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Thursday, June 23, 2022

All Passion Spent

There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man 

that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write. 

--seen on a tombstone in England

The same could be said about reading a book.  This was brought home to me by a book published in 1932 by Vita Sackville-West.  I was familiar with Vita Sackville-West because Susan Branch visited Sissinghurst in May 2012 and wrote about it in her book "A Fine Romance."  She also blogged about it HERE.  This led me in June that year to read Vita's son's book about his parents, "Portrait of a Marriage," and her grandson's book, "Sissinghurst:  An Unfinished History."  

Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Shepherdstown Back Alley Garden Tour

Last month Ken and I went on the Back Alley Garden Tour in Shepherdstown, WV. . . 


It was a beautiful day to be wandering through other people's gardens.  We parked the car and walked to all 22 gardens in a few hours, stopping to eat our picnic lunch on a bench mid-way.