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Planting Bulbs for Spring in the Public Garden: Today In Boston!

With the topical plants safely moved to their winter quarters and the beds rototilled and prepared, the gardeners spent this week planting neat rows of bulbs for the first burst of color next spring.

"Gardeners instinctively know that flowers and plants are a continuum and that the wheel of garden history will always be coming full circle." Francis Cabot Lowell

About Today in Boston: We keep hearing that people miss our cover photos that ran for years in the Back Bay Sun. That assignment was to provide a photo that showed what the week was like in the neighborhood. Often the photos illustrated favorite quotations. Today in Boston is an occasional offering to our BostonZest readers featuring photos along the same theme but taken wherever we happen to be.

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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2016 Penny Cherubino

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Opinel Knives Are Perfect for Picnic & Vacation Season

We love our Opinel Knives! If you have one (or more like us), it's time to take it out and take it with you.

Here is our oldest Opinel, a traditional #8 with a carbon steel blade. Yes, we have to make sure it's clean and dry when we put it away but it has provided a sharp edge for years and years with just routine home maintenance.

If carbon steel is not right for you, they now make these knives in stainless steel. You'll also find some specialty blades made for gardeners, fishermen, mushroom foragers, and wine lovers!

Because Opinel knives are inexpensive (considering how well they work), we keep a few of them packed and ready to go (in the travel kit shown above) for cooking in other people's kitchens. There's one in our roof deck dining bag so we always have a knife to share a bit of cheese with friends. Back in the days when we had cars, we had one of these in each vehicle.

They make great gifts for anyone who loves to enjoy an impromptu bit of food and fun.

What's on your Food Lover's shopping list?

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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photos: ©2014 Penny & Ed Cherubino

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Opinel Knives Are Perfect for Picnic & Vacation Season

We love our Opinel Knives! If you have one (or more like us), it's time to take it out and take it with you.

Here is our oldest Opinel, a traditional #8 with a carbon steel blade. Yes, we have to make sure it's clean and dry when we put it away but it has provided a sharp edge for years and years with just routine home maintenance.

If carbon steel is not right for you, they now make these knives in stainless steel. You'll also find some specialty blades made for gardeners, fishermen, mushroom foragers, and wine lovers!

Because Opinel knives are inexpensive (considering how well they work), we keep a few of them packed and ready to go (in the travel kit shown above) for cooking in other people's kitchens. There's one in our roof deck dining bag so we always have a knife to share a bit of cheese with friends. Back in the days when we had cars, we had one of these in each vehicle.

They make great gifts for anyone who loves to enjoy an impromptu bit of food and fun.

What's on your Food Lover's shopping list?

Details:

Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photos: ©2014 Penny & Ed Cherubino

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The Good Side of a Long, Cool Spring …

While waiting for it to finally warm up, we did muse about the good side of this long, cool spring.

The magnolias held their bloom far longer than usual. We had the early white blooms, the middle pink blooms, and some of the deep purple blooms all out together.

The birds have been singing their hearts out trying to set up their summer family and nests.

Gardeners have had cool days to do the heavy work of spring clean up.

Yes, we've done a lot of complaining about the lack of warm days. But being optimists at heart, we did try to find a good side to April's weather.

Would you rather have it warmer or have you found a few aspects of this slow move towards warmer days that you like?

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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2015 Penny & Ed Cherubino

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Another Version of Fall Color

The front yards, flower boxes, and ivy-covered walls in Boston's historic neighborhoods offer another version of fall color. One last, brillant palate from gardeners throughout the city.

A big Thank You to all the Bostonians who put in the creativity and work to add beauty to our city.

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Words: Penny Cherubino
Photography: © 2012 Ed Cherubino

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Another Version of Fall Color

The front yards, flower boxes, and ivy-covered walls in Boston's historic neighborhoods offer another version of fall color. One last, brillant palate from gardeners throughout the city.

A big Thank You to all the Bostonians who put in the creativity and work to add beauty to our city.

Thanks to everyone who hops over to Amazon from here to do their shopping. We appreciate your support. It doesn't cost you any more but they put a few coins in our tip jar.

What's on your Fall Shopping List? Click here for Fall Season Savings over at Amazon.

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Words: Penny Cherubino
Photography: © 2012 Ed Cherubino

Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

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A big Thank You to all the Bostonians who put in the creativity and work to add beauty to our city.

Thanks to everyone who hops over to Amazon from here to do their shopping. We appreciate your support. It doesn't cost you any more but they put a few coins in our tip jar.

What's on your Fall Shopping List? Click here for Fall Season Savings over at Amazon.

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Words: Penny Cherubino
Photography: © 2012 Ed Cherubino

Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

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