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
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
May Wildflowers
Virginia Spiderwort Tradescantia virginiana Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum Common Fleabane Philadelphia Fleabane Solomon's-plume False Solomon's-seal Mystery to Me ?? Common Milkweed Asclepias syriaca Waiting for the Monarchs Fields of Wildflowers upon closer scrutiny sparkling gems emerge Purple mist yellow spiderwort and spider webs wildly woven glow Wild Geraniums cranesbill beaks reach outwardly dew forms liquid orbs Fleabane … [Read more...] about May Wildflowers
Lilacs A Closer Look A Community Within
Lilacs closer up Reveal a community Gruesome life cycle Singles and doubles Petals home to deathly snares Shattering embrace Tiny black dashes Be aware you may inhale Ebony globes prowl Corolla tepals Tenacious tentacles grip Lilac feeding ground … [Read more...] about Lilacs A Closer Look A Community Within
Lilac Time
Lilac time is here Though days are wet and dreary Tight buds open full Bold colors shout out Within the wash of greening Dripping lilacs sway The sun will return Orioles and warblers sing Gardens welcome light … [Read more...] about Lilac Time
