Outside the garden is greening up rapidly but there are still plenty of blooms indoors. How lovely they are. Awake, thou wintry earth – Fling off thy sadness! Fair vernal…
I adore hyacinths forced inside in the winter. Could there possibly be a more heavenly fragrance? This is what is in the kitchen window right now – a pretty little bit…
I’ve been away from here for quite a long time, haven’t I? And now here we are in the depths of winter. We had an amazing and quite beautiful snow…
Before we rush into fall, I want to savor the last days of summer. The garden is a love song, a duet between a human being and Mother Nature. ~Jeff…
Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability. ~Sam Keen
Heaven and Earth Two halves make a whole. To see others’ thoughts on this week’s Photo Challenge, please go here.
“What is one to say about June, the time of perfect young summer, the fulfillment of the promise of the earlier months, and with as yet no sign to remind one that…
“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.” ― Pablo Neruda Just a few random pictures to let you know that I am, indeed, still alive.…
Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity. ~John Ruskin A fitting tribute to the lowly (some say) black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia goldstrum here) if you ask me. They can keep…
“What is one to say about June, the time of perfect young summer, the fulfillment of the promise of the earlier months, and with as yet no sign to remind…
Sometimes it is the extra bits that make a photograph.A stray wisp of wisteria does it here. Photograph taken at the Paris Flea Market: Le Marche aux Puces de Saint-Ouen,…
Just a close-up of a beautiful Lacecap Hydrangea coming into bloom. Summer is here.
<a href=”http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/12305495/?claim=padqmuera6p”>Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a> I used to have tons of the old-fashioned single hollyhocks, which I adore for so many reasons, but they gradually died out, infected with…
Perhaps you noticed that I have been quiet for the past month or so? There’s a reason for it – or several reasons, actually. Chief among them is that I…
This is what greets you as you step across the threshold to my garden. Welcome. Please see what others are posting about thresholds here.
Yesterday was the most spectacular day we have surely had so far this year. The yoshino cherries have opened up. They posed for my camera against the bluest of blue…
Still water in the garden. Two ways. I’m not sure which I like best. What about you? These images were taken in the historic garden of Virginia House, my favorite…
Well, not many anyway. On the left we have March 2012; on the right, March 2014. Click on the photos to see them bigger. What kind of nutty hamster wheel…
Garden Reverie 