Thursday, June 28, 2012

BLOG SHOTS #33


GAWE - BLOG  SHOTS

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

 StoneWater Beach
private beach of
Gardens at Waters East

Daylily #28 with Veronica
hybridized at 
Gardens at Waters East

Red Poppy
taken the middle of June

Coreopsis - Early Sunrise
taken middle of June

One of many roses blooming
this last week of June

Locus Tree in flower
in early June

Johnny Jump Up

Full Moon in Summer
over Lake Michigan
seen from the 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.

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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Want a Quickie? Today


 Could not resist another "Quickie" so soon after the last one!

Today the clouds were awesome, adding to the beauty of Gardens at Waters East.  This is a good example of “borrowed views” mentioned in past postings on the Principles of Design.  The “borrowed” was not expected, which only adds to the momentary views.  Today being the first full day of Summer lots of things are in bloom, although most of the photos in today’s “Quickie” will highlight Lake Michigan and the clouds as they passed overhead. 

(All “Quickies” are photos taken and posted the same day)
All photos were taken today at the Gardens at Waters East. - - June 21, 2012

Enjoy

 original garden sculpture
"Circles with Stone"

Marguerite Daisy

Ismene
Hymenocallis narcissiflora
began blooming late this afternoon

Viburnum
Arrowhead - Autumn Jazz

Asian Garden with Buddha

Lone Poppy near Niagara Escarpment

Asian Patio
Sedum in pot on Table

Porthole Sculpture
Straits of Mackinac
(more details about this Ferry see archives date: January 2, 2011)

Lysimachia and Poppies
at Stone Bench

View East
looking down Lake Path

View West
looking up entry drive

Mallow - Selvestri

Snow on the Mountain
in foreground

Sunset June 21, 2012
looking East out over Lake Michigan


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.


Clouds Above


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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Fog comes on little cat feet


Monday evening this week brought a wave of fog creeping in from Lake Michigan, tiptoeing across StoneWater Beach, up the bluff and embracing the trees, bushes, and plants of this quiet place.  Slowly yet deliberately the fog kept coming and coming pushing across the Gardens at Waters East, creating a mood of mystery and the unknown.  The whole feeling of the gardens changed in minutes.  Pretty awesome to experience.


At times the sun was completely gone hidden by the heavy and dense fog,  at other times the filtered light added to the drama to the garden.


These pictures are only a few of the more than one hundred photos taken during the hour of this transformation at the shore.


You can almost “feel” the chill in the air as the fog wraps itself around everything in view, including the photographer.  One of the ever-changing expressions of living on this lake.








               The fog
                         comes on little cat feet.
               It sits
                         looking over harbor and city
                         on silent haunches
                         and then moves on.
                                                           A poem by – Carl Sandburg


Then the sun began to set, and the fog moved on.
Here is seen a sunset to the East




Looking West down the driveway
is the final setting sun at the Gardens at Waters East


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

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Sunday, June 17, 2012

BLOG SHOTS #32


GAWE - BLOG  SHOTS

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.

Special Note:    For a different approach - -
all the photos in this posting will be sized as the “Long Shot” dozen.

moments in the garden - - enjoy


Daylily MK #6

White Coneflower

StoneWater Beach
private beach
Gardens at Waters East

Daylily #8
Hybridized at Gardens at Waters East

Rudbeckia

Red Poppy

Purple Coneflower

American Bald Eagle
StoneWater Beach

Daylily #17
Hybridized at Gardens at Waters East

Tree Frog on Lily

Lake Michigan
False Sunflower in Foreground

Goldenrod along the Entry Drive



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.

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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Want a Quickie? Today


“Quickies”

(All “Quickies” are photos taken and posted the same day)
These photos were taken just today at the Gardens at Waters East. - - June 7, 2012

Enjoy

 Siberian Iris - "White Swirls"
& Chives

Iris & Lake

Maltese Cross

Iris at Bog Garden

Horseradish Blooms

"Turbulent Seas"
new original 5 ft. sculpture in the Rock Garden

Siberian Iris & Barberry Bush

Siberian Iris - "Butter & Sugar"

Siberian Iris- "Caesar's Brother" Blue

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.


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