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Hellebores blooming in the chilly air

Posted on March 22, 2024 by forstegrupp
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New hellebores 2024

Posted on March 22, 2024 by forstegrupp

Planted these today after purchasing from Carolyn’s Shade Gardens.

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Planting Hellebore seeds

Posted on January 28, 2024 by forstegrupp

These seeds were planted at the end of January at the following locations * under the beech * under the maple by the driveway * at each corner of the front walk where it meets the sidewalk and is bare … Continue reading →

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In the garden now July 2022

Posted on July 25, 2022 by forstegrupp
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It has been forever

Posted on May 19, 2022 by forstegrupp

I have been gone so long from this blog. It has continued to exist but other things were more important such as being with family, running for a public office, and working to save democracy from others who would take … Continue reading →

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Blooming today in the garden

Posted on June 27, 2020 by forstegrupp
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Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Posted on December 3, 2019 by forstegrupp

Some time in the last few months, I read Naomi Novik’s retelling of Rumplestiltskin, where the little gnome becomes a tall, handsome, emotionally distant elf. He rules a winter kingdom and periodically invades the human kingdom of green growing things. … Continue reading →

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Coming to Grand Tetons in the Twilight

Posted on July 21, 2019 by forstegrupp

Yesterday SH and I arrived in the West for a vacation in Yellowstone but we started yesterday day with an overnight at Lake Jenny in Grand Teton National Park. The Tetons resemble the Alps in Grindelwald. Both raise straight up. … Continue reading →

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What’s to do in Sheffield?

Posted on June 21, 2019 by forstegrupp

Plenty. After I left SH in the hotel room working and dropped off my suitcase at the hotel desk, I visited the Millennium Gallery. They have the exhibit “John Ruskin: Art & Wonder” to celebrate the bicentennial of Ruskin’s birth. … Continue reading →

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Morris & Sons in Melbourne

Posted on March 23, 2019 by forstegrupp

This morning I walked a few minutes from our hotel to this Australian institution to browse for yarn and ideas. The shop was located inside a gallery. The lower level was a huge bookstore already populated and on the third … Continue reading →

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