Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, colors, flowers, Inspiration, nature, Photography on July 10, 2024| Leave a Comment »
In the spring the plant is green with golden flowers and by the summertime the flowers fade and you see these glassine leaves with the seeds inside. To be honest it wasn’t until I zoomed in with my camera this year that I noticed the seeds. I think various creatures are enjoying them but I might save a few seeds this year.
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, colors, flowers, gardening, Inspiration, nature, Photography on July 8, 2024| 2 Comments »
Echinacea grows in three different spots in the yard. The bunnies mowed down one patch but have not touched the other two as far as I can tell. Finicky eaters!
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged blue, garden inspirations, gardening, perennials, Photography, pollinator-friendly on July 8, 2024| 1 Comment »
… it is trying to take over the yard. I thought keeping this perennial in a container would help contain it. Nope. After three years, it’s roots have gone down deep into the earth and there are little mini versions of the plant all over the yard, primarily along the edges. I must say the pollinators do love it. 🙂
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, colors, Inspiration, landscape, light, Middlesex Fells, nature, Photography, sunlight on December 17, 2023| 1 Comment »
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, Branches, Inspiration, landscape, Middlesex Fells, nature, Photography, Spot Pond, water on December 16, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, birch, colors, decorating, handcrafted, handmade, Inspiration, nature, Photography, pine on December 11, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Despite all of the holiday programming on television and the fact that I live in a neighborhood with many children and so many of the neighbors’ houses and yards are ablaze with Christmas scenes, I’m still not quite feeling Christmas-y. But Steve’s handcrafted trim is certainly helping.
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged autumn, Mystic River, nature, nature photography, Photography, swans, water on November 21, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged autumn, landscape, light, Medford, Mystic River, nature, nature photography, paths, Photography, trees on November 20, 2023| Leave a Comment »
A park near a neighboring school, adjacent to the Mystic River. I hope the middle schoolers take time to look up from their phones and enjoy the beauty around them.
Posted in Inspiration, tagged beauty, flowers, Inspiration, Photography, pink on November 20, 2023| 3 Comments »
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, colors, fungi, Inspiration, landscape, Middlesex Fells Reservation, mushrooms, nature, Photography, trees on November 13, 2023| 2 Comments »
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