It’s summer. It’s Friday. Remember this? Yep.  

Hey. I’m Leucothoë. Recognize me? Maybe? I know I’ve seen you around, but I’m not sure if you noticed me. Anyway, um… I wanted to… Introduce myself? I’m not so good at these things. But here goes:

I’ve been busy, but I don’t want to leave you completely empty-handed for the week. It’s hot, and heat puts me in the mind of Peter Mayle books. As nice as summer is here, I think I’d still rather be in Provence. The dogs cope with the summer heat by sleeping through it, stretched out [...]

This here is a pretty accurate depiction of what I would wish to be the sonic wallpaper on the inside of my brain. What more could you ask, really? Seu browser não suporta iframes. Download it at Amazon* → *Amazon Associates link. If you buy, you support the artist, and you support me too!

Ladies and gentlemen, Buddleia ‘Black Knight’ is in full bloom.

Another summer song. I don’t know Portuguese, but a friend told me the title translates as “on the road,” and I do like playing it on the road. Seu browser não suporta iframes. Download it at Amazon* → *Amazon Associates link. If you buy, you support the artist, and you support me too!

I was GOING to write a scathing entry about my annoyance with Linaria purpurea, but, as they so often do in the garden, things seem to have changed. L. purpurea comes with the Harry Potteresque common name purple toadflax. (That I’ve always liked.) Its nursery tag described its foliage as steely blue, its flowers little [...]