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The blooming of my bearded iris signifies for me the true onset of summer! 🙂 Have you ever looked really, really closely at an iris flower?  Truly amazing anatomy! Some fun facts that I’ve compiled: Historically, the origin of iris flowers can be traced… Continue Reading “Vermont Summer Series: 6.8.20”
This past week we have been totally focused on completing the rejuvenation of our two raised beds located just outside our picket fence. Jim pulled up the old rotted boards and we commenced to cultivating and weeding the beds before lining them out for… Continue Reading “Vermont Summer Series 6.1.20”
The month of May has been unusually dry, sunny and warm here in Vermont. I’m not complaining since my body is used to the heat of the Southwest! I’ve spent the past several days engrossed in completing an intensive weeding of my front garden… Continue Reading “Vermont Summer Series 5.26.20”
Happy Earth Day!! My Earth Day morning started with a walk towards Cottonwood Pond. Along the way, I found some new discoveries! The prickly poppies are starting to bloom. I believe this one is Argemone platyceras – the one more commonly found in the… Continue Reading “Photo of the Day 4.22.20”
Shifting gears a bit this evening and posting a photograph I took while visiting the Marin Headlands north of San Francisco in February. There were a few flowers in bloom on the headlands as we hiked along part of the coastal trail as well… Continue Reading “Photo of the Day 4.13.20”
On an early evening walk down to the pond, I noticed these Blue Dicks blooming off the side of the road. There’s not much in bloom in this high-desert grassland right now – so any color catches my eye!! The lavender flowers contrast nicely… Continue Reading “Photo of the Day 4.10.20”
Between late February and early March, we were mooch-docking at my son Luke’s house in Menlo Park, CA. We took advantage of being near the California coast to do some exploring. During a conversation with a neighbor’s parents, the Point Lobos State Natural Reserve… Continue Reading “Point Lobos State Natural Reserve”
It was a cool, windy and cloudy day in the Arizona desert so I spent some time processing photographs. I have a backlog of pictures to edit since beginning our winter journey throughout the Southwest and California.  And, today seemed like a perfect time… Continue Reading “Photo of the Day 3.26.20”
Since I’m so far behind on my blog posts, I decided to alter my plan and post some more recent adventures interspersed with the earlier travels this winter. I’m so excited about the area we are exploring right now that I cannot wait to… Continue Reading “The Apache Trail”
