Gardening 2010

I grow flowers. I liked to grow vegetables but I have so many pests and troubles about getting the vegetables to the table that I decided long ago to let the farmers handle that, and I would grow flowers. Good decision on my part, though the deer voted against it (they wanted melons and tomatoes and [...]

That Lovely Shade of Green…

…is starting to show up. Just a transparent overlay at the moment, but it does get more and more beautiful as time goes on. Just wait until mid-April, it will be so gorgeous out there that it will break your heart. All the new growth and a bit of shower activity. I always wish that the [...]

One More Dreary Day And Then…

Today looks like another day in the mid 40′s with a drippy sky and little sunshine. Mind you, I am not the sort of person who insists on perpetual beatings of sun and nary a drop of liquid. I think we all need a rest from the relentlessness of the hard grinning of hard light but [...]

Gray Gray Gray

…and overcast skys. The backyard looks colder than it is and you can tell it’s an early Easter this year. However the sun does not shine, the leaflettes in the underbrush are sprouting and you can see them clearly now. Much more than the pawkish green haze which they have been for the past week, these [...]

Cold and Rainy Weekend

Well, what can you expect from the end of March? The chill returns and the sky becomes overcast but that all makes the flowers grow so you can’t be too upset, right? I can now see the green “haze” around the bushes under the trees on the way to work, and I can also clearly see [...]

At Last, It’s Spring At Possets

At long last I have gotten the spring lineup done and ready for unveiling at Possets. There are sweet candy scents, grown up beautiful lady perfumes, funny things to make you chuckle, and a brand new Cambienne which is there to celebrate my new Possets home. I am featuring the works of Samuel Pepys as a [...]

Still Hidden

Though spring is officially here, it is coming out little by little as usual. I imagine that all of the roots and sinews of each of the plants in the backyard are furiously working but you can’t yet see the results. I think they have to go past a tipping point and then will unfold the [...]

Production

I am now officially finished with the Spring Line at Possets. What remains is: make production quantities, make images and labels for the internet and bottles, do the behind the scenes computer work for the site, do the computer work for the official announcement, put up the blog about the topic I want to explore during [...]

The Hoot Owl Sings His Song Of Love

Our Barred Owl

I have a hoot owl who lives in my backyard, and raises a family every year. I am listening to him hoot right now. I have seen him, and he is also called The Barred Owl. He stands about 2 feet high and is majestic. One year he and his children flew by [...]

…but I hadn’t. Oh well,I guess that teaches me to check before I think that is the way it is. Well, I ended up making the last of the 16 fragrances which are going to come out for spring from Possets this year. I am very pleased with them, they are the first ones out of [...]