BLOG SHOTS #44

Each month Gardens at Waters East (GAWE) will post a few never before seen photos of “garden life” called - - BLOG SHOTS.  Here are the photos for this posting.

moments in the garden - - enjoy

 Peony - pink

 Clematis

 Lysimachia

 Marguerite Daisy

 Mohican Lantana - berries

 Pasque Flower

 Pheasant - pair in gardens

 Purple Coneflower

Annabelle Hydrangea

Sunrise 

Summer - Gardens at Waters East

Reference Note:  For a complete list of the ten (10) Principles of Design plus the special “Golden Principle of Design” used throughout Gardens at Waters East, check out the archive postings for November 14 – 24, 2010 and May 2, 2011.

NOTE:   All photos use in this posting were taken on the property of Gardens at Waters East

unless otherwise marked.

NOTE:   Since this Blog is meant to be an accurate journal of the gardens;

no photos are “staged”, “arranged”, or ”photo-shopped” in anyway.

What is posted – is what it here.  It is what it is.

If you wish to email a message or share photos of your garden

please do that through this Blog site or with an email to:

www.gardensatwaterseast@Yahoo.com

6 Pack - Party on the Beach #3

6 PACK – Party on the Beach

A rather large and extensive collection of photos has been taken on StoneWater Beach which is the private beach on Lake Michigan along the shore of this area known as Gardens at Waters East.  Over the last months,  many wonderful scenes of the waters, clouds, sun, plants, and stones have been captured.  In the past when similar photos were posted on the Blog many people commented about the lake and how it adds to the beauty and experience here at the Gardens at Waters East.

Instead of just filing all the unused photos away, this series will post six of them (thus a - - 6 Pack) as a set in an ongoing series.  None of these pictures have ever been posted before today.  Even if you never walk the paths here or wander down to the lake shore,  you are invited to experience and enjoy the beauty of Lake Michigan as do all those who have come here to the gardens for a visit.

In more ways than one, it is - - - “cooler by the lake”.

NOTE:  All photos use in this posting were taken on the property of Gardens at Waters East.

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Quotes 4 U - - - The Gardener #1

Thoughts to celebrate the deeply rooted appreciation, love, and joy you find in gardening and the nature that cradles all of us.

Every now and then, this Blog will post a quote that speaks to all of us who share a deep respect and love of nature and gardening.  Along with the meditative quote, Gardens at Waters East will share a few never before seen pictures from its photo files.  Here then is today’s posting to feed your mind, spirit, and delight your eyes.

Tardia - photo taken yesterday 5.6.13

Quote

Whoever loves and understands a garden

will find contentment within. 

Chinese proverb

Lantern - Asian Garden

 Lake Walk

Garlic Chives - and more

Cloudy Day at Lake Michigan

 Scilla peruviana

 Sunset - Gardens at Waters East

April 1, 2013

NOTE:   Since this Blog is meant to be an accurate journal of the gardens;

no photos are “staged”, “arranged”, or ”photo-shopped” in anyway.

What is posted – is what it here.  It is what it is.

If you wish to email a message or share photos of your garden

please do that through this Blog site or with an email to:

www.gardensatwaterseast@Yahoo.com

Following in the Footsteps - Tracks

Take a look at the patterns in these tracks found in the Gardens at Waters East during the recent transition from Winter into Spring.  Each “tracking” representing the life of a living creature calling these gardens home.  Each going about the routine of living, moving from here to there, looking, wondering, searching, or just out for a stroll.  - - - - - Something we all do from time to time.

Enjoy our fellow creatures from what they left behind.

 rabbit & birds

 rabbit

 deer

Rock Garden

 deer & raccoon

StoneWater Beach

private beach - Gardens at Waters East

 rabbit

Plant Kaleidoscope

 rabbit & deer

Bog Garden

 deer

Lake Michigan

 raccoon

StoneWater Beach

 deer & rabbit

 rabbits going "crazy"

deer walking to beach

a human among us

Fernando

NOTE:   All photos use in this posting were taken on the property of Gardens at Waters East

unless otherwise marked.

NOTE:   Since this Blog is meant to be an accurate journal of the gardens;

no photos are “staged”, “arranged”, or ”photo-shopped” in anyway.

What is posted – is what it here.  It is what it is.

If you wish to email a message or share photos of your garden

please do that through this Blog site or with an email to:

www.gardensatwaterseast@Yahoo.com

Want a Quickie ? Today

“Quickies”

(All “Quickies” are photos taken and posted the same day)

These photos were taken this morning at the Gardens at Waters East. - - 4.24.13  I don’t know about you, but I needed a “quickie” today.  In taking the regular walk around the gardens this morning, here is what was up doing its thing.  Finally something to “cheer” about.  Spring may be here!!!

Enjoy

 Crocus

 Siberian Squill

 Crocus

 Crocus - patch

 Siberian Squill - at house

 Crocus - Blue Rug Juniper

 Crocus with fly

 There is Hope

Daffodils emerging

 Dwarf Iris

 Siberian Squill

Close-up

Crocus

 Tulips emerging

NOTE:   Since this Blog is meant to be an accurate journal of the gardens;

no photos are “staged”, “arranged”, or ”photo-shopped” in anyway.

What is posted – is what it here.  It is what it is.

If you wish to email a message or share photos of your garden

please do that through this Blog site or with an email to:

www.gardensatwaterseast@Yahoo.com

Libertyville Roses - Watershed #11

There is a small town north of Chicago which comes right out of a Norman Rockwell setting.  The town square sits right in front of the old Ansel Cook Mansion.  It is a beautiful home built in 1878.  The focus of this posting will be the many roses that grown immediately in front of this magnificent home and are part of the town’s central park.  If you are passing through town, here is a great little place to stop and rest a while, enjoying some local beauty.

This small and interesting town is part of the greater watershed of the Gardens at Waters East.  To learn more about the watershed that nourishes the Gardens at Waters East, and gives life to this town and the roses growing here,  check out any of the previous ten Watershed postings found in the archives of this Blog.

Location:  Gardens at Waters East

Great Lakes of USA

Note of Interest:

Every photo, repeat, every photo posted on this Blog has been and will continue to be only photos taken on the property of Gardens at Waters East.

The exception will be those posted in the series – Watershed.  For important facts, details, and an overview of the watershed, refer to the posting of July 2, 2011.  The information there will place all the photos in this special series in a proper context.