FOTD – August 13 – Lilies
Flower of the day
SOLOMON’S SEAL
FOTD – February 26 – Solomon’s Seal Every spring, one of the first of the wildflowers to appear are Solomon’s Seal. This is purely a wildflower. They were growing along the edge of our woods. I encouraged them by giving them… Read More ›
SPIDERWORT – PREVIOUSLY WILD
FOTD – JUNE 9 – SPIDERWORT They are true blue, but for some reason no matter what camera I use, show up as purple. Something about the way the light hits it. I finally got them back to their natural… Read More ›
RAINY DAY AUTUMN LEAVES – Marilyn Armstrong
November Leaves – FOTD – November 7, 2018
MEMORIES OF SUMMER – Marilyn Armstrong
Memories of Summer – FOTD – November 2, 2018 Suddenly, I realized that it is really getting to the end of the year and I don’t remember very much of it. One of my two (the small one) bird feeders… Read More ›
THE VERY LAST ROSES – Marilyn Armstrong
FOTD – The Very Last Roses It’s actually cold (again) tonight but it didn’t rain today. It looked like rain, but although it got grey, we actually didn’t have any rain for one entire day. I got so excited, I… Read More ›
COLD WITH RAIN ROLLING THROUGH – Marilyn Armstrong
FOTD – A Chilly Night It’s actually cold tonight. It was raining earlier. We had a little tornado and the power went out for about an hour. And it’s the first night of the World Series, so we were really… Read More ›
AUTUMN ALONG THE CANAL – Marilyn Armstrong
FOTD – as NIGHTS GROW COLD Summer never wanted to end, or so it seemed. As we entered October and all the trees were still green, I gave up hoping for a sudden turnaround. Instead of a cold snap, it… Read More ›
MAPLES TREES ALONG THE BLACKSTONE RIVER – Marilyn Armstrong
FOTD – October 20, 2018 – Maple Trees Garry and I went down to the River Bend Farm along the Blackstone River. The trees were still green except for the maple trees, a giant pear tree, and some Virginia Creepers. Also… Read More ›
FLOWER OF THE DAY: MACROS – Marilyn Armstrong
Flower of the Day – October 13, 2018 I have an interesting relationship with my macro lens. Sometimes, I love it to pieces. When it decided to work, it is perfection. Macro lenses are kind of touchy. They may focus… Read More ›
FLOWER OF THE DAY: ROSES IN OCTOBER – Marilyn Armstrong
Flower of the Day – October 12, 2018 Just a few more flowers of summer as we head deep into autumn. Hard to believe flowers are still blooming! More red roses on the big bush in the garden. I guess… Read More ›
FLOWER OF THE DAY – ROSES IN THE AUTUMN – Marilyn Armstrong
Flower of the Day – October 11, 2018 They are still blooming like crazy. The roses, that is. Usually, the roses throw a few blooms even late in the summer, but we have entire full branches of roses in both… Read More ›
GOLDENROD, BEES, AND SPIDERS – Marilyn Armstrong
Goldenrod, a Bee, and a Spider The goldenrod is blooming and it’s lovely. I can hardly stop sneezing when I’m near it, but a long lens really helps a lot. Although to be fair, nothing entirely stops the sneezing, the… Read More ›
THE TINTED BOUQUET – Marilyn Armstrong
FLOWERS OF THE DAY – TINTED DAISIES! When Garry brought these home, they came with a note from the florist that all these flowers were tinted. They also said they could create flowers of any color you want. Create your… Read More ›
PINK AND RED ARE THE ROSES – Marilyn Armstrong
Flowers of the Day – Pink and Red Roses Although the lilies are gone, the roses continue! Yay roses!
MORE THAN MERE FLOWERS – Marilyn Armstrong
MORE THAN MERE FLOWERS … These are a couple of my most recent daylilies. For some reason, if I take pictures near the fence, they come out better. Maybe it’s the very dark background? And this is one of many… Read More ›
BLANKETS OF ROSES – Marilyn Armstrong
FLOWERS OF THE DAY Although the first run of roses is beginning to fade a bit, it’s still an impressive site out there in our garden, or, as they say around here, GAHDEN. Dump that “r” … we don’t need… Read More ›
DAYLILIES – FLOWERS OF THE DAY – Marilyn Armstrong
Lilies of the Field and Garden We got all our lilies by digging them up in the woods and from along the road. There were a few in the garden, but there were thousands of them everywhere, so we took… Read More ›
HOLY MOLY ROSES! – Marilyn Armstrong
FLOWERS OF THE DAY – THE ROSES, OH THE ROSES! When I went out and spent a day cutting the roses as far back as I could, I thought they might not grow this year. I was so wrong. Wow,… Read More ›
WILD GARDEN IN BLOOM – Marilyn Armstrong
Our wild garden is blooming! It’s crazy growth time in the valley. Slow getting started, everything is over the top and I think we are going to have a massive display of roses and lilies this year. A week ago,… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 