For as many flowers as I’ve looked at I sometimes wonder if I’ve ever seen them!
Obviously I’m in love with flowers. Who would not be?! The see beauty like this renews my soul. Years ago I discovered the backs of many flowers have a special…
I so love having flowers on the table, close at hand. Seeing them in all of the different kinds of light is such a treat even if the wind and…
One of the joys for me of living in the same place for many years is discovering places where a flower or a group of flowers grows and returns each…
Yes, as our friend Julia reminds, it really works to focus my attention on “awe and wonder.” Each day overflows. I’ve worried all week—one full of cold, rain, wind and…
These two images were from last week, both showing a Willow (Salix) of some sort as it transitions from flowering to producing seed and the leaves begin to emerge. Both…
Many of the trees and shrubs are moving on from flowering to forming seeds to budding out their leaves. Seeing all this comes with patience and looking closely!
The hills are turning a thousand shades of green (and red and gray and …) this week. The colors rival what we see in the Fall. Bumblebees buzz. The first…
I love the way trees and shrubs “get in line” in the spring, some blooming very early and other later. Here are two “late leafers.”