Green thoughts

Jill Weber, an illustrator living in rural Vermont, teaches one of my favorite Sketchbook Skool classes. She makes little books with stories from her life. I miss summer greens, in this week’s frigid weather, and thought of her garden book.

One of January’s garden tasks is to pore over nursery catalogs, planning orders for spring planting.

More: Behind the scenes with Jill Weber

Beefsteak tomatoes

This was a good year for tomatoes from our back flower bed. These are some of the last.

Flower bed in July 

Sedum budding, grass going to seed, Knockout roses in bloom, echinacea wilting in heat, volunteer cherry tomatoes ripening....bird song.