Nature Photos from Maine (June 2026)
Here are the rest of my photos from my recent trip to Maine. The flowers, trees, grasses, ferns, and reflections were all wonderful.
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Photos of our Peonies with links to Peony Poetry
Loving our peonies!
Check out these new photos of them from our yard, as well as these peony poems
Hike Photos from Huntinton State Park (Early June 2026)
There are some blossoms, and the air smells pungently amazing, but most it is just green, green green!
Love Lessons (poem by Rosemerry Watola Trommer)
There were thousands of wild iris in the wide, damp meadow. Forty years later I remember it, still, the pale purple petals fluttering in the morning breeze.
Halibut with Chives in Parchment (Recipe)
This is incredibly delicious, and is especially fun if you have chive flowers in your garden you can use. It is not hard to do, but is a top-of-the-line company meal, even though I just made it for the two of us last weekend.
Flowers in our Yard Right Now (Photos)
This is the best time of year in our little third of an acre. It is bursting out in bloom right now, with many iris, peonies, baptista, allium, virbernum, quince, azalea, poppy, and even lemons.
Pasta Salad with Asparagus, Corn and Snap Peas (recipe)
This salad is a good side, packed with veggies, and mixed with delicious basil dressing. It is perfect for the spring when the asparagus ans snap peas are in season.
Strawberry Rhubarb Overnight Oats (Vegan Recipe)
It is not too sweet, and has a pleasant texture. Plus, it is all ready to go, right out of the fridge.
Gardens at Hill Stead Museum (Photos)
In this post, you can follow along and appreciate with me all this cultivated beauty.
Grace Notes #62 (with Photos)
I am furthering my ongoing goal of appreciating such a continuous, overflowing abundance of random good.
Hike Photos from Huntington State Park (April 2026)
I am so grateful to live so close to this wonderful place and to have gotten to know it intimately over many years.
Our Weeping Cherry Tree (Photos)
My parents gave us this tree as a housewarming present 35 years ago. It is going strong and is such a lovely addition to our life!
Spring Pointillism (New Poem by Polly Castor with Photos)
Dotted buds, tight fisted but yielding; scattered pecks of blossoms on trees; efflorescent dabs of white or blush pink done with a vigorous, percussive hand
April Hope (New Poem by Polly Castor)
Devastation recedes as compassion surges, while blooms ever so silently unfold, unnoticeable, until flagrantly and gorgeously displayed.
Spring at New Pond Farm (Photos)
I was so glad to be again on these old stomping grounds, and thought you might like a photo tour too.
Grace Notes #59 (with Photos)
I am furthering my ongoing goal of appreciating such a continuous, overflowing abundance of random good.
Spring Morning After Rain (New Poem by Polly Castor with Spring Flower Photos from our Yard)
The air is moist, and the almost sultry breeze is laden with the fragrance of soil so scrumptious, it invites gestation…