Calling hours will be at the Dery Funeral Home, 54 Bradford St., Pittsfield, on Monday, Feb. 16, from 9:30 a.m. to noon. There will be a brief celebration of her life at 11 a.m. the same day. Burial will be at the family’s convenience.
This year, trees that have suffered from a lack of water may present us with an array of muted browns. Is it a lack of water, or election-year ennui, I wonder?
When we view the native plants that surround our gardens and yards as an extension of our cultivated areas, part of the living, pulsating community that shapes our sense of place, we more fully express ourselves as gardeners and stewards of the Earth.