It seems to happen every year at this time.  The last brief summer outings, children returning to school, new sporting season begins, schedu...

You may remember, a few months ago, I posted about the house at Filoli here , with the promise to post about the gardens soon.  Well, I’ll...

  Stuck inside.  Too hot to work in the garden and more hot to come.  Typical for these parts, although I think these temps are actually...