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Lee May's Gardening Life: Shadow, light, color; OK, so let's roll.
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The many life lessons. Unearthed when we dig. In the dirt . . . and pursue. A range of other interests. In the constantly evolving. Monday, October 20, 2014. Shadow, light, color; OK, so let's roll. That stark angle contradicted the tropical blooms of the begonia that had been outside all spring and summer, forever young, forever vibrant. As Lyn and I had been so many years and places ago. We've begun. Too, we've begun to understand first-hand the extent to which cancer has affected the lives of so m...
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Lee May's Gardening Life: Dancing on the Ceiling
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The many life lessons. Unearthed when we dig. In the dirt . . . and pursue. A range of other interests. In the constantly evolving. Saturday, November 1, 2014. Dancing on the Ceiling. One morning between my first and second chemo treatments, I noticed that my view of the world had shrunk mightily. My broad chunk of doings from out there had narrowed to a few spots; each morning was filled with a sameness as I scanned walls, amazed that my view had withered so profoundly. November 2, 2014 at 9:14 AM.
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Lee May's Gardening Life: A rose thrives, despite my efforts
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The many life lessons. Unearthed when we dig. In the dirt . . . and pursue. A range of other interests. In the constantly evolving. Saturday, May 10, 2014. A rose thrives, despite my efforts. Some plants just won't die. The Rose, which I wrote about here,. Is one of those. It performed so elegantly last year, I wanted to put it in spot better than next to the mailbox. It's back and bigger than ever. Not because I didn't try. If I had succeeded in digging it up, the stress might have killed it –...May 10,...
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Lee May's Gardening Life: Life of The Rose
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The many life lessons. Unearthed when we dig. In the dirt . . . and pursue. A range of other interests. In the constantly evolving. Wednesday, September 11, 2013. Life of The Rose. Before I got around to moving the plant, I decapitated it with one pull of the string-cutter trigger. Killed it dead. Or so I thought. Call it the rose with a heart. The rose with a supreme will to live. By any name it is beautiful. As is its example of survival in the harshest of circumstances. About Anna Davis, who is. An ex...
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Lee May's Gardening Life: Humans and birds in annual seasonal search
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The many life lessons. Unearthed when we dig. In the dirt . . . and pursue. A range of other interests. In the constantly evolving. Thursday, March 20, 2014. Humans and birds in annual seasonal search. The calendar says spring, and as always, this season stimulates the housing market. Like people, birds are on the hunt. To help us help the birds, longtime friends Sky and Di (Schuyler and Diana Rector) joined Lyn and me for lunch, bringing a brand new house that Sky made for bluebirds. That could happen, ...
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Lee May's Gardening Life: Mayhem, New Shed and a New Start
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The many life lessons. Unearthed when we dig. In the dirt . . . and pursue. A range of other interests. In the constantly evolving. Sunday, June 23, 2013. Mayhem, New Shed and a New Start. What delicious mayhem it was. That memory gets thinner all the time, pushed away by my new garden shed, the first one I've ever had. Previously, my garage served as a garden shed, but it was more a catch-all space that encouraged hoarding. Seeing my shed rise from bare ground was worth a few memory images. Part of that...
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Lee May's Gardening Life: Whole lotta building going on in birdland
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The many life lessons. Unearthed when we dig. In the dirt . . . and pursue. A range of other interests. In the constantly evolving. Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Whole lotta building going on in birdland. After I was given the bluebird house in March (click here). It quickly became clear that Carolina chickadees would be the tenants. Not bluebirds. It also is clear that those chickadees are among the hardest-working creatures in birdland. Whether the birds have finished building, I don't know. When they'll h...
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Lee May's Gardening Life: The humble beginnings of the “Lee May Memorial Garden”
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The many life lessons. Unearthed when we dig. In the dirt . . . and pursue. A range of other interests. In the constantly evolving. Monday, July 13, 2015. The humble beginnings of the “Lee May Memorial Garden”. 8211; Harry Link. The Lee May Memorial Garden. Is located at the. East Haddam Senior Center. 15 Great Hillwood Road. July 13, 2015 at 12:35 PM. July 13, 2015 at 4:31 PM. July 13, 2015 at 9:25 PM. Peace be with you Lee May. Im going to miss your posts. July 14, 2015 at 12:02 AM. Harry, thank you an...
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Lee May's Gardening Life: Overnight, autumn explodes, spraying orange
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The many life lessons. Unearthed when we dig. In the dirt . . . and pursue. A range of other interests. In the constantly evolving. Tuesday, September 23, 2014. Overnight, autumn explodes, spraying orange. I can control a lot in my garden, but I couldn't have made this happen:. Let me back up. It wasn't that I saw. The light from the olive as much as I heard. It the moment I walked out the front door. That's because its fragrance was so loud. In a sweet way. September 23, 2014 at 6:26 PM. This sounds so ...
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Lee May's Gardening Life: Marking time to hurry garden's maturity
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The many life lessons. Unearthed when we dig. In the dirt . . . and pursue. A range of other interests. In the constantly evolving. Tuesday, September 30, 2014. Marking time to hurry garden's maturity. While it is true that time marches on, it's also true that much time is spent trying to slow it, or stop it or ignore it. And mark it. The ways are endless:. But there's no time to think about that now. Now, I have to build and mark progress and hurry maturity. When I planted it around a year ago, it was a...
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