I remember snowy winters, ice skating on frozen ponds, and igloos made out of snow. Igloos you crawl into to sit with your best friend and hide from the wind. I still have a fondness for snow. Not like the snows we had when I was growing up in Michigan , but the snow that…
Statues add personality to the garden ~
I have always loved placing statues in my garden; they add personality and interest. My favorite and oldest is my little girl statue. I never named her so she remains "my little girl". She has been with me many years gracing every garden I've had. I love how she looks ready to take a bow…
Last Summer Days
I will hold on to warm days in the garden. Days of gentle breezes. Days with skies that hold the earth in a pallet of azure shades. Days when garden shadows play hide and seek between glints of light on flowering trees. Days in the garden witnessing the wonders of succession of bloom. When one…
Happy Birthday Momma!
Ellen May Reilly born: December 18, 1927. A dark haired Irish beauty, swept off her feet by a tall handsome man; soon they were married at Blessed Sacrament Church in New York City. What would I tell her if she were alive today? I would thank her for loving each of her 8 children unconditionally.…
Moments of Wonder
Turn off the news. Silence the turmoil. Slow my beating heart. Find refuge in the beating heart of the garden. A sense of calmness. The musical songs of trilling birds. And the delicacy of winged visitors. Let the mesmerizing rose scents rekindle memories. Feel the velvety leaves of Lambs Ears. And breathe in the calming…
Hummingbirds
"Daily he appears; His buzzing flight alerts me, Stirs my sense of wonder." ~ Linda C. Seifried A flash of iridescence. Wings that beat at lightening speed. Hummingbirds can fly forward, straight up and down, sideways and backward. They hover using bills that are long and slender making it possible for them to get sweet…
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”
I was in awe when I saw this spider on my Hydrangea bush. I thought is was beautiful. About two inches in size with bright yellow and black markings made of thick hair that looked like velvet. It's an orb-weaving arachnid. The spider makes a protein fiber called spider silk and uses it to spin…
My Potting Shed
"No worries", I told my husband when we moved into our new home. "There's plenty of room for my gardening paraphernalia in this garage." I claimed a corner, and added some old crates; eventually those crates were buried under a varied amount of essential necessities for work in the garden: hand trowels, pruning shears, an…
“The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies.” ~ Gertrude Jekyll
Last October I waited in anticipation of a package soon to be delivered. Bulbs. Did I really order 500 of them? Oh my! Allium Purple Sensation, Allium Christophii, Camassia Leichtlinii Alba, Gladiolus Communis Byzantines, and Ornithogalum Ponticum Sochii arrived in cardboard boxes labeled with their names. It felt like a holiday opening the boxes. Large, small and…
September Rain
Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. ~ Langston Hughes
Always the Garden 