Le Jardin and New Blooms

Bottom: 'Le Jardin' in the morning light in
June....in the back are our potatoes; they are (again) huge!
Tomatoes, squash and onion as well are some of the
plantings ...Middle: My daisies (wild transplants
to the front) are true... :-) Top: A new front yard
plant and a tender blushing pink bloom!
Can't wait to see the whole plant in bloom...
Have a truly great weekend folks!

A gift

Here is this mornings 'peek' inside my front
door (wonder just how that is going to work?!)
fuchsia plant hanger of a wren's birds nest complete
with 3 eggs! Every time we get close to the hanger
the small black and white mother flies out....at which
time my dog(s) take notice and try and find just
where she is hiding in the front bushes...
causing me to call them off! This is presenting
a challenge and the small babies are not even hatched
yet! I hope that we can leave them alone enough to see
the babies to fruition! We shall make a valiant attempt
at it though....You have the first view (taken carefully
I might add) of her nest! Ain't it sweet?
I have to be very careful when
watering the planter (now.) I discovered her
yesterday when I used the attachment on the
hose as I had been doing previously and (accidentally)
watered her! She was none worse for the wear
and I will now hoist up a watering can
to one side of the planter! I am a bit mystified as to
just why a bird would pick my front yard planter
for a nest when she had the entire forest
to choose from!
Go figure...
Enjoy your day friends!

Waterfalls Road SoundBite...

Sunday (again; see Sat. posts as well)
we traveled to a nearby
place called
"Waterfalls Road."
Here is a slice of video (raw) so that
you too, can get your feet wet!
Stand back and feel the spray!

I rather like the sound of rushing, roaring
water in the wild. Our plan is to frequent as many
waterfalls (to photograph them) as we can.
Next Up: At the falls bottom, nestled near
a large rock on a ledge,
was this large specimen (note his yellow
back shell and his head)
of a box turtle. Of course I
had to say "Hi, little turtle."
We continued on roads in this area but
because of rain, we had to turn back
(as roads can get flooded here
and we did not know our way.)

Waterfalls Road

The tall falls pieced together...

Waterfalls Road Series; 'Will You Marry Me?' Rock :-)
(Double click to read... :-) )

My First Video! :-) Voila! (With my collie as my film 'star...')

The Dawn Song

The Dawn Song

A loud cacophony of song and twerp and twill awakens me out my bedroom windowsill…

A wildly chirping bird is singing strong full out and I have the thought “What must all this ruckus be about?”

“Is it the dawn that has provoked your excited state for me to appreciate?”

I toss and turn and then rise up from my night time slumber to hobble on still slothful feet having surmised that I am the one missing something sweet…

Hazy Days, Heat and Tiger Lilly

Alone on the Blue Ridge yesterday morn, it was
not a good time for a photograph! The mountains
were covered in a haze...making them disappear
one by one, into the background. Bottom:
Can you see the ridge in the furthest background?
That's a big one! Top Two: Our heat wave on
the mountain was momentarily broken by one
cool thunderstorm. My front yard Tiger Lillie's
stand about 6 feet tall...long and spindly but they
did look marvelous in the light rain!
Love love that orange!
Enjoy your day.
Oh. Photos of our garden
produce will be coming...soon!

A Good Beginning

The Morning...

Good Beginning

Sunlight streaming in to rouse my muddled head

Dreams they rattle round and round I coddled while in bed

My old house is a painting with spots of marmalade that taste good

In these sunlit morns, bathing in the light that adorns the glass, the wall, the wood

Strongly angled rays like ribbons, the mountain sun-it touches

Bringing the inanimate to life--

Cupboard doors they delight me, window panes they excite me

The more shadowy places of a once tricky nature are not now misunderstood.

My thoughts they are stirring; drip drip onto paper…

A watery scene, it takes place--

With dolphins that jump to thrill me and swimming sea cows friends who lumber

Dressed in gowns of the forest and sweet-faced.

Robins arrayed in splendor swooping down in celebration

They fan my sweat beaded brow…

My painting consumes me and I hasten away

To a night filled with stars cool as ice

From my fingertips the light beams

And I draw another of borealis color swept across the midnight sky

Collecting it in a cavern, it echoes round the chamber

I see a psychedelic swirl of colors passing me by…

Alone on an island, white water-crystal, trickles down off of a ruby-red shore

Then back in my office, I hear it chiming with the rhythm of a tick and a tock

Back in my armchair, I awake from my dreaming, with thoughts like puzzle pieces strewn, lit up by the sun on the floor.

The Magnificent Magnolia Blossom

My absolute favorite blossom of all time is the
Magnolia grandiflora L.; the Southern Magnolia
blossom. This is a lush, full deep green tree heavy
with big soft vanilla colored blossoms. I captured this one
(and yesterday's photo of its inside parts) near Salisbury,
N.C. We do not have this plush variation here in the
High Country (above 4000 feet.) Ours is more
spindly looking with longer petals and not
quite as full. I was eager to photograph
this blossom last weekend!
What a beauty!

Question...

What...
is it?!
:-)