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The photo above is the flower arrangement I made of our lilacs last year for church. I show it because I cut them off the back of our bush as a dual pruning effort along with my flower arranging. And then this year we had not a single bloom off the back of our bush … Read more
My 12th grade daughter was honored yesterday by her homeschooling community. It was a wonderful thing and has put me in a reflective mood today.
The dogwoods here are lovely, particularly against a background of green. Enjoy the photos below.
I grew up with a Red Bud tree in my front yard. It was a gift to my mother acknowledging 25 years of volunteering as an outstanding Girl Scout Leader. Tied to this thoughtful gift were 25 real silver dollars. I have liked Red Bud trees ever since. They look particularly lush after a rain … Read more
I gave my husband these fancy double tulips for Father’s Day last year. We had never had them before. It has been really fun to have their color explosion in our yard. (A few pictures are of other people’s as well.) They have been one of the fascinations of this spring for me. I love … Read more
Our peach tree is blooming… imagine peaches where these flowers are! Check out the ladybug in the last picture… they were loving the tree.
Happy Mother’s Day!
Children are the best gift. I’m honored just to “have” them; they are the best thing I ever “did!” We have a tradition of buying our yearly annuals at a nice local nursery, Hollandia Nursery, as a festive Mother’s Day outing. We have done this for eighteen years at the same place. I always enjoy…
What could be better than tulips in the sun, or tulips after the rain? I love them. Nothing is quite as red in the garden as a red tulip can be. These photos were taken in our garden as well as the gardens of friends and neighbors. Our friend Rosalie had thousands! I hope you … Read more
This tree was a house warming gift from my parents seventeen years ago. Each year when it blooms it is like a fairyland. My oldest daughter, looking out of her bedroom window, sees nothing but pink. Some years it lasts longer than it did this year, but it is always a delight. Enjoy the photos!
Enjoy these photos of spring at New Pond Farm in Redding, CT just before the leaves burst. I love the vividness of the new, wet greens, against rich, fertile earth, the rushing of water, the old weeping cherry, the Canadian geese on their way north, the skunk cabbage, the sound of frogs, the practically fluorescent … Read more
Don’t you love magnolias? My aunt had a wonderful one we used to climb; year round they make good climbing trees but to climb them in bloom is to love them forever. Every year I photograph them. The fragrance is so subtle and delicious. The profile of each bloom is unique and slightly melancholy. And … Read more
Forsythia is always such a delight to see. I think it was one of the first things my kids could identify out of the car window, since we always enjoyed spotting that luscious color after months of winter. That cadmium yellow can be almost intoxicating after one has been living among muted neutrals! Enjoy the … Read more
Today was a full day of walking and sightseeing. The first three photos were taken in Quiet Waters Park which is a wonderful place I will return to. I spent the early morning there. I wish I had my bike! Then I had a serendipitous thing happen as I was driving down Bay Ridge Drive … Read more
There is a bonanza of daffodils right now here in Connecticut. We have a lot of them because they are one of the few bulbs that the deer won’t eat. They are always welcome since they are so cheerful and vivid, as well as one of our first signs that spring is on its way … Read more
The Palo Duro Club is where several of my husband’s relatives have cabins. It is about twenty minutes out of Amarillo near Canyon, Texas. While we were out there it hailed, which accounts for the strange light. We were pleased to tease my husband about the size of the hail since it was exactly the … Read more
These photos are taken on the airplane during landing, and from the Amarillo Club which is a nice restaurant on the top of Amarillo’s tallest building.
A couple days ago I posted pictures of the Palo Duro Canyon (see here), and I wanted to share some close-ups of the same areas today. All the different colors of earth are striking.