Forms tightly woven sweet filled cups spill into air generous buds full letting go unfurl calyx corolla armor release opening protective layers disrobe revealing pendants alluring fragrance floating mist essence embracing senses engage claws and spurs spread out explosive fireworks pendulous orbs nurture life pink porcelain stars fall wild and native green countless creatures jade delight weed of milky sap imagination inhales expanding open eyes to inner sphere essential cycle return … [Read more...] about Wildflower Flowering ‘In The Pink’ Naturalizing Asclepias
Archives for July 2011
Fiery Orange Rising Reflecting Giving Life
Unusual July Sunrise Just As It Was Middle Meadow Garden American Painted Lady sipping Echinacea Healing Flames Long Awaited FIRST SIGHTING MONARCH BUTTERFLY!!! July 14, 2011 Laying Eggs on Young Milkweed Along the Paths! Milkweed Bugs and Monarch Share Milkweed Sunset Glow Viburnum at Dusk Full Moon Sunrise Solitary Red-eyed Vireo Beloved by Birds Viburnum Berries Soon to Vanish Second Day More Eggs to Lay. First . . . Morning Milkweed … [Read more...] about Fiery Orange Rising Reflecting Giving Life
A Silent Focus On White
Porcupine in Apple Tree Common Yellow-throat Red-eyed Vireo Yucca The day has bright light a silent focus on white nature in balance … [Read more...] about A Silent Focus On White
Details of A Garden Walkabout Indigo Bunting Family and Other Life Forms
On the last day of my sisters visit in June, Mimi and I were surprised to discovered this small nest hidden within a peony. At the time I had no idea what kind of birds would peck their way out of these white eggs. I looked around and found no parents, so it was impossible for me to determine who might be growing here. One day old hatchlings . . . still no clue to their names. So tiny and fragile. The nest of mostly soft grasses is only about two feet from the ground. When I carefully … [Read more...] about Details of A Garden Walkabout Indigo Bunting Family and Other Life Forms
Glimpses of North and Middle Garden Walkabouts
Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle' Gray Catbird Eggs - Second Brood Rosa Rugosa Thermopsis villosa and White Birch before Walnut Hill Chipping Sparrow in Nest Chipping Sparrow Eggs Rosa Virginiana Female Indigo Bunting and Nestlings in a Peony! Inidgo Bunting Nestlings - More on these later on. Tree Swallow Nestling Nearly Fledged Hydrangea macrophylla 'Nikko Blue' Looking through Middle Gardens and Tree Swallow Nestbox towards Mount … [Read more...] about Glimpses of North and Middle Garden Walkabouts
