Tag: Beauty
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Astilbe Path
The back garden path all-but-disappears by mid-summer. This is not a mistake, but intended. By the sixth month it becomes a path of lush abundance. Not unlike the journey in many Japanese gardens where you are forced because of the unevenness of the stone path to look at down your feet and thus encounter something not seen when looking…
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Cool Views from Above
The back garden’s on a lower level–great to see from my office and the shady refuge of the lower patio–but not visible directly from the first floor. However, I’ve learned deck rail viewing. Nice mornings I enjoy coffee on the deck and view the gardens from above. I love the tapestry created by the plantings. …
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days of wonder–symphony of joy
Driving north yesterday, listening to NPR interview a magician, my attention stopped at his words “a day without wonder is a terrible day”. Yes! I often refer to the ‘magic’ of the garden and being open to its’ wonder’. Each day as the garden lives its’ life of photosynthesizing and reproduction, we have the opportunity to…
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A Lovely June Day
Spring Anemone Steals the Show Plant Anemone canadensis when you want to carpet a large area. Too vigorous for a small spot in a border. Here it works to echo the shape of the long narrow walk as it directs your attention to the garden below with its beckoning color and texture. Meanwhile, I’m challenged to…
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Morning Greetings
Birdsong, streaming sunlight, happy plants greet me most mornings. For most of May, the white climbing clematis vine (is it alba or grandiflora?) treats me to its lovely floral display. With or without flowers, the vines connect my deck to my garden and the woodland view beyond. Below deck, it’s wonderful as well. I enjoy it from my office and the lower patio.…
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Along the Garden Path
Always something to delight along the path. Texture, shapes, flowers, colors all reward the garden journey.
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Dance of Light and Shadow
Drawn by color or form, I find myself noticing the way the sunlight plays across the landscape. It shifts and highlights or casts shadows. It flirts with our attention. Mesmerizing, sometimes the light dance holds me present for minutes that seem a much longer time. Pretty good considering how many thoughts distract us from our ‘now’ constantly. As a…
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Spring Blues as in Yummy Colors
The garden changes daily now. Heat, rain,wind, and longer days continue the parade of plants emerging, opening, and flowering. The blue pansy paired with the muscari have been delighting me for weeks. But now, the rose foliage behind and sedum adjacent create a lush abundance to greet me. Here’s the larger composition.…
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Jewels of the the Journey
Did the Thalia narcissus blooming with the pink hellebore enchant me more than the European ginger with the emerging fern? Or the amazing smell of the lilac scenting the garden fully 2 -3 weeks earlier than usual?Or the textures of allium, cerastium, granite, and geranium foliage? Or the wonder of the sun lighting the varied array of…