Photos of Dogwoods
The dogwoods here are lovely, particularly against a background of green. Enjoy the photos below.
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Red Bud Photos
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
Photos of Fancy Double Tulips
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
Photos of Traditional Tulips
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
Spring Photos of New Pond Farm
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
Photos of Magnolias
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
Photos of Forsythia
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’s Earth Day Poem By Me With Photos
On Earth Day Often we think of earth’s jaggedly impassable, impressive mountain precipices, or a raging volcano’s seething lava, surging mercilessly down hill, or the intensely glaring heat waves shrouding remote, windswept deserts, or hulking blue ice sheets crashing precipitously into chill Arctic oceans, or the devastating … Read more
Photos of Daffodils
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
Forum on Faith Newspaper Article–Spring: A Sweet Season of Renewal
Spring: A Sweet Season of Renewal While Mary Baker Eddy is best known as the founder of Christian Science, and author of the bestselling book, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, which presides along side the Bible as the pastor of the Christian Science Church, she was much more. She healed people the … Read more
Photos of Spring Water Falling
The weather is a delight. The sweet air and
the sound of falling water refreshes the soul.
My New Poem: Tips of Spring (with Photos)
Tips of Spring The bare branches tacitly precise point gnarled fingers and wave lacy tendrils like brooms sweeping the sky like hair standing on end each strand preposterous and defined coy, but flirting capillaries. This spiky punk rock stage will pass the spring cleaning will finish the monochromatic veins and bony limbs will soon be … Read more
Today’s Photos of Crocus
I took these photos in two different spots. The tightly closed wet ones were taken this morning before a breakfast meeting with early sun after last night’s rain.
Close-Up Photos of March Water
Here are some close-up photos of spring splashing forth. Gushing, gurgling, trickling, spewing, rippling, murmuring, sloshing, moving in March. Enjoy!
Photos of March Reflections in Context
Yesterday in my blog there were close-up reflections of March here, so I thought it only fitting to offer today some reflections in context. These were taken in the same places as yesterday’s so you can give yourself the challenge, if you wish, of matching up locations with yesterday’s in depth photos. Enjoy!
Photos of Close-up March Reflections
I recently took these pictures of close-up reflections. View them as the abstract art that they are. Imagine any one of them wall sized in a contemporary art museum. Be amazed at the detail, nuance and layers depicted. Enjoy!
Photos of Green March Moss
Our woods here are decked out in St. Patrick’s Day green. Check out these photos of March moss… Enjoy!