cloudscape + sunflower
The clouds were very dramatic yesterday. You couldn’t help looking up at the sky. Today, the sky has quieted down. The sunflower in the community garden is also very dramatic. It started blooming at...
Author: Catherine
Unusual
Unusual sights from my yard – This plant, spotted beebalm, develops these very gaudy crowns with pink bracts in late summer. I think it’s amazing. Also – it’s a perennial that moved mysteriously about...
My neighbor’s peaches
My neighbor has too many peaches ripening on the tree in her garden. She invited us to come over and pick some. It was a beautiful experience. The next day I sorted them into...
inspiration and finishing what I started
I saw a black swallowtail on a zinnia at the community garden. It allowed me to photograph it, fairly closeup. What gorgeous colors and patterns. The white spots on its upper wing resemble a...
Squash fest
This is the squash garden at home. Framed by a mullein in the back left, and beans at the right. I really enjoy growing winter squash. Its growth and harvest spans the summer season...
I love my garden
This is our plot at the community garden. It stretches from the onions through the winter squash back to the tall sunflower. The trellised squash on the right belongs to someone else. It is...
Second summer
End of July. I feel like July was a difficult month. I’m not sure what to say about that, except that I’m looking forward to August. My sister introduced me to the term “second...