Some time ago at the Grand Canyon - May I guess it was

Just Amazing!!!

lots of the cacti were in bloom

This was taken going up the Tonto National Park path
https://www.nps.gov/tont/index.htm

Early morning frost....signs of cooler temps

Cat Mint

It is nearing Thanksgiving and now we turn to the tasks of preparing the garden for its winter rest.  Often I remark at how lush the vegetation becomes in the warm months and now reward the plants with a well earned and in most cases necessary dormant season. The day-lilies will be top-dressed  and the twiggy shrubs wrapped so their branches won't break under the weight of the impending snow that will eventually fall.  Burlap surrounds will go up to stop the wind from damaging the evergreens and tepees of old shutters will protect others.

Variegated Holly

Winnipesaukee - Columbus day

Morning in the garden

Look who I found resting on the pepper plants.....a little gray tree frog.

All the poppies POPPED this morning!

Vermont walk about

Other blogs that I enjoy most are those that speak about their lives. I don't do that.....  

Spring in New England is still getting up and running. The ground is moist and in spots still too soft to tread on.  The grass hasn't quite burst through the earth but you know its about to.

Spring is my favorite season.  I was born in April and enjoy knowing that Mother nature and I get to start a new year together.  
I rejoice knowing that I will see new plants and flowers burst from the earth to celebrate.  Everyday the garden has a another surprise. 

Enjoying the indestructible book

Temps finally above 30 and snow is melting!

No monkeying around. Maybe a little!

One month old Aiden.

happenings

 New addition to the family!!! 

 dew on cobweb at the bank

 peonies at the dentist office

wire support idea for perenials

The flower or something else?

I really liked this background.

Bees are fascinating.

Enjoy the simple parts of life.

Spring time in New Hampshire

Crab Apple blossoms

Purple Lilac with Bee

Sugar Hill NH

Crane Estate Beach and Grounds

A Sunday trip to the "Beach" takes us to Ipswich Massachusetts.

Walk to Cedar Point through the dunes and you'll find a beach where boaters pull up and enjoy the sand. Walk further down the beach and you'll find the "board-walk" up the hillside to the Estate grounds.

http://www.thetrustees.org/places-to-visit/northeast-ma/crane-beach-on-the-crane.html

Daffodil Dreams

Spring Time Favorite!

I guess I'm about a month behind...this photo was taken in early May.

It's feeling more like summer everyday.

  That is what we were waiting for all those cold winter months when 

we thought it was just never going to warm up!

Well mother nature is sure to continue the cycle.

Sprouting, growing and blooming all that lush greenery we dream about all winter.