Horticulture

Images from the Grand Island garden walk, part two

Here are some more pictures from Sunday’s garden walk on Grand Island. It was very delightful, and all of the hosts were extremely friendly and hospitable. In two weeks, I will share pictures from Buffalo’s garden walk, which is considered to be the largest, self-guided free garden walk in the United States. It is probably […]

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Images from the Grand Island Garden Walk

Yesterday, my friend Phyllis and I enjoyed the Grand Island Garden Walk. This walk featured nine gardens that were located all over Grand Island. There were some new gardens featured on the walk, as well as the gardens belonging to experienced Garden Walk people. Here are some of the images from our experience. It was

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springtime flowers and some birds

It’s Wordless Wednesday, so it’s time for me to share some photographs that I took recently of the wonderful colors around me, as well as the magnificence of nature. The weather has been wet and cold, which I consider to be less than ideal. But that didn’t stop the flowers from growing or the migratory

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spring’s colorful unfolding

It’s (almost) Wordless Wednesday, so it’s all about the prettiness of color and the happiness of the outdoors. Today’s spring unfolding images are of a season full of gorgeous colors, which is why spring is my favorite season. It’s not always warm, and sometimes it rains for hours on end. But it’s beautiful and colorful,

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U is for uffish thoughts

And, as in uffish thought he stood,the jabberwock, with eye of flame,came bursting through the tulgey woodand burbled as it came. This morning, I went to the Japanese gardens behind the Buffalo History Museum to see the cherry blossoms. I had read that they had opened, and I wanted to avoid a repetition of last

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R is for reflection

The Japanese Gardens behind the Buffalo History Museum are beautiful. They are a peaceful place to reflect on anything that is in your heart or to sit down and make a painting or to take photographs. The gardens are a gift from Buffalo’s sister city, Kanazawa, Japan. Kanazawa is well-known for its beautiful and radiant

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