I ran over to the Museum of Fine Arts when I was in Boston the other day to see the show of Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings. It was a small show, just a few dark rooms. The drawings were beautiful and it was so interesting to learn about…
Here is a Rosa Rugosa in my front yard that smells so delicious – I love to leave the windows open so I can smell it throughout the day. Aaaah roses! Their fragrance is magnificent. It is called upon in poetry, mythology and human history as a symbol of love…
Sleep is vitally important, we all know that, but sometimes missing a night of sleep reminds us just how important! For a variety of reasons I got very little sleep one night this week (a wakeful child, a dang mosquito, loud rain and wind). Usually I am a great sleeper,…
Hello there. I hope you are having a good week. I found these glorious Pink Lady Slippers blooming in a nearby pine forest and was thrilled. They are endangered because they are so slow-growing and need a certain fungus in the soil to germinate. It was fun to find such…
Here is a picture of a tiny Forget-Me-Not; one of my favorite spring flowers. In looking it up this morning I learned that it is fragrant in nighttime and evening but has no scent in the daytime. I had no idea! It’s been one of my favorite flowers for years,…
This is the time of year when the Cottonwood seeds are drifting through the spring air. I tried to grab a photo above of the fuzzy seeds floating in the blue sky at the Green River Swimming Area yesterday. Part of why I love them is they move slowly, twirl…
I’m sad to see the Black Locust flowers fading and most varieties of Lilac are done for this year, but these Peony buds remind me there is always something else beautiful and fragrant on its way.
Hey there, Hope all is well in your world. Look at these gorgeous Black Locust Flowers. They are blooming everywhere here in Western Massachusetts. They give off a scent of sweet jasmine candy. Delicious! I can hardly stand it. Most of the blooms are really high in these tall trees,…
Here is a Cecropia moth that hatched from its cocoon at our house this week. It was glorious. She had a big fuzzy body and lush velvety wings. The crescent moon was just coming up in the sky when we went outside to let her go. We noticed the moon was…
I also was pleased to see this sweet little ladybug on an Autumn Olive on my walk today. I haven’t seen a ladybug outside in a while (plenty of another type of ladybug in my house in late winter) This one was so bright and red on the green leaf;…
