Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, colors, container gardening, flowers, gardening, Inspiration, nature, Photography on July 29, 2024| 3 Comments »
Pansies, lavender, lemon verbena, a bit of basil and some marigolds … the containers on the patio grew a bit wonderfully wild. The pollinators and birds don’t mind. This upcoming weekend I’ll try to clean things up a bit and then make a plan for trying my hand at growing pansies from seed for the fall. We’ll see!
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 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, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, colors, fungi, Inspiration, landscape, Middlesex Fells Reservation, mushrooms, nature, Photography, trees on November 13, 2023| 2 Comments »
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged autumn, beauty, colors, Inspiration, landscape, Middlesex Fells Reservation, nature, nature photography, Photography, water on November 11, 2023| 2 Comments »
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