They drape over walls and into pathways softening hard surfaces and rectangular beds and borders while drawing the eye of the …
Dear Friends and Bloom Day Beauty
Dear Carol, Mary Ann and all of our gardening friends, I know we normally do our letters on Sunday, but tonight is my first …
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder . . .
Or, of the camera, as it were. My Nikon D90 with its multi-purpose 18-70 mm lens has been at the doctor (all the way to Nikon …
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Work Day
Because we've had so much rain in the last three days (two inches) and such fine weather, today was a big-time work day in the red …
Garden of Shame
Gail from Clay and Limestone had her Garden of Benign Neglect (which she rehabbed), but I think my mess is a bit more …
A Request for Spiders
Not the eight legged sort, but, instead, spider daylily photos were requested by Carol of May Dreams Gardens and Mary Ann of Idaho …
A Few, Choice Morsels for Bloom Day
I do believe June is my favorite month of the year to take photographs for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day hosted by Carol of May …
Three Signature Spring Chicago Plants as Seen by an Outsider
Throughout our travels, there were three plants I saw in nearly every garden, public or private. Amsonia tabernaemontana, blue …
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Hangin’ with my Peeps
I bet you thought this post was going to be about garden bloggers didn't you? Nah, it's not that simple. Although I'm having a …
Bloom Day: The Roses Think It’s All About Them
But it's not. They are the stars of the May beauty parade though with their big, beautiful blooms, and their as of now, mostly …
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Heavenly Hellebores
In the late winter or early spring, is there any plant with more ephemeral beauty than the Hellebore? Granted, you have to …
Ready for More Terra Nova Goodness?
I had so many photos and thoughts yesterday that I've decided another Terra Nova post is in order. Cindy from My Corner of Katy's …