In preparation for springtime, it is time to clean the flower beds and prepare the seedlings for planting in just a few short weeks. While on an “inspection” walk through the gardens, to my amazement many flowers and shrubs are budding and blooming early. The warm weather is waking them up from their winter nap!
In life, as in photography, we develop some of our most treasured friendships when we are willing to get “up close and personal” with others and build relationships that are more than just a casual encounter. Are you willing to take the risk?
A short video of a carpenter bee at work in the coneflower garden. He is harvesting the nectar and pollen. Close up view of the body, head, and legs helps find the difference between the carpenter bee and the bumble bee. My granddaughter named this carpenter bee “BeeWinkle!”
Morning Walks Through the Woods – We take the well-worn path that Winnie has made throughout the 17 years that she has been a part of our family. The path takes us by a field of wildflowers. There is a gentle breeze blowing, and the flowers are swaying back and forth, creating a sea of purple, yellow, red, and white on a backdrop of green and gold grasses.
It is a daylily kind of day at Spring Meadows from May through August. Beautiful daylilies greet us each day on our walks through the gardens. We have over 20 different daylily plants, each unique and beautiful. Some will…
Garden Magic ( a poem by Marie Nettleton Carroll
This is the garden’s magic,
That through the sunny hours
The gardener who tends it, Himself outgrows his flowers…
Do you ever wonder about conversations between birds as they gather at the feeders? Well, I do. I see them watching one another, making sounds, maybe calling to other members of their flock (family) to join them for a meal.
One of my favorite and most relaxing times is spent in the gardens, walking down the pathways in the early morning hours. The sun is barely up as I begin; dampness from the night still lingers in the air. The leaves of trees and flowers glisten with morning dew. Even though I took the same walk late the evening before, I always find something new along the paths. A beautiful flower may be blooming today, and only today. If I had chosen to not take the walk, I would have missed it!
Part 2 of the Baby Birds 2015 at Spring Meadows. The baby bird eggs have hatched and it is so exciting to watch them grow! There is a lot more movement in the nest and I am beginning to see their little bodies taking shape. The nest is located in a fern hanging on my front porch. The mama bird is very gracious to let me water the fern as long as I as I am careful to not disturb the nest!