tangly cottage journal
 
 
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
season’s end
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Monday, December 17, 2007
and thus work ends for the year....
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007
a storm known as the monster
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Saturday, December 1, 2007
holiday event..the calm before the storm
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Thursday, November 29, 2007
clamming in the sunset sky
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007
the year’s last projects
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Nov 13, 2007
Sylvia Beach Hotel
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Nov 7, 2007
installing an ornamental grass-scape
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Oct 25, 2007
sights whilst bulbing
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Oct 17, 2007
The Bulbing has begun!
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Oct 15, 2007
the two fall clean-up philosophies
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Oct 12, 2007
my favourite place to work
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Oct 10, 2007
autumn fruits and berries
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Sunday, October 7, 2007
Peninsula Rebuilding Together
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Thursday, October 4, 2007
reviving a very secret garden
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007
an overview of the recent past
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Sunday, September 16, 2007
Astoria Sunday Market
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Saturday, September 15, 2007
Cannon Beach Cottage Tour
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Friday, September 7, 2007
Patti’s Seaview paradise
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Friday, September 7, 2007
postscript re Port of Ilwaco gardens
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Sunday, September 2, 2007
joy at work
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Sunday, September 2, 2007
goodbye to a botanical friend
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Sunday, August 26, 2007
some pruning, and an amazing new job
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Sunday, August 26, 2007
kite festival from the gardener’s perspective
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Sunday, August 19, 2007
progress at home
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Friday, August 17, 2007
sweet peas, California poppies, garden art
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Friday, August 17, 2007
Laurie’s Jurassic paradise
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Saturday, August 4th, 2007
a quest fulfilled
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Sunday, July 22, 2007
Road Trip, Part Three: nine nurseries!!
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Saturday, July 21, 2007
Road trip, Part Two: Heronswood
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Saturday, July 21, 2007
Road Trip, Part One: 3 gardens
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Saturday, July 14, 2007
Astoria Garden Tour, Ann Marie’s garden
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Saturday, July 14, 2007
Astoria Garden Tour, Adolphson-Drafall garden
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Saturday, July 14, 2007
Astoria Garden Tour, part one
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Saturday, July 7th, 2007
Old Germantown Gardens
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Saturday, June 30, 2007
Long Beach Peninsula garden tour: Gypsy Pond
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Saturday, June 30, 2007
more Long Beach Peninsula garden tour
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Saturday, June 30, 2007
Long Beach Peninsula garden tour
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Friday and Saturday, June 22 and 23d, 2007
HPSO weekend, Friday and Saturday
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Sunday, June 24, 2007
HPSO weekend, Sunday
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Thursday, June 21, 2007
a whirlwind of work...
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Sunday, June 17, 2007
a productive day off
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June 11th through 16th, 2007
the rest of the week
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Thursday, June 14, 2007
from Ilwaco to Oysterville
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Monday, June 11, 2007
a lovely day off (and a book)
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Saturday, June 9, 2007
Friday’s circuit of the Peninsula
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Saturday, June 9, 2007
again with the vignettes
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Saturday, June 9, 2007
a week later
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May 30th through June 1st, 2007
three days of vignettes
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Thursday, May 31, 2007
Joanne’s garden
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007
the planting of annuals
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Monday, May 28, 2007
a week in gardening, part two
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Monday, May 28, 2007
a week in gardening, part one
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Monday, May 21, 2007
focusing on Astoria gardens
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Sunday, May 20, 2007
progress report on annuals
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Sunday, May 20, 2007
some thoughts on finger blight (a rant)
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Monday, May 14, 2007 and Tuesday May 15, 2007
annuals and a revelation
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Thursday, May 10th, and Friday, May 11th, 2007
before and after (Suzanne’s secret garden)
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
befores and afters (Shelburne and Andersen’s)
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Sunday, May 6, 2007
a day off...but with rain
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Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Marilyn’s,Klipsan Beach Cottages, Andersen’s
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May 2nd through 4th, 2007
(mostly) Long Beach: the quest for perfection
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April 29th through May 1st, 2007
from Ilwaco to Ocean Park
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Saturday, April 28, 2007
no room for new plants = “bored now”
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Thursday, April 26th, 2007
Discovery Heights>Jo>Discovery Heights
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
gardening with a horsey view
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Monday and Tuesday, April 23rd and 24th
a plant shopping expedition
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Friday, April 20th, Saturday, April 21st, Sunday, April 22st
gardening weather, good; beach clean up weather, challenging
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Thursday April 19th, 2007
Long Beach: The Town in Bloom
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Wednesday, April 18th
vignettes from three favourite gardens
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Sunday and Tuesday, April 15th and 17th
repairing a damaged garden
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Saturday, April 14th, 2007
Rainyside day continues at Cistus
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Saturday, April 14th
Rainyside day begins at Joy Creek
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Friday, April 13, 2007
a wonky trailer throws a slight wrench into the work day
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Tuesday and Wednesday, April 10th and 11th
Mom’s garden and a new garden
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Monday, April 9th, 2007
Jo, Evelyn, Solstice House, Discovery Heights
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Sunday, April 8, 2007
How many Ilwacoans does it take to plant a tree?
