Zen Broom

fall in love

Golden Spirit Smoke Bush Cotinus

pollinators out and about

Photography Barbara Carder

fresh

indian pipes

summer in the woods

Photography Christine Carder

July gardens

Photographer Barbara Carder

Orchid Season

Photographer Barbara Carder

Winter orchids are in bloom now!  Phalaenopsis, also known as 'moth orchids,' are one of the easiest to grow.  They like low-light, atmosphere slightly humid and will grow in moss or bark. Native to Asia and the islands of southeast Asia, Australia and Taiwan. 

Photographer Barbara Carder

Thanks to QB Daylily Gardens in Caledonia, NY for their amazing selections.

Moss Temple Garden

Wikifree image

Saihō-ji (西芳寺?) is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple located in Matsuo, Nishikyō Ward, Kyoto, Japan. The temple, which is famed for its moss garden, is commonly referred to as "Koke-dera" (苔寺?), meaning "moss temple."

Photographer Barbara Carder

Japanese iris are in bloom now ~ early July

The highbush cranberry bushes are in bloom  . . . 

Photographer Barbara Carder

coming through

Canadian geese are coming back.

Photographer Barbara Carder

mushrooms in garden

Photographer Barbara Carder

Horseshoe Falls at Table Rock

All this rain has made a big difference at Niagara ~ both falls are at a very high stage.

Liquid as a lime tree blossom . . . .

A White Blossom

by D. H. Lawrence

A tiny moon as white and small as a single jasmine flower

Leans all alone above my window, on night’s wintry bower,

Liquid as lime-tree blossom, soft as brilliant water or rain

She shines, the one white love of my youth, which all sin cannot stain.

Green!

Green collage by Christine . . . . . on flickr.com

Eden is a garden

Gardens are everywhere . . . even in water. Here the water lily on Braddock Bay, also known as the American White Water Lily or Fragrant Water Lily, nymphaea ororata, rivals the lotus of the east.

waterfall

A garden waterfall this summer . . . .

American Cranberry

An explosion this year of high bush cranberries, viburnum trilobum, it is actually a viburnum and a noted woodland garden planting.