Jean Maguire
@jeanm.bsky.social
Librarian, gardener. Here for books, nature, music, history (esp. seldom told), NFL, visual arts, New England, Ireland, Italy, France. Bring on the witty, the creative, the kind, and (of course) the cats.
Yes, they really seem to love the rain. Similar here with very few blooms this summer, though the plant itself was thriving.
October 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Yes, they really seem to love the rain. Similar here with very few blooms this summer, though the plant itself was thriving.
Interesting about your vegetables. A cucumber near the end of October seems pretty remarkable. I was quite surprised yesterday to be greeted in the garden by this large flower and a bunch of buds on the morning glory.
October 22, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Interesting about your vegetables. A cucumber near the end of October seems pretty remarkable. I was quite surprised yesterday to be greeted in the garden by this large flower and a bunch of buds on the morning glory.
what motivated a young man from a rural Vermont town to fight. Alexander was especially struck by the passion and eloquence with which Mason, a white rank-and-file officer with no more than a high school education, wrote about the moral wrong of slavery.”
October 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
what motivated a young man from a rural Vermont town to fight. Alexander was especially struck by the passion and eloquence with which Mason, a white rank-and-file officer with no more than a high school education, wrote about the moral wrong of slavery.”
Double your pleasure by checking out the current Rachel Ruysch exhibition at the MFA Boston
Rachel Ruysch: Artist, Naturalist, and Pioneer
“A tableau of earthly riches”
www.mfa.org
September 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Double your pleasure by checking out the current Rachel Ruysch exhibition at the MFA Boston