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...
Oct. 13, 2021 A Wonderful Day
The morning was cool, mid- 60s to low 70s, with sun. The earth is moist after we had about two inches of rain last week. Captain Kirk...
The Wheel Turns- Autumn Equinox
It's been too long since I have posted. September 2021 hasn't been the best for the garden. Lack of rain and high temps has left the...
Small Surprises in Late August
So the heat is not a surprise in fact this WRAL headline says it all: Above average RDU counts 44th day over 90 degrees. It not all bad...