Eden By The Bay

I have a few more wonderful memories from my recent trip to Juneau, Alaska, this time in the realm of flora and fauna. To start, it was such...

I've been home for about a month now, after my six-week trip to Alaska to visit my mom, dad, and brother. It's always nice to get ba...

 Welcome back to Field Notes! June 1, 2025 After six weeks in Alaska, I'm back in our landscape and it is beautiful! Lots of perennial a...

I tried a solar dyeing project using berries collected from the Pyracantha or Scarlet Firethorns  ( Pyracantha coccinea ) in the lower yard....

I'm back in the Bay Area after six weeks in beautiful Southeast Alaska! The contrast is remarkable. In Alaska, we were experiencing a ve...