Amy! You are the Upstate New York sister to the “Lupine Lady” - Hilda Hamlin. You know of her. She spread lupine seeds everywhere around her home in Maine. “Miss Rumphius” by Barbara Cooney is a children’s book based on her life. I just learned all of this yesterday and that Cooney’s illustrations were the inspirations for your husband’s designs for lovely tiny house 🏡 communities in the Geneva Lake/Ithaca area.
I also admire that you are establishing a children’s library in your little town. Now is your time for passion projects! ❤️
Your haying picture took me back (waaay back… 50 years or so) to my teen years and working on our family farm by driving a tractor and raking or tedding that hay. Thanks for the memory.
So beautiful, magnificent specimens! and I can smell the hay! Yes, change is the constant. How you manage it all is a marvel. Soon I will send you my thank you and wish you so very well letter.
Amy, I live in the Blue Ridge Mountains of VA, and this post sure rang true. Those pastel spring ephemerals bring such joy. Thanks for you pictures and thoughtful comments.
My husband and I have a garden full of native plants (we live in Houston). It’s a joy to see them growing and thriving. We get lots of positive comments from people walking by. I feel like I’m thriving and growing as a retired person. This is a lovely season in life.
I'm so glad that we still will have your newsletter.... If the truth be told it has been my favorite read since you began. Enjoy these last few days of this portion of your life!!❤️
So beautiful. We used to drive through that countryside every couple weeks when I was a child, my Dad having been from McLean and my Mom from Ithaca. Nothing like those beautiful rolling hills and all the agriculture and flowers. Thanks for the view.
I love your lupines and the gardens! Had to give up my flower gardens when we moved and I miss them so.
Amy! You are the Upstate New York sister to the “Lupine Lady” - Hilda Hamlin. You know of her. She spread lupine seeds everywhere around her home in Maine. “Miss Rumphius” by Barbara Cooney is a children’s book based on her life. I just learned all of this yesterday and that Cooney’s illustrations were the inspirations for your husband’s designs for lovely tiny house 🏡 communities in the Geneva Lake/Ithaca area.
I also admire that you are establishing a children’s library in your little town. Now is your time for passion projects! ❤️
Your haying picture took me back (waaay back… 50 years or so) to my teen years and working on our family farm by driving a tractor and raking or tedding that hay. Thanks for the memory.
Love your garden! I also have one with lupine and wild flowers. Started most of it from seed. 🩷
What a welcoming & relaxing haven your garden must be. It's so lovely. I could say that I could never be in a sad or bad mood with a garden like that!
What a wonderful treat. Thank you.
So beautiful, magnificent specimens! and I can smell the hay! Yes, change is the constant. How you manage it all is a marvel. Soon I will send you my thank you and wish you so very well letter.
I'll miss your daily column, but your newsletter will be even more welcome in my inbox.
Ken Nissly
Amy, I live in the Blue Ridge Mountains of VA, and this post sure rang true. Those pastel spring ephemerals bring such joy. Thanks for you pictures and thoughtful comments.
Your lupine (not sure if there’s a plural form of that word! 🤣) are beautiful as is your writing. Thanks for sharing your world with us!
I love reading your posts!
What a beautiful garden!
My husband and I have a garden full of native plants (we live in Houston). It’s a joy to see them growing and thriving. We get lots of positive comments from people walking by. I feel like I’m thriving and growing as a retired person. This is a lovely season in life.
I'm so glad that we still will have your newsletter.... If the truth be told it has been my favorite read since you began. Enjoy these last few days of this portion of your life!!❤️
Former editor here. It's " baling" hay, not "bailing".
Thank you! I just corrected it.
(And you don't have to establish your profession to correct me. I make mistakes pretty often and accept corrections from all all corners.)
So beautiful. We used to drive through that countryside every couple weeks when I was a child, my Dad having been from McLean and my Mom from Ithaca. Nothing like those beautiful rolling hills and all the agriculture and flowers. Thanks for the view.