LITTLE WHITE ASTERS – Marilyn Armstrong
Little White Asters – FOTD – July 6, 2019 Amidst the myriad tall green and orange Daylilies, the asters continue to grow. Taller than they usually stand, they have spread out all around the garden....
View ArticleCEE’S FOTD – WILDFLOWERS ALONG THE RIVER – Marilyn Armstrong
Wildflowers along the river as August ends If we hadn’t been afraid of getting bitten by mosquitoes carrying lethal enchephalitis, it would have been a perfect day to take pictures of the flowers on...
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FROM PRIMROSE TO LITTLE BLUE FLOWERS
FOTD – Feb 28 – Those Little Blue Flowers I’ve had these flowers growing in my garden since we moved here and I never knew what they were. A few years ago, someone said “Oh, those are primroses!” Well,...
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FOTD – WILDFLOWERS
FOTD – March 1 – Wildflowers One of the really nice parts of living rurally are the wildflowers. As long as you don’t need nice neat rows, wildflowers are as decorative as any cultivar. And many of...
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WILDFLOWERS – SOLOMON’S SEAL
FOTD – May 9 – Solomon’s Seal I didn’t think they were going to come up at all, but overnight, they grew from nothing to two feet tall. The next day, they bloomed. Subtle though these are, I always...
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MORE WILDFLOWERS
It was cold today. Yesterday was warm — at least for the morning — but it chilled down at night. Today, it never warmed up, even though the sky was clear and the sun was out. I opened all the doors in...
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SPIDERWORT – PREVIOUSLY WILD
FOTD – JUNE 9 – SPIDERWORT They are true blue, but for some reason no matter what camera I use, show up as purple. Something about the way the light hits it. I finally got them back to their natural...
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WILDFLOWERS IN A FIELD
FOTD – June 10 – Wildflowers in a field next to my doctor’s office The whole breathing thing or lack thereof is getting to me, so today was “annual visit to the doctor” day. He listened to my chest,...
View ArticleVIOLETS: THE FRAGRANCE OF MAY
FOTD – March 29 – Sweet Violet My mother loved the smell of violets, but I never saw a violet until we moved here. They grow wild here and most people consider them weeds. I love them. In May the...
View ArticleOUR BI-ANNUAL MOWING
FOTD – June 8 – The Bi-Annual Mowing We don’t mow, or more to the point, we very rarely mow. We don’t mow because we have a lot of wildlife and they like a natural environment and usually, so do......
View ArticleDAYLILIES
FOTD – June 20 – Daylilies Usually, we get a big burst of daylilies all popping open on the same day. This year, we are getting a slow stream of lilies. One, then another three. Today another five....
View ArticleFLOWERS OF THE DAY
FOTD – June 27 – Flowers on a Hot Sunny Day The weather went from chilly enough to need a sweater, to very hot in one night. It’s in the 90s. Not the high 90s, but hot enough. Today the... Read More ›
View ArticleRIVER FLOWERS – Marilyn Armstrong
Wildflowers by the Rivers-FOTD – 06/10/19 After Owen chopped down the meadow behind our house, we decided to go out and take a few hundred pictures. I really don’t think we can take any fewer. It was a...
View ArticlePHOTO PAINTINGS BY THE DAM ON THE MUMFORD – Marilyn Armstrong
I need to go take some new pictures. I feel a bit lost without the birds. They have been my mainstay since last November and now, they are gone. We’ve had a couple of beautiful days, but I didn’t...
View ArticleWILD ASTERS IN MY GARDEN – Marilyn Armstrong
Wild Asters – FOTD – June 25, 2019 The garden is full of buds but not full of blossoms. The only thing in bloom are a few wildflowers. They seem to have popped up from nowhere, at least they are......
View ArticleTHE WORLD OUTSIDE
CFFC: Found In Nature Almost all the pictures I take are of nature — or of Garry or me in a natural setting. I wish I had more “wild” animals — like bear or moose of something like that. Sadly, I......
View ArticleWILDING THE YARD
FOTD – April 22 – WILDING It’s good for the environment and it’s a whole lot easier to maintain. It makes the birds and the woodchucks happy. It entices the deer to come and chow down on the hydrangeas...
View ArticleSOLOMON’S SEAL
FOTD – May 8 – Solomon’s Seal It looks like Lily of the Valley and for good reason. Solomon’s Seal is a close relative of Lily of the Valley and was originally part of the same genus (Convallaria, now...
View ArticleWILDFLOWERS
FOTD – June 27 – Wildflowers We are surrounded by the most gorgeous wildflowers! The planted flowers are not doing very well, but the wild ones are doing great.
View ArticleWHAT’S A SUSAN? AND WHY DOES IT HAVE A BLACK EYE?
FOTD – August 18 – Black Eyed Susan Seriously, is there a Susan that is not Black-Eyed? And if black-eyed is the only “Susan” flower and it always has a central black (really, dark brown) center, why...
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