Days of rain and cooler temperatures are allowing me to catch up with the virtual gardens. In real time we are beginning the last week of May . . . the month seems to have bolted by with little rain and cool temperatures that held a multitude of blossoms longer. Stepping back into earlier spring again and walking away from the south gardens and the Apple Gateway out towards the north field, beneath the serpentine Black Cherry 'Michael's Tree' (holding the meticulously woven Baltimore Oriole … [Read more...] about Blooming Apple and Crabapple Orchard in North Gardens
Blooming Apple and Crabapple Orchard in North Gardens
Days of rain and cooler temperatures are allowing me to catch up with the virtual gardens. In real time we are beginning the last week of May . . . the month seems to have bolted by with little rain and cool temperatures that held a multitude of blossoms longer.Stepping back into earlier spring again and walking away from the south gardens and the Apple Gateway out towards the north field, beneath the serpentine Black Cherry 'Michael's Tree' (holding the meticulously woven Baltimore Oriole nest) … [Read more...] about Blooming Apple and Crabapple Orchard in North Gardens
Spring Spreads Swaths of Sweetness in Petals and Song
"She beckons, and the woods start~ She nods and all begin~ Surely ~ such a country I was never in." Emily Dickinson Viburnum carlesii before White Birch Spring is spry and gay . . . spreading sheets of sweet petals . . . swathes of green surface. Flowering Quince Magnolias and Weeping Chery Returning birds and songs fill the cool spring air. A magical time of year. Tree Swallow seen from under the Weeping Cherry tree Strife strings along with the season ~ As well as … [Read more...] about Spring Spreads Swaths of Sweetness in Petals and Song
Spring Spreads Swaths of Sweetness in Petals and Song
"She beckons, and the woods start~She nods and all begin~Surely ~ such a countryI was never in." Emily DickinsonViburnum carlesii before White BirchSpring is spry and gay . . . spreading sheets of sweet petals . . . swathes of green surface. Flowering QuinceMagnolias and Weeping CheryReturning birds and songs fill the cool spring air. A magical time of year.Tree Swallow seen from under the Weeping Cherry treeStrife strings along with the season ~ As well as wing embraces ~ a … [Read more...] about Spring Spreads Swaths of Sweetness in Petals and Song
