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by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: How's the weather?, summer

Ohio Has A Summer-Just In The Nick Of Time

Tagged With: summer, weather

The weather has turned sultry, and late summer is as I would expect it to be: hazy horizons, sweaty brows, hot and humid. I don't know about you, but I appreciated the cool temperatures we had this summer, even if it did mean delayed tomato ripening. … [Read more...] about Ohio Has A Summer-Just In The Nick Of Time

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: summer

Summer Calls

I meant to do my work today But a brown bird sang in the apple tree, And a butterfly flitted across the field, And all the leaves were calling me. And the wind went sighing over the … [Read more...] about Summer Calls

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: summer

Something In Summer

Part Two: NatureA something in a summer’s day, As slow her flambeaux burn away, Which solemnizes me. A something in a summer’s noon,— An azure depth, a wordless tune, Transcending ecstasy.~ Emily Dickinson … [Read more...] about Something In Summer

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: 2009, summer

So Many Pictures, So Little Space

I've taken bunches of photos of all sorts of garden related things. I think I need to give you all a peek.This post is dedicated to my little town in Ohio. I walked around one evening a few weeks ago and snapped some things of interest to me. Hope … [Read more...] about So Many Pictures, So Little Space

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: Garden design ideas, July

Color Harmony: July Pink

I usually attach a color idea of orange and yellow to July, maybe because of the bright light, or the fact that many flowers in those hues are in full bloom in this month. But pink is still a garden color that while warming towards salmon in many of … [Read more...] about Color Harmony: July Pink

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: About Flowers, bulbs, Garden Perennial Plants, July

Arrange the July garden around lilies

Tagged With: flower bulbs, garden design, lilies, perennial border

Every month has it's supreme leading lady flower of the garden; June has the Rose, but July has the Lily. Especially now that the "Orienpets" have been created. They were the belle of several beds at the Inniswood Gardens Metro Park, and I would love … [Read more...] about Arrange the July garden around lilies

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: 2009, General gardening, July

Fourth of July, High Point of Summer

For me, the Fourth is the watershed of summer....everything builds to this place of heat, picnics, and fireworks, and is downhill from there on through to the last gasp of summer, Labor Day. Maybe because the mystery is gone by the fourth of July. I … [Read more...] about Fourth of July, High Point of Summer

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: summer

Summer Poem

Looking for GoldA flavor like wild honey beginswhen you cross the river. On a sandbarsunlight stretches out its limbs, or is ita sycamore, so brazen, so clean and so bold?You forget about gold. You stare—and a flavoris rising all the time from the … [Read more...] about Summer Poem

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: 2009, June, recipes, summer

Winding up the Month of June

Tagged With: June, recipes, roses

The GGW contest for rose photos has announced the winners, and they are truly beautiful shots of a flower that is so beloved that there are millions of photographs taken of it, in all its glory and variation. Sample a few. No, I didn't win … [Read more...] about Winding up the Month of June

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: Garden Roses, June

Roses in June

Thank you, whoever ordered A Year of Roses! It reminded me to take time soon to visit Whetstone Park of Roses, soon. Last year I went at a time when the heirloom roses were over and I would really like some pictures of them. I grow a few here, but I … [Read more...] about Roses in June

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