I love this photo. While I never fully emptied and planted up the window boxes, I found that some bright red geraniums against the white house and blue shutters looked very smart and patriotic!

Kate's Sites

My Personal home page, dedicated to Summer sin Maine, Cats, Journal Scratchings, and more.


A New domian where I will someday host my web career stuff and help you get started with it too.

Dedicated to the Unity Pond Community... This is just getting started...

The house I share with my love-pal, Pete.

Coalition Against Terrorism: CAT. (Uhh, actually, just our cat!)

As the plants grow, I sit listening to the US Grand Prix final Formula 1 race of the year. As I learn how to blog, I wonder to myself where the place to set up "my funny motto" is. Didn't see it under preferences, though I found other good stuff such as archives!

Cat Mint vs Cat Nip. Cat Mint always shows a picture of a cat on the front cover, but frankly I believe this to be a separate species from the type cats like. I have grown catnips with 1"-3" jagged leaves, and the cats love,adore, attack,a nd sleep in this stuff. Then I have grown the cat mint type...also jagged leaves, but darker, bluer green, and much smaller leaves. The cats sniff it, find it pleasant, and keep walking.

Nonetheless, I brought some home from Maine and hung it to dry. At the very least I can make a tea with it for myself if my cat doesnt care. :-)

Supposedly we had a frost in Maine last night... It sure was cold alright, but the plants seemed unscathed. When I returend to central CT the temperature in the house was certainly nippy. The plants outside - geraniums, snapdragons, etc looked crisp. Jessie was happy to see me and go outside, having been cooped up all weekend.

I harvested my herbs from the camp at Unity Pond this morning as I closed up camp for the winter. It's barely fall, so the herbs are growing nicely, but I picked off the tops to hang a few bunchs at home. I'm hoping that the reduction of greenery will aid the root system too. Cheers! Kate Sunday pm Forestville, CT