Wordless Wednesday- Cheerful
Wordless Wednesday- Clematis
Gathering Seeds
Seeds. Little packets of new life waiting to experience the world. What if human beings’ role on this earth has always been about helping plants to get from one place to another? Now wouldn’t that be a bit of humble pie? The seeds in the purple tub will be spread in the unmowed v-shaped patch…
Hummingbird moments
What is it about hummingbirds that capture our attention? I was working in the garden a couple of evenings ago and looked up and there she was. I stood still and watched her going from one tiny flower putting her tiny beak into each blossom. The phlox smelled lovely and sweet. After visiting flower after…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Change (Fading to fall)
Several are slowly fading to brown and I’m reluctant to cut them and give into the truth of summer’s end.
A Photo’s Little Lie
Look closer still;
the light’s not right
and gives clue to
the photo’s lie.
Crazy for coneflowers – Weekly Photo Challenge
It is always a good day when I can spend time in the garden looking at and photographing my coneflowers. When I visit them where they are sprinkled throughout the gardens around my yard, I feel like I’m standing among friends. I love how each blossom is unique like every person’s face is unique. It…
Pole bean arbor an edible entrance to the “secret garden”
A couple years ago I was inspired to add an arbor between my perennial beds to grow pole beans on to expand my square footage of edible landscaping beyond our small veggie patch out back. Besides being able to grow more of our own food, the arbor makes a nice privacy entrance to the back…
Flowers by the Sea
A few photos from our vacation on Mt. Dessert Island of lupine & beach rose, the quintessential Maine ocean-side flowers, and some favorite daisy shots (they are happy by the sea, too!) And a poem thrown in for good measure. 🙂 Flowers by the Sea Lupine’s purple spires announce, “summer’s here!” The deep purples gray…
composting words 