garden memories

 

ENJOY the butterfly, flowers... They'll be back this Spring!

WE MOVED! :-) Still in the mountains of NEPA

WE MOVED! :-) Still in the mountains of NEPA

WE MOVED! :-) STILL IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NEPA

LATELY I'VE TRANSITIONED TO GARDENING AND ADDING SUPPORTIVE PLANTING TO OUR AREA TO HELP OUR LIVES BY HELPING THE POLLINATORS LIKE BEES, BUTTERFLIES AND HUMMINGBIRDS.

Less barren un-life-supporting green grass lawns, more food for our planet 

               (maybe we'll add clover , healthy dandelions)

We've started adding flowers in our new previously-barren backyard. It's a start.... more to come.

Here's something we've experienced so far:

We added a row of tall conical bushes along one fence.

We will add apple trees in the rear,veggies herbs, berry bush,..

sings of Spring

Winter snow melts transforms into raindroplet

RAINDROP, melting snow... about to fall.

WHAT A WINTER WE HAD!

RECENT MAGICAL sunset

A RECENT SUNSET.

MAGICAL.

MOUNTAIN LOOKS NICE HERE, BUT IT'S GETTING VERY POPULATED.
I'LL HAVE TO SHOW YOU A
BEFORE (WHEN I STARTED)  vs
THE SCULPTED MOUNTAIN FORESTS of TODAY.

RAINBOWS

We've been having a warmer than normal winter so  far.

This week is frigid.

Yesterday, Sunday January 10, 2016, it was warm - upper 40's to low 50's. YAY!!!

It was raining at times, and drizzling at times.

The sun started peeking out around 11am, with a drizzle. then...

RAINBOW!!!

As we traveled from Plains by the river, past Wilkes-Barre, 

there were some dramatic clouds in the clearing sky. 

 Early afternoon, here's the SECOND STUNNING RAINBOW!

Looking through the barren winter branches in the back yard.

friday the 13th full moon

My 1st post after a long pause is of a moon I saw early this morning. 

       FULL MOON 

(I believe specifically it's the day after, but what a beauty!)

and it's on FRIDAY THE 13TH!

Wilkes-Barre area looking west toward the Back Mountain, NEPA, where the local highway cuts through the mountains.

MY mountain ;-)

There's also a female cardinal photo pecking at seeds after a recent snowfall below. 

Some Spring Summer blossoms

My, it's been a while! 

I've been busy... chasing butterflies, birds, clouds in the sky...

Hope you've enjoyed Spring.              Now it's summer.

1st 2 photos are of a tiny purple flower growing in the bushes. I never saw all that detail before!! COOL!
((There's a link below to a flowers page where my photography is included  & for sale))

You see part of my thumbnail in the next photo. 

May rhododendron blossoms opening. PRETTY! 

this bee is too busy eating pollen to enjoy the beauty of the blossoms. 

http://fineartamerica.com/art/photographs/flowers

I used a dramatic setting on my camera to achieve this interesting effect.

Some Spring Summer blossoms

My, it's been a while! 

I've been busy... chasing butterflies, birds, clouds in the sky...

Hope you've enjoyed Spring.              Now it's summer.

1st 2 photos are of a tiny purple flower growing in the bushes. I never saw all that detail before!! COOL!

You see part of my thumbnail in the next photo. 

May rhododendron blossoms opening. PRETTY! 

this bee is too busy eating pollen to enjoy the beauty of the blossoms. 

http://fineartamerica.com/art/photographs/flowers

I used a dramatic setting on my camera to achieve this interesting effect.

Weather drama

After missing most of the snow and stormy weather this winter season, we're getting some snow now that is actually sticking to the ground, here in NE PA, USA.

BEAUTIFUL!

Stay safe out there! The photo is a different day,, still as exhilarating as any beautiful wonder of nature!

Sunshine is delicious, 

rain is refreshing, 

wind braces us up, 

snow is exhilarating; 

there is really no such thing as bad weather, 

only different kinds of good weather.

John Ruskin

RAINBOWS!

A few days ago we had warmer than normal temps, with rain.

just before a cold front moved in.

I saw TWO BEAUTIFUL RAINBOWS, one late morning:

 Then we got back on the road. Dramatic clearing clouds in the sky while passing Wilkes-Barre.

 Early afternoon, here's ANOTHER rainbow!

Views from our backyard. 

The entire arch touches down in front of the mountains on the west side of the Susquehanna River.

PUMPKIN FLOWERS

PUMPKIN FLOWER BLOSSOMS,

growing, unfurling their petals late Summer

... and a little spider, trying to get away from my camera

squeezing through the narrow gorge,

to the safety beneath the broad leaves.

 Imagine- tiny corkscrews,,,   PRETTY!
First the bud opening up, then it's almost open, with tendrils curling all around.

the sky tonight!

It was a tremendously humid day.

We've had record-breaking temperatures here in the NE of PA.

then.... AHHHHHH!

A beautiful sunset, with everchanging patterns and color combinations,
ending with purple accents on bluish-turning grey clouds.

Then the moon, almost full,
peeks out from behind the clouds.
hanging low in the sky.

  

good night moon!

GOOD NIGHT ALL! Sleep well.

JOY - LIFT THE CLOUDS

Before you think it, or say it, Stop.

Open up to the peace inside you.

Help lift the clouds, ease the darkness.

Many people I know are facing difficulties lately.

seems like more than before.

dark clouds.

And many others seem to react more often with anger or fear.

more dark clouds.

I've been able to learn to pause,

block out all the noise, 

feel some peace and quiet.

happiness ~ JOY ~ sunshine

I said a prayer that each of us can can feel that same joy.

bright skies.

And share it with those we love, and with those we don't.

more bright skies.

This photo is a recent sunset. the clouds were beautiful... 

how they were lightening & brightening after a dark rainstorm,

letting the sun shine through before it lowered down behind my mountain.

Inspiring.

VENUS and MOON

LAST NIGHT WE COULD SEE VENUS!

venus and the crescent moon low in the sky

closer view - interesting venus

A friend posted a link about the planet, Venus, in the night sky, 

last evening, June 19, 2015,

So after reading this link:

venus planet info 

I went to my window looking west. 

(the same window from which I take many of my MOUNTAIN photos.)

The crescent moon was low, just above the mountain ridge, 

and the bright orb above it - eureka!!

VENUS!  

:-)

I'm in Plains, PA, next to Wilkes-Barre, looking west across the Susquehanna river, 

towards Dallas Twp, "the Back Mountain"... and all points West.

BERRY TIME!!

The camera draws me in closer... closer... 

from the branches, 

to a berry, up close and personal. 

(the last is a macro photo - very close)

I don't know - What kind of berry is this?