Apple tree where Robins rear their young. Empty Catbird nest Catbird fledgling Soft single roses please most in simplicity garden tapestries Robin in earnest through rain and sun weaving cup holding fragile young Always a mouthful detritus and twigs for walls upon apple branch Squealing worms for all clamorous hunger needs met endless work for mom Abandoning nests looking in the shrubberies fledglings stand alert Catbirds build anew no empty nest syndrome … [Read more...] about Woven Tapestries of Flora and Fauna Overcast and Bright
June Wildflowers for ‘National Pollinator Week’
Twelve-spotted Skimmer Through years of labor fields reclaim flower power wild and native grow Pollinators thrive flying low through drifts of blooms cups await their probe All must be on guard closer examination reveals hidden foes She loves me loves not camouflage in petals white daisy death comes quick Intricate seeds form taking flight into landscapes promising return Beyond blooming life scattering to 'the four winds' onward odyssey 'National … [Read more...] about June Wildflowers for ‘National Pollinator Week’
Play of Light in a Garden Landscape
Golden hillside hue trees bend in the misty light woodcut into dusk Illumination from within lamps glow outward rose twilight hour Dawn spreads like a cloth awakening colors true flitting butterflies Gardens capture light bursting buds into color lifting spirits bright … [Read more...] about Play of Light in a Garden Landscape
Drops Of Time Caught In The Mist Garden Facades
Top Garden South Note - Shagbark Hickory in background wearing Climbing Hydrangea Top Garden Flowing into Middle Terrace Columbine on Middle Terrace Blueberry Field Looking from under Apple (needing pruning) towards Middle Garden - one week or so ago Peonies in Middle Garden - now blown open Wounded Native Black Cherry 'Michael's Tree' - North Field North Garden and Farmhouse from North Field North Garden from North Field In the fog … [Read more...] about Drops Of Time Caught In The Mist Garden Facades
In and Out of Fog, Sun and Shrubberies
Inside Top Garden Looking Out - Wisteria, Late Lilac, Viburnum plicatum facade Outside Top Garden looking in - Viburnum plicatum Viburnum plicatum Viburnum floret suspended . . . unintended catch Tree Peony Female Baltimore Oriole and nest Tree Swallow in nestbox Hawthorns Crataegus Looking up towards Top Garden . . . Fading Lilac (brown now soon to be cut) Magnolia ever bloomer Miss Kim Lilac over towards 'Three Graces' Crabapples and … [Read more...] about In and Out of Fog, Sun and Shrubberies
