Dear Chicago House, When I started the Arty Farty Friday series I did really well and posted religiously every week. But I have got a bit slack of late only […]
Photography
A Snapshot of Amish Countryside
Dear Chicago House, With Miss Chicago Teen going back to school on Thursday it feels like summer is rapidly coming to a close…we will be going back to schedules, alarm […]
A Secret Garden Shed in Wales
Dear Chicago House, Who knew that jet lag would have me out working in the garden at 7.30 am. By 9.30 this morning I had completed an entire dead head, […]
A Magical Mystery Tour and Vintage Glass
Dear Chicago House, Last week Chicago teen and I went on “a magical mystery tour” and ended up in an antique barn in Volo.The barn is a bit creepy but […]
Purple Allium Explosion
Dear Chicago House, It will be the third summer I have tended your garden and I am at last seeing the results of my labors.Your garden had great bones when […]
Blossom Art: Arty Farty #36
Dear Chicago House, It is snowing in my garden today … snowing blossom that is….but hey in Chicago you never know. I couldn’t help myself, I collected some fallen petals […]
Free Blooms
Dear Chicago House, 1 pair of secateurs + 2 minute walk around the garden = Beautiful jug of free blooms. This lovely little spray are simply boughs of blossom and […]
Spring Color: Tulips in Action
Dear Chicago House, When I left last week to pack up and supervise the move of the sibling house, Chicago was still rather cold and decidedly lacking on the spring […]
Perfect Snow for Snowmen
Dear Chicago House, The snow we had last week is almost all gone but while it was here, it really was the perfect snow for building snowmen…or in our case […]
Chicago Snow
Dear Chicago House, Well it seems that February is dishing us up a helping of snow and while our 8″ is nothing compared to the 3′ predicted on the East […]
