Alderman Lyda Krewson sent photos of an annual moonflower vine, above, that's growing in her front yard. The evening she sent these photographs she counted twenty-five blooms. Lyda emailed: "CWEnder Deborah Dolgin cultivates the moonflower seeds and usually gives me a plant. I also have one volunteer plant. The moonflower vine literally grows feet everyday….
A guest post from New Mexico
Today's post hails from Quemado, New Mexico, 45 miles from the Arizona border. While I am in San Francisco visiting family, I asked Lisa Blessing, whom I have known forever (since 2nd grade), to be my guest blogger. Lisa and "her cowboy" Ken Zimmer live on 240 acres seven miles from the tiny hamlet of…
End-of-summer wrap up
It seems that there is always more to say about a topic after I post it, so today I'm throwing out some odds and ends left from the summer, in order to cover as many bases as I can before I escape to San Francisco for a few days. June's "Elevate St. Louis:The Trestle" event,…