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Warm and Uplifting
Today is lovely. The sun is shining; it’s warm. It’s an SSSS kind of day (SSSS=short sleeve shirt and shorts). I was able to take a nice walk around the grounds of our retirement community, abiding by the current “social … Continue reading
Posted in End of the Month View, Photo Challenge, Things I See Around Town
Tagged azalea, daffodil, dogwood
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Things I See Around Town
My friends, the Woodland Gnomes at Forest Garden, introduced me to a most interesting post by Cathy at Words and Herbs on the Ten Seasons of Phenology. That was a new term for me, and I submit that her post is a most interesting explanation. I hope … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Nature, Things I See Around Town
Tagged Carolina jessamin, dogwood, Guess What's in My Garden!, phenology, pink dogwood, red maple, redbud, wisteria
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A Pick-Me-Up Day
For the past week we have been joining the rest of the country in unseasonably cold weather. Our garden had a welcomed one inch of rain, but it was sandwiched between two days on either side of the rain with freezing … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening
Tagged azalea, Camellia, Charlotte, cold weather, dogwood, fountain, garden, ipheion, Ipheion uniflorum 'Wisley Blue', Kornus kousa, Leucojum aestivum, Mercadonia, peony, record cold, Spring snowflake, Wisley Blue
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‘Chansonette’
I recently visited Maple Walk, a remarkable garden in Charlotte created by Tom Nunnenkamp and Lib Jones. They have an extraordinary collection of over 90 Japanese maples and over 25 dogwood species. Among the many other beautiful plants in their garden, … Continue reading
The Woods in Early November
The woods at the back of our property have changed dramatically over the past week. Could the first frost a week ago have provided the impetus that the leaves apparently needed to change? The colors are certainly not unexpected, but nonetheless it … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Nature
Tagged Acer, Acer Summer Glow, arborvitae, autumn color, autumn leaves, boxwood, Catawba crape myrtle, daffodil, dogwood, Japanese maple, jessamine, Kousa dogwood, maple, oak leaf hydrangea, pansy, viola, woods
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Wordless Wednesday: 8/27/2014 The Marvelous Geometry of a Kousa Dogwood Seed Pod
Posted in Gardening, Wordless Wednesday
Tagged Cornus kousa, dogwood, seed pod, Wordless Wednesday
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Another Weekend in the Mountains
Last weekend in the mountains of North Carolina I spent a delightful afternoon walking back woods roads and following a rushing stream. The streams in the area were running strong after a series of heavy rains. In poking around the woods I came across … Continue reading
What a Difference!
It has been cold and raining for two days. Today the sun is out; the kids next door are playing basketball in their drive; and my wife and I spent the afternoon planting summer annuals in two of our pots. These are our … Continue reading
A Walk in the Garden 