growing at my house this week. First there is the lily getting ready to bloom. Then we have Rose Campion. Then Campanula ‘Cherry Bells’ “If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.” ~ Buddha Visit Lisa’s Chaos for Macro Monday!
I went outside today and was surprised to see my stone patio finally getting moss in the cracks. Upon closer inspection, I found that it was really plush and thick, soft to the touch, but longer than any moss I have ever seen. So although I am calling it moss, I am not sure if [...]
The Signs of Spring Give Away is now over. WE have a winner! Chris Tidrick is the happy recipient of $200 to spend at Garden Shoes Online! Congratulations Chris! If you know Chris, congratulate the lucky winner. You can click on over to the contest and see Chris’s and all the other entries. We picked [...]
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Spring is right around the corner, and who couldn’t use some new gear? All of us at Garden Shoes Online are so excited about the promise of spring that we are giving away a $200 gift card from Garden Shoes Online to one lucky reader. And… every single person who enters will get a $10 [...]
Going green always makes me think about Kermit the frog singing” it’s not easy being green”. The truth is, it is easy. It reminds me of how my mother in law and grandmother did things. There was little waste in those households. My mother in law kept a cut open milk carton on the counter [...]
Today is my 200th post and I ask myself …. Why do we blog? For some it is a journal that evolves into understanding one’s self. For some it’s a hobby. For some it’s a way to be connected to others that like the same things. For some it’s a way to explore their passion. For some it’s [...]
Well, it is January and way too cold to wander around with my camera so I will share some spring pictures from last year and dream about when I can get outside and start the spring stuff in my garden. It might be 3 months and that’s about as much time as I can tolerate, especially while listening to the plows [...]
This evening, the last of the year 2009 will have some interesting sights. I am not talking about Uncle Mike wearing a lampshade as a hat, or your friend Mary singing her own rendition of Auld Lang Syne while standing on the bar, and not even the sight of thousands of people crowded together freezing [...]
The first (real) snow inspired a walk where I found these berries looking all festive. I am not sure what kind of bush this is because it was covered in snow and belonged to a neighbor. I had never noticed it before but it jumped out at me with those pretty red berries covered [...]
