Carolyn Hestand Kennedy

Poppy baby

You might remember my exuberance over these oriental poppies when they bloomed last year, but this year the clumps have really grown large and we have lots of buds!

Brandon had me take this shot of he and August with one of the first blooms, though the baby was not so impressed.

The poppy remains my favorite flower.

 

Eleanor Perenyi dies at 91

One of my favorite garden books, Green Thoughts, A Writer in the Garden, was authored by Eleanor Perenyi, who died Sunday, May 3, 2009.

The New York TImes published yesterday the obituary of her fascinating life.

On the back of the dust jacket of the hard cover edition of her wonderful book is a great photo of her.  She sits in her garden holding a cigarette in one hand and what looks to be an alcoholic beverage in the other.  She certainly appears to possess all the opinionated sass that she expresses in the book.

Thank you to Michael Pollan who wrote about her in his great book, Second Nature, and alerted me to her presence in the world of garden literature.  And thanks to Gelene who sent me the link to her obit this morning.

Ms. Perenyi won't be forgotten.