Around the time Liz and I were married 40 years ago, hundreds of Pink Lady Slipper (Cypripedium acaule)flowers bloomed in the woods around our house. When I saw this one…
Another stunning piece of Dale Chihuly’s glass set against the clouds over Kew Gardens. What an inspiration it is to see work that is so beyond imagining.
I’ve recently made a delightful, new friend. Earl is 10 years old. He is also crazy about trees and wants to know everything there is to know about them. What…
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!
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