Yesterday, the gardener came and cleaned up all the leaves. The place look GREAT. Today, about a million oak leaves fell off the trees and it looks like it was never done at all, so I guess the gardener will… Read More ›
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MUSIC MUSIC ♫
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Music In color and black and white, music helps you feel. Music — for many of us — bypasses the brain and goes straight to your soul. It can make me sad or happy. It… Read More ›
PURPLES, VIOLETS, AND SOME MORE LIKE “OFF-PINK” – CEE’S FUN FOTO CHALLENGE
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Purples and Violets In the earliest days of spring, when the chill is barely up above the level of snow, out come the violets and mayflowers. These two purple ground covers often make the entire backyard look… Read More ›
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 ›
MY FAVORITE GARDEN BIRDS IN 2020 (WITH 4 MONTHS TO GO)
I don’t have anything raging through my mind, so I thought this might be a good time to show off my favorite bird pictures for 2020. There isn’t a lot of good stuff going on. Most of us haven’t gone… Read More ›
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 ›
A GREAT DAY FOR THE LILIES – Marilyn Armstrong
FOTD – July 6 – Daylily Today was as close to a perfect summer day as you could hope for. It was warm, dry, breezy, and sunny. Not terribly hot and not at all humid. Owen decided to put up the… Read More ›
THE CHANGING SEASONS – JUNE 2020 – Marilyn Armstrong
THE CHANGING SEASONS – JUNE 2020 – AND SO MUCH MORE … What a strange and haunted year we have had. We are living in a world we never imagined except perhaps as a science fiction novel of the dystopian… Read More ›
DAYLILIES IN THE RAIN – Marilyn Armstrong
FOTD – June 28 – Daylily It finally rained today. It was the thunder that woke me from an impossibly deep sleep and it was a lot later than I thought. In fact, I never sleep that late, but we were… Read More ›
BACKYARD DAYLILIES
FOTD – June 24 – DAYLILIES IN THE BACK It had to be about 18 or 19 years ago when Owen and a friend came by on Mother’s Day and informed me they were going to build a garden for… Read More ›
