The years just keep rolling along, and spring arrives, more or less on schedule, about this time every year–and about six months earlier or later in the southern hemisphere–moving around the world and never holding still for long. We get a couple of days of warm weather, and everyone is out mowing lawns, some for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘gardening’
Spring Again
Posted in changes, Flowers, gardening, hope, Nature, Perspectives, spring, tagged anticipation, changes, flowers, gardening, hope, nature, spring on April 9, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Phipps Conservatory
Posted in Flowers, Nature, special places, tagged beauty, butterflies, clouds, gardening, nature on July 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
While in Pittsburgh, we visited a place any plant lover would enjoy: Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. Located in Schenley Park, not far from my son and daughter-in-law’s house, the conservatory houses a wide variety of plants, including one whole room dedicated to ferns, another full of orchids, and a walk-through butterfly garden. Much of [...]
Old Fence Posts
Posted in complexity, Nature, winter, tagged beauty, complexity, gardening, nature, spring on February 14, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Going out to prune the raspberries, I discover a miniature world atop an old fence post.
October Corn
Posted in autumn, blessings, gardening, tagged autumn, blessings, gardening on October 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Corn in October? What a strange gardening year this has been!
Weeds
Posted in cancer, gardening, tagged attitude, autumn, changes, gardening, weeds on September 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Weeds take over my garden and invade my life, leading me on a new and scary journey.
Apple Blossoms out of Season
Posted in autumn, gardening, hope, summer, tagged autumn, changes, gardening, hope, nature on August 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
As the last shriveled Gravensteins fall from our tree, something unexpected is happening. The apple tree is blossoming. Sweet white flowers are opening up here and there on the tree—not the full-fledged bloom of spring, but something I have never seen at the end of summer. What is going on here? Perhaps it’s the odd [...]
Blueberry Muffins
Posted in contentment, gardening, summer, tagged anticipation, blackberries, blueberries, gardening on August 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Finally a few blueberries saved from the birds. Time for blueberry muffins!
Battle of the Blueberries
Posted in birds, gardening, sparrows, summer, Uncategorized, tagged birds, blackberries, blueberries, gardening, nature, sparrows, summer on July 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The annual Battle of the Blueberries has begun, and this year the birds are winning.