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Friday, April 6, 2007
in which some work is described
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Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Our tulip festival (and narcissi, et al)
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Sunday, April 1, 2007
cats and dogs (guest starring Beige-Puss and Buckley)
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Sunday, April 1, 2007
Ilwaco, Raymond Fed, Shelburne, Discovery Heights
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Sunday, April 1, 2007
Ted’s, Marilyn’s, Klipsan Beach Cottages, Long Beach
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Sunday, April 1, 2007
The cottage complex, Raymond Federal, and Jo’s
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Saturday, March 31st, 2007
The Boreas Inn and Joanne’s garden
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Saturday, March 24, 2007
Lewis and Clark and Brim’s
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Friday, March 23, 2007
Raintree Nursery in Seaside
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Thursday, March 22, 2007
signs of spring
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Mar 21, 2007
a day in Mom’s garden
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Saturday, March 17, 2007
Long Beach beach approach garden
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Thursday, March 15, 2007
Marilyn’s Garden
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Tuesday, March 13, 2007
emerging from storms
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Thursday, March 8, 2007
gardening ennui
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Monday, March 5, 2007
two balmy days...at last
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Saturday, March 3, 2007
matinee day
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Thursday, March 1, 2007
memorial gardens
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007
memoirs by Browning and Taber
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Monday, February 26, 2007
livening up a somber garden
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Sunday, February 25, 2007
a day of....not...reading
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February 23rd-24th
pruning, clipping, raking...
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February 19th through 22nd
a visit from Rob
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Sunday, February 18th, 2007
our second garden show day
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Saturday February 17th, 2007
touring a secret garden
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Friday February 16th 2007
our first garden show day
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Thursday, February 15, 2007
entering Seattle
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Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Garden show memories
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007
dog and pony show
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Monday, February 12, 2007
befores and afters
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Sunday, February 11, 2007
pruning in the storm
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Saturday February 9, 2007
Our favourite job
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Friday, February 9, 2007
primroses and good dogs
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Thursday, February 8, 2007
a peaceful afternoon at China Beach Retreat
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Tuesday, February 6, 2007
drawing or doing? (rainy day thoughts)
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Monday, February 5, 2007
a summer garden’s winter
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Sunday, February 4, 2007
A happy RV Park at the beach
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Friday, February 2nd, 2007
a favourite cottage garden
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Thursday, February 1, 2007
observing winter losses and survival
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January 30th and 31st, 2007
more Phormiums vanquished
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Monday, January 29th
moving plants to and fro
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Saturday, January 27, 2007
still more cutting back....
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Friday January 26, 2007
Now can I do the pretty things?
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Sunday, January 28th, 2007
at last, some pretty things!
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January 23 - 25, 2007
winter clean-up continues
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January 19 and 22nd, 2007
encouraged by winter flowers
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Jan 17, 2007
winter freedom
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Jan 14, 2007
 frozen outside
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Jan 12, 2007
my first journal entry....
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