Walking the rails at Santa Fe Railyard Park and Farmers' Market

Walking the rails at Santa Fe Railyard Park and Farmers’ Market

October 17, 2022 Back to Santa Fe! During our stay in late August, we hit the farmers’ market at The Railyard one morning. A tree-studded green space caught David’s eye on the way over, so we stopped to check it out. We found ourselves in Railyard Park, where train tracks ...
Kicking off Madison Fling: People, badgers, barns, and a bountiful rooftop garden

Kicking off Madison Fling: People, badgers, barns, and a bountiful rooftop garden

July 04, 2022 Farm country scenery at the Flower Factory near Madison In late June I joined approximately 50 garden bloggers, Instagrammers, podcasters, and YouTubers in picturesque Madison, Wisconsin, for the 13th annual Garden Bloggers Fling. After a COVID hiatus of two years, and a heroic display of patience, stamina, ...
Mexico City: Colorful San Ángel and Condesa

Mexico City: Colorful San Ángel and Condesa

April 07, 2020 Mexico City sprawls across 573 square miles, with a staggeringly large population of 8.85 million that makes it the biggest city in North America. You can’t possibly see it all, so you have to pick one neighborhood per day and plan on a 20-to-30-minute Uber ride to ...
Willowsford Farm market stand & Fling wrap-up: Capital Region Garden Bloggers Fling

Willowsford Farm market stand & Fling wrap-up: Capital Region Garden Bloggers Fling

July 20, 2017 I’m not a food gardener myself, but I enjoyed the Capital Region Garden Bloggers Fling welcome-event visit to Willowsford Farm, a 300-acre farm surprisingly located within a recently developed planned community in Ashburn, Virginia, about an hour’s drive northwest of Washington, D.C. After a lovely outdoor reception, ...
Exploring Mueller's Southwest Greenway, public art, and Texas Farmers' Market

Exploring Mueller’s Southwest Greenway, public art, and Texas Farmers’ Market

March 05, 2017 A week ago, my dad and I popped over to east Austin’s Mueller neighborhood for a springtime stroll around the Southwest Greenway. They have some pretty big spiders in those parts! I love this sculpture, Arachnophillia by Houston artist Dixie Friend Gay, which stands 23 feet tall ...
Silobration at Magnolia Market and Fixer Upper fandom

Silobration at Magnolia Market and Fixer Upper fandom

October 12, 2016 Uninitiated into the world of Chip and Joanna Gaines and their HGTV show Fixer Upper because we don’t have cable TV, I’d nevertheless picked up an inkling of their popularity from fellow bloggers and multiple magazine features. So when we were in Waco last Saturday for one ...
Up on the High Line, a skyline promenade

Up on the High Line, a skyline promenade

October 19, 2014 Have you ever flown across the country to see one garden? I did last weekend. Rapturous articles and blog posts about the High Line, New York City’s garden-park conversion of an abandoned elevated rail line through the city’s old Meatpacking District, had seduced me for 5 years ...
Tanzanian safari: Mto Wa Mbu village

Tanzanian safari: Mto Wa Mbu village

January 12, 2014 After the nature walk at the hotel, we drove down to the village of Mto wa Mbu, at the foot of the Rift Valley, for a guided tour (June 2007). Our guide told us that out of 120 tribal groups in Tanzania, 110 are represented by people ...
Tanzanian safari: Arrival in Arusha and village market

Tanzanian safari: Arrival in Arusha and village market

January 10, 2014 During this gardening downtime, I am really enjoying reliving some of my exotic travels here at Digging. Whether you are an armchair traveler, or making notes for a future trip of your own, or just seeing how my experience compares with yours, I hope you’re enjoying these ...
Remembering a sunny flower market

Remembering a sunny flower market

June 25, 2012 Sunflower happiness! On this 100-degree, hot, dry Monday, I’m feeling the need for a pick-me-up, and maybe you are too. Drought and wildfires are afflicting much of the country, so let’s escape with a virtual visit to the farmers market at the Capitol Square in Madison, Wisconsin ...
Bloom Day at Madison's Farmers Market

Bloom Day at Madison's Farmers Market

September 15, 2010 Having just returned from a trip to Madison, Wisconsin, where my husband competed in his first Ironman triathlon, I want to treat you to pics from the delightful Dane County Farmers’ Market on the Capitol Square last Saturday. Overcast skies and a little rain could not dampen ...
Bloom Day at Madison's Farmers Market

Bloom Day at Madison’s Farmers Market

September 15, 2010 Having just returned from a trip to Madison, Wisconsin, where my husband competed in his first Ironman triathlon, I want to treat you to pics from the delightful Dane County Farmers’ Market on the Capitol Square last Saturday. Overcast skies and a little rain could not dampen ...