I Simply Remember These Favorite Things, and then I Can Smile All Day
March is the month when I can’t decide whether I need sunscreen or a snow shovel 

A Plant: Verbena Homestead Purple    Annual/Perennial

A Garden: Keukenhof

Streaming Show:  The Bank of Dave Movie

Book : Marriage at Sea, Sophia Elmhirst

Place:   Homer, Alaska

I Simply Remember These Favorite Things, and then I Can Smile All Day
February is the shortest month, so if you are having a miserable month, try to reschedule for February.   Lemony Snicket

A Plant: Barrenwort, Epimedium

A Garden: Bartram’s Garden, Philadelphia, PA

Streaming Show:  The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Book The Correspondent, Virginia Evans, Fiction

Place:   The Arches National Park, Utah

I Simply Remember These Favorite Things, and then I Can Smile All Day
Welcome back. Here we are in 2026, and we never seem to run out of favorite plants, books, shows, and gardens. Here are a few more of My Favorite Things

A Plant: Deciduous (aka) Native azaleas

A Garden: Magnolia Plantation and Gardens

Streaming Show:  The Magpie Murders/Moonflower Murders, Prime

Book My Friends, Fredrik Backman, fiction

Place:  Montreal, Quebec, Canada