FOTD – OCTOBER 7 – Water flowers They grow along the riverbanks and in the river. Some grow in swamps. All these plants want to live in the water or minimally, right next to it. I don’t know the names… Read More ›
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IS THERE ANOTHER FLOWER STARTING WITH “Q”?
FOTD – September 30 – Queen Anne’s Lace Queen Anne’s Lace is pretty and a lot bushier than I remember it. I suppose I’d always seen it in fields where compared to the trees and gates, it looked small. When it… Read More ›
J IS FOR JIMSON WEED
FOTD – September 26 – Jimson Weed — It IS pokeberry — and it’s still poisonous. I know we passed J, but I felt these pictures needed a home. There big purple berries grow everywhere this time of year. The… Read More ›
BRUSH WITH BUTTERFLIES
FOTD – September 16 – Brush at Ironstone Farm Maybe it was because of the long drought. I’d like to think it was intentional, leaving sunflowers and other garden flowers mixed in along the edges of the fields. I have seen… Read More ›
WILDFLOWERS ON THE BEACH
FOTD – August 14 – Wildflowers on the beaches of Maine I have always loved flowers along the beaches. Just before the earth becomes sand, there are also asters and other golden wildflowers. Photos: Garry Armstrong – You can see how… Read More ›
AN ABUNDANCY OF FLOWERS
FOTD – July 2 – Flowers, flowers everywhere It’s not only that the flowers are growing with a level of enthusiasm I’ve never seen before. It’s also the growing season has changed. Wild flowers like Queen Anne’s Lace and Spiderwort… Read More ›
DAYLILIES
FOTD – June 28 – Daylilies A day of rain and all the flowers are blooming. This is the time for daylilies. Usually, daylilies are the most powerful flower in the garden, but the Queen Anne’s lace that we allowed… Read More ›
FLOWERS OF THE DAY
FOTD – June 27 – Flowers on a Hot Sunny Day The weather went from chilly enough to need a sweater, to very hot in one night. It’s in the 90s. Not the high 90s, but hot enough. Today the… Read More ›
NATURE AT WORK
A Photo a Week Challenge: Nature at Work Water plants in the Blackstone River, a Bluebird, a Goldfinch, white Rhododendrons, and a waterfall. And finally, the super lunar eclipse last May.
DAYLILIES
FOTD – June 20 – Daylilies Usually, we get a big burst of daylilies all popping open on the same day. This year, we are getting a slow stream of lilies. One, then another three. Today another five. What is strange… Read More ›
QUEEN ANNE’S LACE
FOTD – June 17 – QUEEN ANNE’S LACE Last year, we let the Queen Anne’s Lace grow without interference. This year, there are many more than last year. Practically a whole garden full, now plentifully mixed with long, golden daylily… Read More ›
FLOWERS AND WATER PLANTS AT RIVER BEND
FOTD – June 14 – River Bend in June It was such a beautiful day today. Garry needed pictures for (potential) bit parts in movies or commercials. He has an itch to interact with a television camera again, though a movie… Read More ›
OUR BI-ANNUAL MOWING
FOTD – June 8 – The Bi-Annual Mowing We don’t mow, or more to the point, we very rarely mow. We don’t mow because we have a lot of wildlife and they like a natural environment and usually, so do… Read More ›
DARK GREEN IN MAY
CMMC May Colors Forest or Dark Green In the northeast, it’s too early for dark green trees. You won’t see leaves that color until the end of June at the earliest. The deepest greens don’t show up until August. But other… Read More ›
VIOLETS: THE FRAGRANCE OF MAY
FOTD – March 29 – Sweet Violet My mother loved the smell of violets, but I never saw a violet until we moved here. They grow wild here and most people consider them weeds. I love them. In May the entire… Read More ›
SKETCHBOOK 27 – FLOWERS
It’s great thinking about spring considering that we are currently deep in winter. When I went outside to feed the birds this morning, the snow — which is now more ice than snow — crunched loudly under my feet. A… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 