Eastertide

Scenes from the Triduum and The Great Feast of Easter: Two views of The Very Rev’d Kathie Adams-Shepherd. (One photo from Connor Scott.)

On a walk

The heady scent of hyacinths is evident yards away from the actual flowers. SLUH’s lot entrance is surrounded by first-of-spring flowers, mostly daffodils. But the hyacinths win the day.

Spring

We still have more than a week of Winter yet to go, but one would not know this from the flora in my little patch of this world.

Buds

Spring is coming even earlier this year. I have little green leaves popping out of the ground already. The peonies are starting to crown. Last Saturday I was at Mercy Retreat and Conference Center in Town and Country. I spent some time walking around the labyrinth, which is Spring looks like this: All of those

A certain glory

There is, you see, a certain glory to a freshly-mown lawn — beauty that is compounded on a stunning pre-autumn Saturday . . . .

Lilac

The lilac in my garden had gotten so tall and leggy that it was putting more energy into staying alive than it was into flowers in Spring, so the 8′-tall lilac ‘bush’ (more of a monstrosity) got a major trim over the weekend. Before: After: I’ll not have many flowers, if at all, in 2024,

NYC shows

A chronicle of the shows I’ve attended in New York City, and the other events of this past week. Saturday, August 26. Morning flight from Lambert. Arrival at my Chelsea hotel on 24th at 1.30 p.m. thanks to slow transit and a late-arriving Southwest flight. Lunch of salad and polpette and some Prosecco. Cufflink shopping

Home office

I am spending several hours daily in my home office/library, now that the sabbatical structure has commenced. Maisie has, for the past year, slept on my bed in the other room, where when I’m in the office she can see me if she wishes. But this week she has decided she likes my wing chair

New garden

The project now complete, I can share photographic documentation of the new garden. Last week I had the walkway and zoysia grass removed. Fortunately for Maisie, the neighbors were away and she could lounge in their yard. Monday morning the crew started with installation of a new flagstone walk. They continued on Thursday with fescue

Discombobulated

Poor Mistress Maisie. She is so discombobulated! The Great Garden Redo of 2023 began Friday with demo. Maisie is not allowed in the garden until this project is finished, and of course the crew is not working on the weekend. So the back door to our house remains firmly closed. Maisie spends hours outdoors most