06/17/2026
I’ve been too swamped lately to do much of playing or posting… This is the time of year I juggle wedding & event work with planting, garden design and consulting, running my own growing op, and of course, my family. As for friends, well, I’m not much of one right now… but fortunately, I’ve surrounded myself with generous and understanding people, who know that I disappear in May and June. I woke up feeling especially pummeled last week, between the heat and an early drought and last-minute changes for upcoming events, and then I saw this. Like a little talisman. Sometimes it just takes a Tulip Poplar blossom landing on a splintered old porch to remind us why we do the things we do.
