Winter’s Waning

13 days and still Gaia is blanketed by white

A late winter’s nightr

The morning after

The earth refuses to give up her cover and allow spring’s flowers to stretch and bloom

After the storm

Early March snows melt quickly creating vignettes that are etched into my mind

The labyrinth covered with snow

Slate sculpture in the snow

But still I count down the days until spring

Snowdrops in snow

Sumac berries in the snow

A dusting of snow on the Witch hazel

Ice Encased

A glass of wine, winter boots and my daily pilgrimage into the gardens. 

These past few weeks the Arctic’s cold breath has ended with a whisper of southern warmth.

Horned-lark on frozen corn field

Winter’s white morphs into a glass encased landscape.

Witch hazel encased in ice

Ice encased Norway spruce

I take care not to slip and spill my wine…

Holly leaves encased in ice

Ice droplets on Whitch-hazel

Norway spruce branch encased in ice

Laceleaf maple encased in ice

Life in the Garden

AS A GARDEN AGES – LIFE INCREASES

The labyrinth in summer

WHAT BEGAN AS A FEW PLANTS HAS TRANSFORMED INTO AN OASIS

Newest pollinator native plant garden

Twelve years ago this did not exist. It was a grass slope up to the steps. What will the pollinator garden look like in twelve years?

A REFUGE FOR ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL

Twin fawns

 

Native bee on our native Echinacea

TAKE A MOMENT, LOOK CLOSELY AT A FLOWER, LOOK TO THE TREES …

Sweat bee on native Turk’s Cap lily

Blue Jay

 

Moments in Time

Echinacea flower

Miraculous  – amazing – always

Sawfly caterpillars on Mugo pine

Mundane – never

Chipmonk gathering bedding

Around all of  us in every moment in time there is something beautiful

Sweet Spice shrub

Something strange

Tussock moth caterpillar on Scarlet Honeysuckle

Something that catches our attention

Rain drops on a spider’s web

Just take the time to see it

American Toad

 

 

Merry Christmas to All

A touch of snow amidst a secret garden