Category Archives: landscape gardening

~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge # 261: Work in Progress ~

Posted on August 11, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

Ann-Christine hit the nail on the head for me with this week’s challenge. Some of my high sunshine gardens were going to waste, with no fruiting vegetables or pretty flowers. After I hired a crew to trim back the arborvitae … Continue reading →

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~ Wordless Wednesday + Cee’s FOTD ~ Back Home Again! ~

Posted on June 15, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

On your walk with life, please honor our earth, encourage dignity and share kindness. 🐾

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~ Wordless Wednesday + Cee’s FOTD ~ Here’s What’s Blooming in My Gardens ~

Posted on May 18, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

On your walk with life, please honor our earth, encourage dignity and share kindness. 🐾

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #245: Environments ~

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

Every day when the weather has cleared between showers and hail, I have been in my gardens cleaning out the detritus that has collected since autumn: branches, twigs, fir cones and leaves. So far I have removed about 900 lb … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #241: Spring in My Messy Garden ~

Posted on March 24, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

My gardens consist mostly of perennial plants, trees and shrubs designed to provide food and shelter for birds, year-round. Some time ago I stopped pruning back the deadheads of Cone-flowers, and left the dry mop-heads of Hydrangea on all winter … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #239: Finding Peace ~

Posted on March 9, 2023 by Lindy Le Coq

This week’s challenge from Tina, took me into a thoughtful consideration of what elements of life bring me a sense of internal peace. Visual elements include soft pastels, puffy clouds, water ripples and sunlight. Over the thirty years I worked … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #221: Flower Favourites – and Why? ~

Posted on October 21, 2022 by Lindy Le Coq

Flowers always invite me to smile, and smiling sends all kinds of positive neural messages through my body that enhance my well-being and improve my disposition. Especially in the short days of winter when I suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder … Continue reading →

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~ Mid-October ~

Posted on October 12, 2022 by Lindy Le Coq

Wherever are this Mid-October, please honor our earth, be kind and stay safe.🐾

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~ Wordless Wednesday + Cee’s FOTD ~ Shades of Blue Hydrangea in my Gardens ~

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Lindy Le Coq

Wishing you blue skies and lovely flowers. Please honor our earth, be kind and stay safe.🐾

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #206: Treasures ~

Posted on July 8, 2022 by Lindy Le Coq

All week I have been contemplating the subject of our photo challenge – treasure – asking myself, “what do I treasure and why?” As I thought about it while sitting under a bower of vine maple leaves, surrounded by old … Continue reading →

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