I Simply Remember These Favorite Things, and then I Can Smile All Day

June is nature’s way of reminding you that you forgot to buy sunscreen.

A Plant:‍ Perennial hibiscus

A Garden:  The State Botanical Garden of Georgia

Streaming Show: The Count of Monte Cristo

Book: The Radium Girls, the dark story of America’s shining women. Kate Moore, Non-fiction

Place: St Mary’s, Isle of Scilly, UK

I Simply Remember These Favorite Things, and then I Can Smile All Day

May is Nature’s Way of saying, “Let’s party”

A Plant:‍ False forget-me-not, Brunnera

A Garden:  Jardin du Plessis, Loire Valley, France

Streaming Show: Total Control

Book: Charlatan: America’s Most Dangerous Huckster, the man who Pursued Him and the Age of Flimflam.

Place:  Copenhagen, Denmark