Please join me in my garden and neighborhood for a garden tour.
I got to spend a nice chunk of this cool and rainy day in the lovely gardens at Agecroft Hall here in Richmond. The house, originally in England, was dismantled,…
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’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
“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.…
“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…
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…
We had an incredible sort of rogue storm blow through here the other afternoon. I was out in the workshop making stuff to take to the Country Living Fair and all…
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…
A wee Irish blessing for you today. Time to plant potatoes!
As Emma and I came home this morning from our walk, she put her terrier nose to the ground on the trail of exciting new scents and I looked skywards.…
It was 76 degrees here today! But tomorrow, another cold front is supposed to move in and the high on Thursday will only be 40. Please, Mr. March, sir, don’t…
Garden Reverie 