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Category Archives: Nature
Things I See Around Town: A Field of Buttercups
We are staying close to quarters here in our retirement community, but I do try to take a walk around the grounds each day, properly distancing, of course. A little exercise surely helps get through another day of stay-at-home. In … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Nature, Photo Challenge, Things I See Around Town
Tagged buttercups, poppies, wild flowers
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In a Vase on Monday: Scavenging
It’s hard to collect flowers for IAVOM when one has no garden. So I’m left to keep a keen eye out for potential items when I am walking the grounds during my daily exercise. Social distancing or no, garden or … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Photo Challenge, Things I See Around Town
Tagged grass seeds, seed heads, wild grasses
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A Photo a Week Challenge: Peaceful Place
I am delighted to join in the weekly photo challenge guided by Nancy Merrill Photography. This week’s theme is Peaceful Place. I always find peace in natural settings that combine water, stone and lots of greenery. During a garden tour … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Nature, Photo Challenge
Tagged peaceful place, postaday, water feature
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In a Vase on Monday: ‘Miz America’ Blooms Again
It’s been a long time since I have been able to join Cathy at Rambling in the Garden to show a Vase on Monday. My “porch garden” has very little to offer these days, and we have not been able … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, In a Vase on Monday, Nature, Things I See Around Town
Tagged 'Miz America' mustard
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Its Here Already
Spring! The evidence is everywhere. One of my neighbors has daffodils in bloom. Dogwoods are about to burst into their whiteness. I saw a crocus. Dandelions have already gone to seed. Another neighbor has azaleas blooming by her patio. Wow! … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Nature, Photo Challenge, Things I See Around Town
Tagged pine, pine pollen, redbud
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Things I See Around Town: Is Spring Coming?
Here we are approaching mid-February, and I spied a bit of color on cherry (?) trees in our neighborhood. It’s not much, but a bit of pink on a drab, cloudy day is a real promise of what’s to come. … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Nature, Photo Challenge, Things I See Around Town
Tagged cherry tree, spring color
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Things I See Around Town: Mimosas
As spring moves toward summer, the surrounding colors continue to change. The beautiful but invasive wisteria has faded, and now we see crape myrtles blooming in their many shades, shrub roses have shed their first flowers and are putting out … Continue reading
It Bolted
The lovely ‘Miz America’ mustard I posted several weeks ago continues to thrive on my screened porch. It survived a tough winter and, as the weather warms, it is coming to new life. But what is this strange growth coming … Continue reading
Things I See Around Town: More Spring Color
The passage of time can be marked by the recurrence of colors in spring. The daffodils and forsythia are joined now by swaths of white cherry and pink crabapple blossoms. Some of my timely favorites are the pastel pinks of: spring … Continue reading
Things I See Around Town: Treegator®
There is a new home building project underway next to our church. As the builders have put in landscaping, I noticed several Treegator® irrigation bags installed around newly planted trees. I see them in lots of places around town. I … Continue reading
A Walk in the Garden 