Category Archives: landscape gardening

Wake Robin ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Fresh

In the first hour of spring 2015, I made a photo-shoot tour of my gardens and found new life emerging. So much fresh growth greeted me — like old friends I am happy to see again.  fragile tri-lily wild woodland … Continue reading

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Spring Roses ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Fresh

tender red-green leaves emerge trembling in springbreeze branches reach stretch taut issuing thorny barbs suckled by warm sun buds anticipate pure joy    

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Cedar Fence ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Walls

“…consider the walls you’ve erected and decorated…the exteriors you’ve…neglected. What do these walls reveal about…you?” There is much I love about the still-life on this wall, especially when the shrubs around it add their softness and light. In the forefront … Continue reading

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Luscious ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Orange

Oh!  This lush hue that spans the wheel from just about yellow, to almost red — such vibrant tones — all of them orange. Previously posted to Sunday Stills, September, 2014.

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~~~ Wordless Wednesday ~~~

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~

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Blue Hydrangea ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Rule of Thirds

This photo is one of a series in which my focus was to study the blue of the flowers when silhouetted against a bright blue, sunny day sky. The “rule of thirds” is what pulls your eye into this particular … Continue reading

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Radial ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Symmetry

Each of these lovely blossoms are living examples of radial symmetry — a natural balance.    

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Lilies ~ Sunday Stills ~ “L”

Late winter and early spring in the Pacific Northwest offers just the right climate for many lilies to thrive. Here are a few from my gardens.  

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Thrush ~ Weekly Photo Challenge ~ Warmth

With the temperature outside barely above freezing, I sat sipping coffee at my kitchen table thinking about what I wanted to share for this week’s Photo Challenge. Just then two Varied Thrush (lxoreus naevius) landed on the deck railing to … Continue reading

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