Love to garden, even in Ohio!

colorscapesgardens — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:46:28 +0000

Missing a colorful world

colorscapesgardens — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:38:53 +0000

I was going to post a beautiful snowy picture today, but after looking outside the sky matched the earth and seemed devoid of color. So, here is my happy for today…lantana smiling at you!

Triticum

colorscapesgardens — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:17:42 +0000

Wheat on a beautiful early June day. The kind of day you just drop what you are doing and run into the field.

Winter sunset

colorscapesgardens — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:04:54 +0000

Sycamore reflecting the warm sunlight on a cold winter day.

Look up!

colorscapesgardens — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:29:54 +0000

One of the coolest places ever to “hide out” is under an evergreen tree, isn’t it? You look up and see the branches protecting you. It is no wonder the animals hang out here. It even smells good. Dampness and sharp pine. Under your feet the soft sponginess of needle layers descended, weaving a blanket of protection for the ground below. Everyone needs a Ft. Spruce.

- Photo by Andre, age 9

Happy New Leaf

colorscapesgardens — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:24:28 +0000

I remember the day I found these tiny Oak leaves, a tree covered with them just off the sidewalk on my regular jog route. Again, no camera. Yet for fear that these new little leaves would grow up in just 24 hours, the next morning I made Andre get his rain coat on and walk with me. Walk to the tree.

On the way he said, “Mom, where are we going again?”

“I just HAVE to take a picture of the most amazing baby leaves,” I say.

The rain was steady. I hid my camera under my bright blue raincoat to keep it dry. After three blocks we arrive. He stands under the tree stating, “The leaves are cool, but getting to walk through puddles in the morning is the best.”

December 30, eight months later, I find the photos. In search of a photo the exudes the word NEW. Yet even after finding this, I think , “New. Is anything really new? New to me, you or everyone? The Oak leaves were new to me, but for how many years has this Oak tree been creating miniscule leaves?

We say Happy New Year. Is it new? Or is it like the Oak leaves? A reliable cycle that is always there? And on the days we notice the beauty of the cycle, we stop. We put our rain coats on and we journey out.

May you SEE and SEEK beauty in 2012. God-filled beauty.

Christmas wish

colorscapesgardens — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:49:30 +0000

Wishing you life this Christmas. Andre holds these pieces of Hemlock and it reminds me, what evergreens symbolize. The symbol of everlasting life. I hope you have evergreens around you – real fresh branches as a symbol that though the earth looks dead and void….there is LIFE – life abundant. The life comes in the form of a baby…who came to rescue us. Rescue us! I don’t know about you, but I sure need rescued. Thank you Lord for the gift of your son, Jesus. May we remember, we have been saved and given if we choose to receive it – everlasting life.

I like snow!

colorscapesgardens — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:15:44 +0000

The Redbud in my front yard gracefully holding tiny particles of snow.

Fur, leaves and fall

colorscapesgardens — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:46:35 +0000

I just felt like a cat picture today! Luna in the fall among Carex, Japanese maple and Salomon’s Seal. What she is really saying – “I am so adorable, pick me up and pet me….please?”

On fire…

colorscapesgardens — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 03:05:15 +0000

For some reason the fall color on this Full Moon Japanese Maple always amazes me. I feel as though it is jumping out at me! Oh, I wait anxiously for fall each year, because of this tree.