Reposting this poem from 12/20/04. I don’t often write poetry. Winter’s Meeting Winter has laid its cold hand upon me Its chill reaching to close within Like frost fingers searching Numb channels, stiffened too much to shiver. Chipped out in lacey pattern Parts of me have swirled away Caught up in blasts, twirled into the […]
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Winter’s Aftermath
We don’t think too much about it while everyone is trading temperature reports and talking about record breaking lows, but at some point the clash between the weather we are experiencing and the cold tolerance of our plants will become something to reckon with. We won’t know just how hard our winter was on our […]
Winter For Sure
It’s winter for sure here in the Heartland. Horribly cold the other day and a glaze of ice tonight. Hopefully everyone is tucked away in their homes around a warm hearth :) My indoor bulb pans are doing well, and the poinsettias are still alive ;) So far so good with my Rosemary tree. This […]
Snow plus camera= pictures
If you want to know what Arborvitae bushes grow up to be: trees! As snow flurries swirled I snapped a closeup picture of my tree. In my old[er] age I like to stay inside and look through the window. This is a scene I took while inside while snow blew briskly outside. That is why […]
December Slow Down
This blog will have a seasonal slowdown. I might post some photos or poems and quotes, but until after the holidays there won’t be any full size posts or regular blogging here. There are daily posts @ the Advent blog and that is more writing than I really should attempt at this time of year. […]
Ten Winter Features : Deciduous
Everyone has their opinion of what makes something a joy to the eye. In winter everything is finely edited by our cold weather and killing frosts, but that only means we have a showcase for some plants that make the winter landscape beautiful and interesting. Trees: This post has moved to http://ilonasgarden.com/3319/ten-winter-features/
