“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It Goes On.”
Robert Frost
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Friday, September 13, 2013

Saying Goodbye to Summer

Wow! What a change! It's like a switch was thrown and it went from hot steamy Summer to cool comfortable Autumn overnight! We still have about a week before Autumn is officially here. I wanted to share some photos I took in late August of my garden.



This first photo was taken during one of our hot steamy mornings.  The camera lens fogged over when the hot humid air hit it. I kind of liked the misty look so I kept it.





After my camera became acclimatized to the outdoor temperature, this is what it really looked like. Kind of an overcast, but very steamy hot day!





Yes, I love my phlox, they smell heavenly! And no, they are not all the same! They all have their own unique shade and markings!




 Some are more pink and some more purple hued.









 A Downy Woodpecker, left a lovely feather for me!






This phlox is quite confused. It has some pink flowers with white accents, some the reverse of that and some just mixed or white!










The white phlox has some wild orange jewel-weed behind it. Jewel-weed is a native plant that the hummingbirds love. It is also known to ease the symptoms of poison ivy exposure.

I will be posting a few more garden pictures with you as we say a long goodbye to Summer. Before I go I want to share with you a quote....


Part of the afternoon had waned, but much of it was left,
and what was left was of the finest and rarest quality. Real
dusk would not arrive for many hours; but the flood of
summer light had begun to ebb, the air had grown mellow,
the shadows were long upon the dense, smooth turf.

Henry James (1843-1916)
American-born English novelist



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Sunday, July 7, 2013

Summer Has Come At My Window









Today the summer has come at my window
With its sighs and murmurs;
And the bees are plying their minstrelsy
At the court of the flowering grove.

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
           Hindu poet





Monday, June 10, 2013

Minnesota Mud

Purple Haze Hazelnut Shrub against a hazy sky....

You may have thought Minnesota Mud was going to be a recipe for some yummy ice-cream pie, but no, it is regarding our weather.  I have been waiting for some sunshine and warmer temperatures for what seems like weeks.  Don't get me wrong, I am so grateful we have not had horrendous and dangerous weather like so many lately, but still, it is supposed to be spring and summer is knocking on the door!  I came across this quote that pretty much sums up our situation here.


" ... but there was no mud like what they found in Minnesota.  The town sat in a swamp from April until June, and then again in July, and often in August, too, while September brought some more, and one October, three days of rain made them a lake that promptly froze over for six months, a spacious icecap, though that was an unusually cold winter-often, January brought a false thaw and a week or two of mud."

Garrison Keillor
American humorist and native Minnesotan




Here are a few good things about all the rain and cold, the hostas love the cool and damp conditions, we haven't had to water, the drought is over, the grass is incredibly green, it's been too cold for mosquitoes.







This Pagoda Dogwood (a native plant), is doing its best to continue its natural cycle by blooming.  These pictures were taken on a morning with overcast skies and almost foggy conditions.  The atmosphere is most apparent in the first picture of the Purple Haze hazelnut shrub.











Some plants, as in these Cosmos, are not doing well at all. It was supposed to be at least two foot high, but is barely even peeking above the surrounding ground cover plants. We are supposed to have some sun later today and the warmer temperatures to follow.  We will have about two weeks of spring weather before summer arrives!


You know what they say... "It could be worse!".  
Let's look forward to a wonderful week!





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Monday, May 13, 2013

Miracles of Ordinary Life . . .







"I have never asked that nature
open any doors to reveal the truth of spirit or mystery;
I aspire to no shaman's path;
I expect no vision, no miracles except the ones
that fill every instant of ordinary life."

~~ Richard K. Nelson
                              American anthropologist