Winter had begun to melt and puddle in Spring’s benevolent warmth.  It’s that awkward and messy, yet exciting time in our yards and gardens when life begins to sprout amid the mucky, soggy spoils of a new season.  Possibility abounds! …

  Drifting, dancing snow swirled wildly upon the wind, suspended momentarily before falling to the ground.  The great hardwoods sluffed and shuddered the fleecing while the evergreens donned it with style and panache.  Their mighty boughs bore the weight both beautifully and pragmatically….

I once had an utter fascination with edible flowers, more specifically sugared or candied flowers.  I even wrote a short story, entitled “Sugar Flower” when I was in college.  The concept was romantic, whimsical, and old-fashioned at the time; however, now,  edible flora has become…