This year, I really feel the flowers were powerful. Here are just a few blooms that seemed to make my heart skip a beat. The …
A Few Flower Photos
2017
A Little Recognition
Mid summer, I sent in some pictures of my personal garden to an “Excellence in Gardening” competition. By September, I found out that I had …
Here comes Fall
What a long Indian Summer! We have been warm up until just last week here in Chicago. I always feel like the seasons are just …
Second Look at Sonya’s Garden
I started Sonya and Amour’s garden last year. You can look at the post to see the difference! I’m so happy to see how well …
A Look at John’s Garden
Sometimes you get to work on a garden for several years, watching the development of specific areas, and getting a feeling of how the space …
Great Year for Tulips
The one good thing that comes from a cool, damp Spring is a long tulip season. I was really quite pleased. If it gets too …
Cold Snap
I’m a weather watcher. It is one of the first things I do each morning, and as Spring starts creeping in, I always take note …
Winter Help Part 2: Visualizing Spring
Here it is, the end of January, and I can’t stop thinking about Spring. Undoubtedly, the 60 degree day we had on Saturday has something …
Long Winter Help: Part I
One of the few problems I have with winter is the lack of something to do and to observe that is outside. Having a bird …