During January, February, and the first week of March of last winter, I was surrounded by lovely people, tropical hummingbirds, butterflies, bright flowers, and the Caribbean Sea. A few days ago, when snow was falling all around Flower Hill Farm Retreat, I was not longing for the beauty and warmth of Treasure Beach, Jamaica. Being home is inspiring. The beauty of snow fog adds a mystical and mysterious element to being out in the gardens and landscape. The leafless trees and shrubs are like … [Read more...] about There Is No Place Like Home for the Winter
Winter Blues ~ Eastern-tailed Blue, Summer Azure and Silvery Blue
Dreaming of Blues fluttering around the garden can shake off the mantle-of-melancholy winter sometimes weaves about our spirits. Today, I gather some delightful, inspiring and tender butterfly encounters, from this past sizzling summer, and toss them on this page of white, that they may bring a ray of light, to warm the inner gardeners folded inside our longing souls. Eastern Tailed-Blue Butterflies of 2013The progeny of these gossamer-wings are now chrysalises, or caterpillars in the Eastern … [Read more...] about Winter Blues ~ Eastern-tailed Blue, Summer Azure and Silvery Blue
Mountains Dreaming Under Foggy Water Window Reflections Celebrations of Light
There is a blanket of dense blue-gray fog beyond Mount Tom . . . spreading east towards . . . the Mount Holyoke range . . . creating the illusion of mountains beneath water. As the earth spins this part of the world towards the sun, bringing a new day, the fiery orb appears to be rising out of an ocean of watery fog. The Mount Holyoke Range seems to be solidly sleeping beneath the waves. For me, these images offer a haunting beauty . . . both peaceful and ominous. Fresh light … [Read more...] about Mountains Dreaming Under Foggy Water Window Reflections Celebrations of Light
Mountains Dreaming Under Foggy Water Window Reflections Celebrations of Light
There is a blanket of dense blue-gray fog beyond Mount Tom . . . spreading east towards . . . the Mount Holyoke range . . . creating the illusion of mountains beneath water.As the earth spins this part of the world towards the sun, bringing a new day, the fiery orb appears to be rising out of an ocean of watery fog. The Mount Holyoke Range seems to be solidly sleeping beneath the waves. For me, these images offer a haunting beauty . . . both peaceful and ominous.Fresh light waves … [Read more...] about Mountains Dreaming Under Foggy Water Window Reflections Celebrations of Light
December Sky Delights Swallowing Moon and Sun
Delightful skies for Katarina. … [Read more...] about December Sky Delights Swallowing Moon and Sun
