~ Willow Remnant ~ WPC: Surprise ~

Posted on April 13, 2017 by Lindy Le Coq

Yesterday I began to clean up the garden where once a massive, native, Pacific Willow stood. After the wind-storms this winter, I’m thankful we had the tree cut down last fall. Rotting in the middle, it already was listing over the fence and had it not been removed, it would have crashed across two fences and into two neighbor’s yards.

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As I  worked in the space, intending to make it accessible to have the stump ground, I was surprised to find I liked this remnant. Instead of obliterating it, I’ve decided to make it a feature. The vine maple will be able to stay too — a tree/shrub I love for it’s graceful leanings!

Surprise

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~ Remnant ~

Posted on April 13, 2017 by Lindy Le Coq

4/12

vine maples dance

limbs stretch lithe upon grey sky

grieving for willow

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~ Naked Caligula ~

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Lindy Le Coq

4/11

pretext and excuse

bare-naked Caligula

unraveled — exposed

 

via Daily Prompt: Unravel

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~ Spring Madness ~ In A Vase On Monday ~

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Lindy Le Coq

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4/8

big winds fill the sky

flowering plum in full bloom

daffodils nodding

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Brunnera ‘Jack Frost’, Various Daffodils, Hellebore

4/9

mini blue blossoms

float upon a sea of green

early spring blessing

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4/10

curer of madness

hellebore the lenten rose

behold her power

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Thanks to Cathy at Rambling in the Garden for inspiration!

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~ Soul Dancing ~

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Lindy Le Coq

4/7

feeds my soul this dance

sweeping gardens digging deep

discarding with care

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Trilium ~ Wake Robin

 

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~ Word Showers ~

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Lindy Le Coq

April is national poem writing month (napowrimo). Thank you for reminding me, dear friend Judi Goldberg (judgo).

4/1

a poem a day

what joy to have a purpose

to write in April

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4/2

keeps me distracted

thinking of Caligula

his boorish bumbles

4/3

sunshine all day long

gardens beckon flowers lift

cheerful faces greet

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4/4 

rushing to finish

this quagmire of things to do

keeps me from being

4/5 

yet I am being

every moment of my life

awake and asleep

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4/6

priorities dance

through and with me all the days

guidance of angels

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http://www.napowrimo.net

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~ WPC: Dense ~ Thickly Packed ~ Overgrown ~ Solid ~

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Lindy Le Coq

What an interesting challenge from Ben Huberman. I hadn’t really thought about denseness as a texture, so when I looked through my recent photos I was surprised at how many capture this quality.

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~ Weekly Photo Challenge: It IS Easy Being Green! ~

Posted on March 27, 2017 by Lindy Le Coq

I love being outdoors, so all shades of green attract my eye.

Creekside Greens
Sugar Snap Pea ~ Pisum sativum
Basil
Basil Pesto
Dragonfly
Fern
Ash detail
Quaking Aspen
Hellebore
Emerging Hosta
Brunnera – Jack Frost

Looking forward to more green things emerging in my gardens as spring rolls along!

It IS Easy Being Green!

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~ In A Vase On Monday ~

Posted on March 27, 2017 by Lindy Le Coq

The last time I participated in Cathy’s IAVOM challenge was January 3. For a few weeks there was absolutely nothing blooming or even tantalizing in my soaked and thrashed gardens. Also, I’ve been away more than home for a couple months, but this morning I’m here, the rain is holding off and I have spring flowers lifting their lovely faces to be admired.

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Camelia Japonica ‘Glen 40’, Forsythia, Primula ‘Belarina Cream’ and ‘Belarina Pink Ice’

The shallow bowl with birds on the edge cheers me as I hope for some sunshine in our future. Two days in a row of sun, are predicted for the end of this week — the first such occurrence since November 2016! To see more lovely flower arrangements and learn more about what’s blooming in gardens around the world please visit Cathy at Rambling in the Garden .

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~ Approaching Vertigo ~ Weekly Photo Challenge: Atop ~

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Lindy Le Coq

This week’s challenge is to experiment with point of view with the theme “Atop.”

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The Pinnacles in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon — USA

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Stairway Down in Point Loma Lighthouse, San Diego, CA — USA

Atop

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