem and needle etched against cold pewter skies. They maintain varied shades of green and silver and almost a black ink-like outline that provides refreshing clarity. In these presentations we can understand our gardens more clearly. (more…)

Socks. There is nothing more she treasures more than socks. No, that’s not really true. She treasures the single sock; the pair seemingly redundant hold much less mystery to her. Our third dog, entering awkward adolescence, finds them in the staging area of laundry either done or ready to be cleaned. I’m not sure which she prefers. I’m inclined to think she likes them dirty. She seems to find no greater joy than a single sock dangling from her jaws. She treats it gently as if it might hold some precious life within like a female wolf might carry a newborn. (more…)