The sunlight this morning a little before 7 was illuminating the leaves on the red maple in our front garden. We had strong thunderstorms the past two days and the leaves were coated with rain drops. Click on either image for a closer view. The tree is about 4 feet tall now, and we’ve had [...]
Tagged garden, mapleAND what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays; Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten; – excerpt from “THE VISION OF SIR [...]
The creek in our back yard Whan that aprill with his shoures soote The droghte of march hath perced to the roote, And bathed every veyne in swich licour Of which vertu engendred is the flour; Whan zephirus eek with his sweete breeth Inspired hath in every holt and heeth Tendre croppes, and the yonge [...]
Today was really warm with a brief sprinkling in the morning. A beautiful sunny day followed. Here are a few pics from the front garden. A close up of some of the lilacs that “jumped” from a neighbor’s yard to ours. Another shot of the lilacs. They are beautiful and at their prime. I wish [...]
It rained! Some rain Friday and all day Saturday. A view from our bedroom window. The subtle colors of spring as the trees begin to leaf out. Another view from the same window, but looking down to the wheelbarrow that’s catching the water and all the leaves we still have to rake. – And today’s [...]
Some simple pics of what’s going on in the front garden. Maybe this will be the beginning of a garden journal blog – a garjoug? a garjog? The leaves on the red maple as they are just starting to unfold. We got this tree as a tiny stick from our good friend Genine Lentine. < [...]
It snowed part of yesterday and all last night, giving us the gift of great snow scenes when we woke up. Here are a few. Click ‘em if you want to see them bigger.
January 30, 2005. Some snap shots of a view from our house. It snowed today on top of a nice coating of ice pellets from Saturday evening. That made for some nice scenes as the snow just laid on the branches. These pics were taken from our car port. One is of the neighbor’s (to [...]
view du jour: December 23, 2006
Here are a few pictures I took yesterday of our beech tree. The rain made the bark look almost black and gave the sheen. The tree looks muscular to me, with as much strength as the Minotaur. Click on a thumbnail to see the pic at full size. Speaking of the Minotaur, The Minotaur Takes [...]