Published May 3, 2016 Abundant Azaleas I am named for my father’s sister, Ruth Happel Smiley, who for most of her life worked on the gardens at Mohonk […]
Published September 27, 2015 Bumbling Bee Over a hundred years ago, there was a common fallacy that bees shouldn’t be able to fly, so it was a mystery […]
Published July 24, 2015 Stream steps The layered boulders along this small stream looked like secret stairs. Perhaps they are s grand spiral stairway for salamanders. I didn’t […]
Published May 13, 2015 Life isn't always a bed of roses But begonias make a good substitute. This cat at a local plant nursery found a soft place to sleep on these flowers […]