Monday...

The asters are at their peak bloom now, and the bees are going crazy. I have to remember to water them early, before they fully open, so I don't disturb so many bees.



We were busy Saturday with ADF at Front Range Pagan Pride, and Sunday I was writing. Still good progress on the new book. In fact, I'm going to go work on it now...

-GRG

Friday...

An early post, since I'll be busy today. Yesterday morning we had our first frost. This is relatively late for Denver, where we often get a hard garden-destroying freeze in early September followed by another month of irritatingly mild weather. Yesterday's frost was light - I had a small amount in the coldest spot in my yard, but saw frost in some other open spaces and on roofs while I was taking my dawn walk. No damage to the garden, and I had protected the eggplant/pepper bed with plastic just in case. The reading by my back door was 34 F.

Managed to get some more writing done on the new book the last couple of evenings. I've got to get more regular about this. I don't find it easy to start a passage - rather like diving into cold water - and will do all sorts of things to put it off (like blogging!). Once written, on the other hand, editing is easy. I'm also doing this one without an outline, another departure from past practice. Things come as they come. I like the results so far.

The autumn clematis is in full bloom, and smells wonderful:



Back to work...

-GRG

Friday...

Too busy to blog today, but here's another garden picture: summer in the cold frame...



-GRG

Wednesday...

We had a thunderstorm yesterday evening, which cooled things off a bit. The vegetables like the hot weather as long as I keep them watered. The cucumbers and squash are doing well, and the sweet 100 tomatoes are really getting into their stride. Still waiting for the other varieties - lots of green tomatoes, but only the black cherries (another small variety) are starting to show color.

Under these conditions, it's hard to imagine myself into Ireland with Gwernin, but I'm still plodding along. Had to pause briefly to research 6th century Emain Macha, though. Current reference for that: Armagh and the royal centres in early medieval Ireland : monuments, cosmology and the past.

Today's picture: the Magic Lantern rose is starting a new round of blooms:



-GRG

Monday...

A hot weekend, and no break so far, but at least when it's hot in Colorado it's also dry - plus it usually cools off nicely at night. I got up early today to get part of the lawn mowed before the day warmed up - front yard's done, anyway. Might be able to finish it tonight.

I've been posting a bit about my research for The Druid's Son on my LibraryThing thread, and I'm also doing a giveaway of a copy of Storyteller there.

Another garden picture from last week's series - too hot to go out and take more right now:



-GRG

Friday...

High summer in the garden, and the bees are going crazy on the leek blossoms:



The vegetables are growing faster than my manuscript, but I'll keep plugging along...

-GRG

Saturday...

I'm home again, with lots of new ideas for The Druid's Son and lots more pictures, which I'll upload today or tomorrow. In the meantime, another springtime picture from Ireland:



-GRG

Wednesday...

Cool and windy here, with a touch of snow again yesterday morning, but the next few days are supposed to be warmer. Spring in the Rockies...

The yellow crocuses are still blooming, and my first daffodil is about to open:



-GRG

Monday...

Spent the weekend gardening and observing the Equinox, first with SBGH and then at home. The latter observance was yesterday, when we planted a plum tree in the front yard (no more room for fruit trees in the back) and had our regular fire at sunset.

The crocuses in the back part of the garden are now blooming so exuberantly that even periodic squirrel attacks can't suppress them entirely:



That's it for now.

-GRG

Friday...

A little snow overnight, which made for good dawn photography. Here's one example:



A nice contrast with yesterday:



Still more gardening than writing going on here at the moment, but that will change soon. In the meantime, check out the rest of my March photos.

-GRG

Tuesday...

The crocuses are performing so brilliantly I just had to share another picture:



-GRG

Monday...

More crocus pictures - these little guys popped up under my older apple tree yesterday.





Definitely it's spring!

-GRG

Sunday...

After a gray dawn, a sunny day. It actually rained last night! It must be spring indeed. A beautiful moist smell in the air, and life stirring all around...

Today's photo: a pot of crocuses (croci?) from the cold frame. The yellow one bloomed last week, but the purple striped ones are just starting.



-GRG

Tuesday...

Hmmm. Progress of a sort... I did get some writing done yesterday, but then had some thoughts about the overall plot structure which led to another pause for research. I think a little more action is called for...

Daffodils from the market, not the yard, alas, although the temperature here was in the 60's F. yesterday:



Back to work...

-GRG