Hello Chipmunks I don’t know if I went through a teddy bear stage but at six I was definitely thrilled by chipmunks. At that time we lived in a private house that backed onto a wooded area full of pine trees. It was a big enough space to feel like a forest to me. And […]
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Animals Crowding In Living so close to Westchester, it is only a matter of time until the deer start wandering through the neighborhood. To date, while there is the sporadic sighting Riverdale has been blessedly free of this intrusion. I am particularly grateful since my garden is chock full of hosta which deer seem to
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Plant Choices at 3725 Henry Hudson Parkway, Riverdale, NY 10463 Now in Part III of the Garden Design, we finally consider the plants. Tree Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) – This is a native tree with multi-season interest. It blooms with white flowers in early spring and in the fall sports red fruits and scarlet-red foliage.
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This is a continuation of the previous blog, Art of the Garden – Flowery Oasis. The above photo shows part of the exciting border at 3725 Henry Hudson Parkway in Riverdale, NY taken in late summer 2020. Gardening Styles To my mind there are two great philosophical divides in garden design – formal and informal.
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These days everyone is walking outdoors! Corona is a hard master and some of my Riverdale friends are even taking twice daily constitutionals. Although there are many picturesque streets and numerous parks here, Riverdale is a relatively small neighborhood with approximately 48,000 residents. And from the perspective of my windows, most of them are on
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Art Course in College Ancient Greek Statue Back in the 60s when I was in college, an art course was required to fulfill the basic Core course requirements. I signed up for the introductory course, listed as “History of Art”. Greek sculpture had already defined my esthetic and a semester devoted to art originating in
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I clearly prefer the growing months to the wintertime with its uncomfortably low temperatures. However, one consequence of the higher temperatures of spring and summer of which I am not enamored are the assorted creatures that enter my house. While I will get the occasional mouse, the really unwelcome visitors are insects! Weeks ago I
Photo of Gribenes by Marco Verch When we were young and my mother was preparing chicken for Shabbos – the Jewish Sabbath which runs from sunset Friday night until an hour past sunset Saturday night – she would cut off the excess chicken skin and fat and make gribenes although our term for it was
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You Do Not Just Buy a House We moved into our present home almost forty years ago. While the property had lawns front and back, there was little evidence that the previous owners were interested in gardening or landscaping. There were, however, lovely trees, some of which were quite large. In the front, close to
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While reading became a source of great pleasure for me, writing is an altogether different matter. Elementary school was full of compositions and book reports. In high school and beyond, no semester was complete without at least one research paper. And I cannot say that I ever enjoyed it! Sometimes the research was personally interesting,