Gardener's Ramblings

Andy and I were both in the basement the other day when we heard a loud thud from upstairs.  It sounded like something had fallen up there. ...

For a week or so we have been enjoying beautiful summer like weather here.  Today it is cool and fall like, but before the weather changed w...

A few weeks ago Andy and I spent a few days up in the UP and in Northern Ontario.  We took the Agawa Canyon train trip and then spent a few...

Isn't this a pretty bird?  I think its an indigo bunting .  I see these birds every spring, but they only seem to stay here for a few w...

I woke up this morning to the fluttering of wings outside the window.  A minute later one of the birds landed in a nearby tree and I saw tha...

According to the news stations around here, the snowstorm we had last night and this morning, was record breaking.  Now, evidently, they onl...

My hydrangeas are exceptionally prolific this year. Here are endless summer (pink) and Annabelle hydrangeas (white). The Annabelle hydr...

Sweet William Coreopsis I can practically smell the sweet scent of this pink peony.

Lots more things in bloom this week. I didn't get pictures of all of them, but here are a few. More poppies, red ones this time. A pu...

We've had unusually nice weather for the past week or so. Sunshine in winter can be rare here, but it has been abundant lately. On ...

Up until yesterday we had been enjoying unseasonably warm weather for this time of year. In fact our grass was still green and we've...

Our weather has been exceptionally nice the past few days. It's hard to believe it's November. Last night the sunset ...

We spent the last week in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park area. Fall is such a gorgeous time of year to visit there. The firs...