When we are returning from a visit with our kids in Brooklyn we often stop at Cape May, NJ to spend a day or two at the ocean. It is always invigorating and soothing to stand on the beach watching the ocean and its waves.
Tagged cape may NJ, oceanSeveral years ago I bought a white camellia shrub at Roxbury Mills, a farm and garden shop in Fredericksburg. Since then we’ve been blessed with a prolific display of white double blooms  from November until the very hard freezes of January. Today is November 7, 2014. The bush started blooming a few days ago.  A pleasant […]
Tagged camellia, flowerI love to visit the gardens at Chatham Manor in Stafford County overlooking the Rappahannock River and Fredericksburg. This is a photo of a bloom past its prime on one of the large magnolia trees on the grounds. Chatham is a Georgian house that was the manor house of those that owned Chatham Plantation before the […]
Tagged magnolia, view du jourSeveral years ago we saw a spectacular display of blooming tree  peonies at Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. The next year we bought one tree peony for our garden in the rear of the house and the following year bought another. They don’t bloom a profusely as the plants a Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, but each bloom is wonderful.
Tagged tree peony, view du jourThese flowers are one of the first to bloom in the early spring. they were given to us by Elaine & Ron Milito several years ago. They are pretty and continue to thrive and spread in our backyard at home in Falmouth, Virginia.
Tagged primrose, view du jourClose to 15 years ago our son Oliver asked if we minded if he and his friend Jamie Drake would dig in our back yard to make a mold in the earth for a statue made of concrete. Of course we didn’t mind. The piece is about 3 feet long. Over the years it had […]
Tagged sculpture, view du jourThe Red Hook section of Brooklyn, like a good deal of Brooklyn, is undergoing changes that make it more appealing to humans and also more expensive. This is a phot of a barge that also serves as a museum on the waterfront in Red Hook.
Tagged barge, red hook, waterfrontWe have some early azalea bushes in the front and side of our house. The flowers are spectacular with simple petals. They bloom early but the blooms don not last all that long disappearing with the heat. They serve to be a sure proof of Spring.
Tagged azalea, view du jourTaking a morning walk around our neighborhood I noticed these flowers. Common roadside flowers around here, especially when the county or state highway crews don’t cut the grass. I interpreted the morning glory as a present to those up before the heat of the day.
Tagged goldenrod, morning glory, view du jourWhen I came home last night after the MHAF board and boosters picnic the beautiful moon flowers at our front door that have done so well this year grabbed my attention. The front light was on and I thought that a rear view of a blooming flower would be very nice. I took that and I […]
Tagged 2014, moon flower, photo, september, view du jour