Tag: nature
Beauty in my garden
We’ve finally had several days of what I call “serious rain”.
Enough that I have to dump the decorative pots holding some of my larger, deck-potted plants.
Enough that it doesn’t evaporate immediately after it stops and best of all sometimes falling all through the night.
As a result everything looks lush, green….and overgrown. I’ve been going out for 1-2 hours each day to dead-head, pull weeds and ground cover that has taken over. While doing so today, I was thrilled to see that finally, one of my 3 hydrangeas has a blossom. Snapdragons and moss roses are coming up in the cracks between pavers as successfully as the ones planted in containers and beds.
Even my garlic chives have flowered! Here’s what’s up in my garden oasis….
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Sunday’s Sunset
Last night as the sun set, the light filtering through my windows bathed everything in and outside in shades of pink. I looked outside, grabbed my camera (and Spence) capturing these photos over the next fifteen minutes.
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Morning Glories Gone Wild
A year ago, I planted a single, tiny morning glory with one little blossom on the edge of my herb garden. After a few weeks they went crazy. Earlier this summer, I recall worrying that no morning glories had appeared in my garden in spite of millions of seeds that fell while I was dead-heading last fall.
Silly me.
When we returned to Michigan after two weeks in Tennessee, my herb garden had disappeared under a canopy of morning glories gone wild.
A gleam in his eye, Spence offered to find his machete and “help me”. I declined in favor of a kinder, gentler approach pruning until the herbs were liberated while surrounded by a wall of morning glories.
Aren’t they gorgeous? They appear to have tiny white lights in their centers, illuminating from within while their rich colors provide a fabulous display which delights me every morning.
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Stargazer Lilies in Bloom
When Spence and I returned from two weeks in the Smoky Mountains, our stargazer lilies were in full bloom; so glad we didn’t miss seeing them!
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Travels in Tennessee – part three
Travels in Tennessee – part two
On the way to and from our cabin in the woods, we pass this stand of sunflowers. Returning from our anniversary dinner last evening, I asked Spence to pull over so I could capture these beauties against the dramatic sky.
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Travels in Tennessee – part one
Seven years ago Spence and I were honeymooning in Savannah and Charleston. Headed north, we took an unplanned detour into the Great Smoky Mountains via North Carolina and ended up in Gatlinburg where we stayed for a few days.
The following year we discovered a special log cabin in the mountains of Wears Valley Tennessee (via homeaway.com) and have returned every year since. It is secluded, surrounded by the woods, very serene and totally relaxing. Wears Valley is located between Pigeon Forge and Townsend and we’re a mile from an entrance to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Seveirville and Gatlinburg are a short drive away as is Cherokee North Carolina which is a picturesque drive through the park.
There is so much to do and see here. In this post, I’m sharing the some of my favorite photos of the sky, mountains and the woods.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this, stay tuned – there’s more to come!
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Rainfall in the Mountains
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The First
