Bee on

Fibonacci.

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

yellow bee on a yellow sunflower

A description of the mathematics of a sunflower is fascinating!

Symbiosis.

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

two beers sharing a flower

Welcome.

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Sunburst.

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

sunburst

Flowers, bees, owl.

Sat, 30 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Lots of yard work today: ferns to prune, blackberries and weeds to pull, naps under the midday sun. I recall making blackberry pies in Illinois and paying $15 for the primary ingredient – here the blackberry is an invasive weed.

rhody and bee

Our rhododendrons are in spectacular form with brilliant colors and buzzing with bees.

barred owl

On the way to my yard waste pile I noticed out of the corner of my eye a slight movement. At first I thought it was a plastic bottle somehow stuck in the tree – instead it was a barred owl. I was pretty excited about it because I thought I had been hearing one in the mornings but hadn’t seen one.

Horse, flowers, colors.

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We met some friends, old and new, for breakfast at Farm Kitchen Saturday morning. After much conversation, we strolled around the farm so our daughter could run among the flowers, the nearest adult’s hand in hers.

horse with a blue eye

dying orange flowers

bee on pink flower

Flowers, their season waning, still burst with color – even the horse got into the colorful mix.

Blackberries, apples, garden.

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000

I love foodie weekends and in my book that means farmers’ markets, harvesting vegetables from the garden and most enjoyable of all foraging for free food.

As the end of summer approaches – if you can call the last three months summer – it’s blackberry picking time. I ventured out midday on the commuter to pick enough for a jar of blackberry jelly.

on the bramble

The berries need another week or more but I snagged myself long enough on the vines to fill two yoghurt containers and safely packed them away in the Ortliebs.

July, July!

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

there is a road that meets the road

that goes to my house

and how the green grows there

– Decemberists

strawberry

Our nation’s independence celebration appears to harken the arrival of strawberries and raspberries and this year was no exception. The first couple of tayberries are also showing color and the blueberries’ luxuriant green should be giving way to deep blue shortly. We love this time of year.

Color, color everywhere ...

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

courtesy the flowers of summer.

pink peonies

peonies

peony

geraniums

yellow

bee on pink flower