Items of interest
I was thinking I have nothing to post about. Then I looked out the window and noticed this tree. It struck me that it looks very odd at this time of year. It’s a...
Category: plants
Purely decorative
I took a photo of this twig in the shape of half a heart in the ice on the driveway. I manipulated the photo to try to make it whole. Not completely successful, but...
asters
The asters have been so prolific this season. Meadows full of billowy white puffs of blossoms. Occasional plants with blooms all shades of lavender. The back garden row has two large clumps of the...
Remote Pond, the sign said
We were greedy for mushrooms. It was the day after a day of rain – seemed the perfect conditions for them. We started on the trail up Fiery Mountain, where I’d found mushrooms before....
Joy
The coneflowers (echinacea) at the edge of my plot in the community garden are attracting a lot of butterflies and bees. Standing next to the flowers, I’m enveloped in a cloud of flight. It...
The mysteries of the hydrangea
Last summer Sam alerted me to “something blue” in the border next to the driveway. I investigated and found a little hydrangea bush with a single blossom on it. I’m not a huge fan...
Poppies
The pink poppies are blooming in the hoophouse. The light in there is diffuse, and it’s cloudy. I think the pinks show up as a deeper color in this atmosphere. I’ve never had them...