

Late July - Mid August 2022
Like so many people across the world, we are experiencing high temperatures with very little rain. The garden is suffering. There have...


June Beauty 2022
Despite the fairly dry Spring and tornadic weather with the occasional deluge the daylily season started in early June as normal. The...


Tornado and Rain
What a crazy few days. Our neighborhood was visited by a tornado on May 23th. Amazingly, very little damage occurred when you consider...


Mid-Spring Hues, Early May 2022
Wild yellow oxalis plants have crept into the garden. I will leave them as this is a happy circumstance. The delicate pops of yellow...


April 2022
The lead photo is a perennial wild columbine. This year it is looking great. I don't have a lot of success with these plants. This is...


March 2022
Spring is racing towards us now. The weather has been a bit up and down as you would expect. This week we had above normal temps in...


Happy Imbolc and Groundhog Day 2022!
Yellow warbler sitting in the Silver maple tree next door. I hadn't noticed the Spring buds until I had this close up photo. Today's...


Great Start to a New Year 2022
I'm having a beautiful morning watching snowfall. Can you believe it ? Yesterday, Jan. 2, we reached seventy degrees. Today we are...


Holiday Season Begins
In our household November celebrations include my sister's birthday and of course Thanksgiving. The weather has been warm and dry. It...


Beautiful October 2021
We had our Indian summer a little late this year. October was unusually warm and wet per WRAL, but it refreshed the garden beds. The...