At last, that pile of blank pages I generated last June is used up, and oh yeah, this month I've managed two posts, so go me. My sympathies to everyone affected by Hurricane Helene. One of my sibs is without power & has no idea when it will come back. The owner of our awesome new locally own...

Two iconic shots of Kyoto 12jun2024

Siberian squill. 07dec2023

2023 `Stolen Treasure' doubles. 09nov2023

purpleleaf sandcherry–photos and watercolour sketch 20sep2023

rock iris with a blurred, yet glittering background. 01apr2023

raindrops on snowdrops. 25mar2023

collage to celebrate spring, flowers and tea (& match a pretty envelope.) 21mar2023

Vernal Equinox snowdrops 20mar2023

Bloodroot blossoms & bees

Iron cross oxalis is finally blooming 29sep2022

Japanese anemone, with rain, clouds, sun, wind... 26sep2022

Storm shelter finally blooms 16sep2022

Historic daylily cultivar Frans Hals. Probably. 13sep2022

Dark red daylilies preserve the elegance of the species 14sep2022

And old gold daylily.

super-pink `Stolen Treasure' daylily 12sep2022

Northern green frogs in my mossy garden 10sep2022

Monarchs are getting scarce. 29aug2022

2022 hachidori too. Or 2, take your pick:) 20aug2022

Echinacea and Phlox, 22aug2022

shima-nishik, fire-flame peony blossom over 5 days 12jan2023

So, is this peony White Jade Lion (Hakuo-jishi)? 22aug2022

Evidently I have a couple of flaming parrots. Tulips, that is.

Chionodoxa, Glory of the Snow 27apr2022

Spring Beauty Crocus 25apr2022

so much rain. Here's some on phlox 28jul2021

Playing with image editing on a red daylily 12jul2021

White violets. 01may2021

early efforts with the sony alpha7C. 15apr2021

Bokeh and light on iris, snowdrops & a plant stick 01apr2021

doodle during a pair of zooms. 28mar2021

Snowdrop in brush and ink 14mar2021

equionox representations of a striptease hosta 23sep2020

distractions affect the quality of a hosta sketch. 22sep2020

Ruth Bader Ginsberg died last Friday, which sucks. 21sep2020

2020 garden hosta notes...

3rd in a series of sunflower notecards made on 07sep20. 16sep2020

watercolour of a perennial sunflower with henna inspo. 2nd in a series painted 07sep20. 15sep2020

Black eyed susans, in pixels and paint. 17sep2020

Perennial sunflower, rendered in pixels and paint. Bonus bumblebee:) 14sep2020

two versions of a notecard featuring a perennial sunflower 10sep2020

Annual anticipation of bicoloured iris in s local public park. 31aug2020

slightly different angle of view for my favourite daylies 12aug2020

Lots of monarchs visiting the front garden this year. 24jul2020

I've got some good, deep red daylilies. Now I need the perfect picture. 22jul2020

crayon orange yellow daylily. 23jul2020

velvety, bright blood-red daylilies... 21jul2020

cream yellow ruffled daylilies 20jul2020

Caring for tree peonies. 02jun2020

Watercolour sketches of white tree peonies, 2018 02jun2020

26may20 shima nishiki from watercolour block 12jun2020

3 sketchbook pages of blooms from my shima nishiki tree peony 11jun2020

Peony in white... 01jun2020

snowdrops...in snow:) 06apr2020

rock iris 07apr2020

veronica/speedwell flowers 08apr2020

Chionodoxa, beautiful star-eyes... 09apr2020

fall flower pictures taken with the lensbaby. 04oct2017

Some pix of my `eyed' pink daylilies. 05sep2017

Swallowtails in my garden, circa 2014 & 2017. 07sep2017

celebrating some `oh, finally' successes with lilies.

First spring bulbs of 2016 14mar2016

Summer flowers from my garden, especially tree peonies: post made 27jun15. Posted 07oct2015

spring garden; page created 1may2015, posted 06oct2015

Monarch caterpillar & pupa 15sep2014

Milkweed, shot in Jan., with snow 23jan2014

Late summer garden pix, shot 11sep2013; index page for 2013 garden 25sep2013

hachidori—hummingbirds—sort of shot in my garden. 30jul2013

yellow yarrow in the front yard. Also, lemon yellow daylilies. 29jul2013

My perennial garden peaks in July.

Pix of my sweetshrub, just ending, and clematis, just starting. 05jun2013

white tree peony blooms. I take soft-focus pix. 22may2013

2013 pix of my striped tree peony, with a side of wild ginger. 18may2013

siberian squill (wood squill, woodland hyacinth—Scilla siberica, in the lily family), last week of april; grape hyacinth, first week of may. 07may2013

My garden is flooded. So here are some pix to remind me that it will survive. 20apr2013

The first flowers to bloom this year. 01apr2013

mauve, pink and blue plant hanger for a friend. Also in a garden shot 01jun2013

purple morning glory with water drops 12oct2012

A slightly blurry photo of a monarch in flight 04oct2012

Red begonias, with lensbaby. 23aug2012

Butterflies and real eyes. 28apr2012

In which I discover an unexpected benefit of a dandelion ridden lawn 28apr2012

red berries; mostly to make a test page 04nov2014

pretty picture of a stella d'oro daylily

White tree peony shows off my new camera's capabilities. 22may2010

In which I try to shoot hummingbirds. And fail. Originally posted 23jul09. 23jul2009

It's been 3 years since I've posted any butterfly pix. So here's a swallowtail . Shot (and mostly written) 21jul, posted 23jul08. 23jul2008

With the black eyed susans now just opening and the daylilies going full-bore, the garden is officially peaking. Originally posted 18jul08. 18jul2008

After sitting as a proposed index for 12 years, I've repurposed this page to show off garden pix taken 06jun08 (the day it was made;) 10jan2020

I actually photographed these autumn chrysanthemums three days before fall officially started. 09jan2008

roundup of 2007 garden posts. Which, since I didn't even start writing 'em till mid-August, are likely to sparse this year. C'est la vie. Originally posted 18aug07. 18aug2007

End of summer summary. Originally posted 15aug07 15aug2007

Pictures actually taken on the 4th . Originally posted 29oct06 29oct2006

Weedy lawns have their benefits . Originally posted 25oct06 (but flowers bloomed 30apr). 25oct2006

Red for the 4th . Originally (shot and) posted 08jul06 . 08jul2006

2006 16jun2006

Not technically my garden, but a view of my neighbor's garden from it. Posted 12jun. 12jun2006

Dramatic, purple, and resistant to groundhogs. How could I not love bearded iris . Posted 24may. 24may2006

I have three tree peonies: pink, pink and white striped, and white. The first two were done in by abundant rain, but the last to bloom was lovely. Posted 23may. 23may2006

One of my favorite harbingers of spring . Posted 07apr. (N.b. images in this subindex are in chronological order, rather than the latest up top.) 07apr2006

2005 (so far) 16oct2005

awesome neighbors are the ones who water for you in July. 10jul2005

A deep burgundy iris 10jul2005

May Flowers: peonies, hyacinths (just ending), tulips, iris; posted 03jun05; update18nov06: striped tree peony is Paeonia suffruticosa var `Shimanishiki' 03jun2005

Lacy wild carrot 22may2004

2001 01jan2002

1998–2000 01jan2001