Last breaths of cadmium and aureolin yellow falling through another season of autumn . . . as it falls through us . . . only passing through it all . . . Rock Maples stand mighty and tall. Miscanthus yellow blazes sigh with tassels reaching upwards ten feet high. Standing nearby, soft rustling songs become more an undertone as lengthy, waving blades . . . yellow . . . then fade, and float towards the leafy floor. A brighter, fleeting yellow reflecting tones of our … [Read more...] about Last Autumnal Breaths of Cadmium and Aureolin Yellow with Palm Warbler Only Passing Through
Last Autumnal Breaths of Cadmium and Aureolin Yellow with Palm Warbler Only Passing Through
Last breaths of cadmium and aureolin yellow falling through another season of autumn . . . as it falls through us . . . only passing through it all . . . Rock Maples stand mighty and tall.Miscanthus yellow blazes sigh with tassels reaching upwards ten feet high. Standing nearby, soft rustling songs become more an undertone as lengthy, waving blades . . . yellow . . . then fade, and float towards the leafy floor. A brighter, fleeting yellow reflecting … [Read more...] about Last Autumnal Breaths of Cadmium and Aureolin Yellow with Palm Warbler Only Passing Through
Early Spring ‘Star’ Magnolia Stellata
Magnolia stellata's primitive multi-petaled, milk-white and blush-striped blooms are the first flowers to fully unfurl within our garden shrubberies. Eighteen petals fall free of their furry calyx, multiplied by hundreds, to paint this small tree brightly. She stands along our second terraced garden stretching easterly amongst sentient statues of Apples and Birch yet to exhale their buds at the time these photographs were taken. A gift of Peace from Japan to the United States, Magnolia … [Read more...] about Early Spring ‘Star’ Magnolia Stellata
Early Spring ‘Star’ Magnolia Stellata
Magnolia stellata's primitive multi-petaled, milk-white and blush-striped blooms are the first flowers to fully unfurl within our garden shrubberies. Eighteen petals fall free of their furry calyx, multiplied by hundreds, to paint this small tree brightly. She stands along our second terraced garden stretching easterly amongst sentient statues of Apples and Birch yet to exhale their buds at the time these photographs were taken. A gift of Peace from Japan to the United States, Magnolia … [Read more...] about Early Spring ‘Star’ Magnolia Stellata
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