June 4, 2026
gem
dogs, flowers, photography, plants
guesthouse, irises, moonshine
These are the irises by the guesthouse porch.





This is the dog.

June 4, 2026
gem
flowers, photography, plants
irises, photography, water irises, yin/yang
There are probably 400 irises now spread all over the property. Here are a few, including some water irises.
The yin/yang circle batch.



The Water Irises from Donnie and Geri, in the creek and thriving

April 27, 2026
gem
farm, flowers, photography, plants
flowers, irises, yellow iris

Yellow is number 2.
And then an explosion that is still underway 10 days later. We have hundreds of irises now.


October 16, 2025
gem
flowers, photography, plants
bloomscroll, deadly plants, doomscroll, flower, monk's hood
This beautiful purple thing will kill you. Monk’s Hood.



October 15, 2025
gem
plants
patio, plants, succulents
The collection of crazy weird plants seems to fit right in around here.


October 31, 2024
gem
flowers, music, plants
charles arthur, clark hansbarger, cosmos, flowers, garden, living room, music, nick schrenk
Not often enough.
The ringer…

The liberals (bitter variety)


The garden flowers


The boots that were left behind

October 14, 2024
gem
flowers, photography, plants
flowers, garden, vegetables
For a garden that has produced such a paltry selection of vegetables this year, it is certainly going gangbusters…with flowers.

OK, there were some vegetables too…












October 6, 2024
gem
flowers, photography, plants
dublin, ireland, romey, st stephens green, travel
When you are filled to the brim with people, visit the green and let it all back out.





August 28, 2024
gem
photography, plants, trees
fungus, garden, mushrooms, river, shenandoah, shenandoah river, trees, trees down
During the time of the dog days, this is what we see.


Lots of trees down this summer due to chaotic weather (weeks of drought followed by an intense several day tropical storm).



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