The deadline is midnight tonight… and I decided at the last minute to enter this entry for “Flowering Trees“. Just for fun, because I already picked the winners in my head, and I would not be among them. Two favs were one colorful closeup and one atmospheric longshot. I would choose emotionally, not being a […]
2009
More From My Town
There were a large number of ideas in that one “High Victorian” garden…so let me focus on a few of those as well as a few others of different style…. I liked this quietly landscaped sideyard for a couple reasons. One is the inclusion of a fringe tree, which is not a widely used ornamental […]
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 you like them as well. […]
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 know whether my seedlings thrived, what the insect populations are […]
Winding up the Month of June
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 anything… but I gained more than enough from the inspiration […]
Endless Summer Hydrangea
I put in an Endless Summer hydrangea in my front door garden two years ago. It came through this winter quite well and promptly started filling out with shoots and the richly green, heart shaped leaves that are characteristic of hydrangeas. Last year the blooms were not a very deep blue because I don’t do […]
