Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Pink and Yellow Flowers and birds, birds and flowers … and maybe a car or a plow. The Goldfinch, in summer, are brilliant yellow and even in the middle of a drought, we had bushels of… Read More ›
Flowers
CHRYSANTHEMUMS – CEE’S FLOWERS OF THE DAY
FOTD – October 4 – My Mums It occurred to me that I too have mums. Not recently mums, but mums nonetheless. In the memory of mums that were and the foreshortened autumn that burgeoned brightly and ended almost before… Read More ›
SUNFLOWERS ON A SUNNY DAY
FOTD – September 25 – SUNFLOWERS BY THE BLACKSTONE We had hoped there would be more color in the trees. Our street is brilliant with color. In fact, our entire property is brilliant with color. The aspen are all golden,… Read More ›
FLOWERS OF THE DAY: PINK ROSES
FOTD – September 2 – Little Pink Roses I haven’t done one of these in a long time because my flower garden is a horror show. We’ve had almost no rain. It has been exceptionally hot and humid, so no… Read More ›
VACATION MEMORIES: MAINE, VERMONT AND COOPERSTOWN
A Photo a Week Challenge: Vacation Memories Our honeymoon was in Ireland and that was definitely our most memorable vacation. But I don’t have much in the way of pictures from those weeks on the Emerald Isle … and it really… Read More ›
ANTHURIUM, ANTIQUE CHINESE POTTERY, COLLEGE DEGREES – AND THE FUTURE
FOTD – August 7 – Anthurium I actually didn’t know what the flower was until Judy Dykstra-Brown looked them up and told me. What has turned out to be so interesting is though the orchids in the pot flowered once… Read More ›
GROWING GARDEN SUNSHINE
Sunshine in the Garden I loved your Pick Me Up today, probably because I love sunflowers, though I have never successfully grown any. But since you brought the subject up, I thought I’d send you some more garden sunshine.
DAYLILIES IN THE BACKYARD
FOTD – July 27 – Daylilies The flowers are blooming and wilting in one day from the heat. And we could really use some rain … which we might get. Tomorrow afternoon or evening, assuming the weather guy is right…. Read More ›
SQUARE PERSPECTIVE IN QUARANTINE
A Square Perspective – BeckyB, 22 July 2020 My View from a Quarantined World I feel like life has become an endless game of hide n’ seek. We are perpetually in hiding and that which is hunting us is… Read More ›
TRIPLETS – Marilyn Armstrong
A Photo a Week Challenge: Threes and Threes Three is a good number. It’s considered one of the lucky numbers (the other is 7) and somehow, things look very good in sets of three.
QUEEN ANNE’S LACE – Marilyn Armstrong
FOTD – July 8 – QUEEN ANNE’S LACE This wildflower pops up in various parts of our property from time to time. It’s naturalized in the U.S. and Australia, wild all over Europe and parts of Asia. It doesn’t grow… Read More ›
CATALPA TREES IN BLOOM – Marilyn Armstrong
FOTD – July 3 – CATALPA BLOOMS In addition to the flowers, we have a lot of Catalpa trees. They are supposedly hard to grow, but we didn’t grow them. They just grow around our property, almost like weeds. I… Read More ›
