May 9, 2023
gem
farm, flowers, hiking, photography, river
dames rocket, dog, flower, golden retreiver, moonshine, rocket, shenandoah, shenandoah river, wildflower
What’s the difference between Dame’s Rocket and Prairie Phlox? Why the difference between four and five (and alternate toothed leaves). This is rocket on the trail by the river that we walk every day.

Moonshine

























And some black locust to perfume the air.



Final Moonshine
April 2, 2023
gem
hiking, nature, plants
bluebell, bluebells, flower, photography, river, romey, shenadoah river, shenandoah, Spring, video
It’s early for the peak. But the peak it is along the banks of the Shenandoah.

Romey looks like a bluebell too.




Moonshine does not look like a bluebell. Nor does he smell like one.

There are also other flowers available.




September 26, 2019
gem
farm
bounty, corn, dogs, fall, flower, garden, gem, gleaning, photography, sunflowers
The garden produced prolifically this year. It was a great year for watermellon and corn. Heck, even the squash lasted for several months before it was wiped out by the squash beetles.
Some of the last of the bounty is coming in now.

Pepper haul Sept

Cayenne

Jalapeño, habañero, hot banana, cayenne

Late September tomato

Pick a peck of peppers
The tomato plans and the peppers have lots more production to go before they peter out. Meanwhile, the corn and the sunflowers are done. So down they come.

Gleaned corn

Now you see it

Now you don’t
I will stand up the husks in a typical Fall display, probably tomorrow.

extra junk
Sunflowers down.

Beheadings galore

Now you see them

Now you don’t

Sunflower poles
Fall.
Winter is coming.

Shadow play
November 27, 2018
gem
art, flowers, nature, photography, plants, travel, who knows
art, flower, flowers, gardens, little paradise lodge, nature, new zealand, photography, travel

Highway to Paradise
There are magic places in the world, created under intensity so focused that nature absorbs and reflects the power of the creator. The Little Paradise Art Lodge is one of those places.

Put together over 26 years by a Swiss artist who is both intense and incredibly human at the same time, the grounds are nothing short of remarkable.
We were not able to stay during this trip due to a birthday (paradox) conflict. But we will be back for sure. Even a short visit is highly recommended. We stayed for about an hour, enchanted the entire time.

You’ll be caught in the web little tourist

Enter the property
The lodge itself is hand built in such a quirky and delightful and natural way, it is hard to describe. Primitive, and yet so very planet earth.

Bedroom

Bathroom full of skipping rocks

Hand carved headboard

Living table

A couch fashioned from one piece of poplar
Though the lodge is a sight to see, the six acres of curated gardens are astonishing in their willy-nilly natural order.



We have always talked about a tree house like this


Lawnmower



The artist, touched




Fin
September 23, 2016
apothecaryshedster
animals, art, cute, farm, flowers, humor, nature, photography, who knows
flower, nature, photography
like friends in the dew Watermelon Park Fest.

September 5, 2016
apothecaryshedster
cute, farm, flowers, humor, photography, river, who knows
flower, garden, nature, photography, river, shenandoah river
May 17, 2016
apothecaryshedster
animals, cute, dogs, farm, flowers, humor, nature, photography, who knows
dogs, flower, nature, photography, sophie
April 10, 2016
gem
dogs, nature, photography, river
dogs, flower, nature, river, shenandoah, shenandoah river, sophie, Spring

The bluebells are out. Thousands and thousands of them for miles along the river.




June 8, 2015
apothecaryshedster
animals, farm, flowers, horse, humor, nature, photography
cats, dogs, flower, nature, photography

So Pretty.


Lamb’s Ear

Virginia Beardtongue

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