Ann Loves Plants

Tag: holiday

  • Fête de la Saint-Fiacre—and a prayer too

    This past weekend our gardening friends and counterparts in Ireland and France celebrated the Feast Day of St. Fiacre—the Patron Saint of gardening. Although celebrated by other Catholics in other countries, St. Fiacre was born in Ireland and lived his life in France so these two countries venerate him more than others. I was quite…

  • Wordless Wednesday: Self-Portrait of a Gardener in Winter

    Rearranging houseplants. Playing with nature. Ripping out the carpet in the office. Making houseplants happy. Making more ikebana for my other blog: A Year of Ikebana. Eldest cat Macavity as she surveys the rearranging. Our largest cat (about 20lbs.) Maurice sleeping with the glow of the LED lit tree—probably dreaming of summer.