QUICK SHOTS - TODAY

“Quickies” of        

(All “Quickies” are photos taken and posted the same day)

These photos were taken just today at the Gardens at Waters East.  Notice all the beautiful shadows formed by snow and wind.  Still Winter.  Still beautiful.

One more time, just today,  it is good to pause and appreciate with a sense of wonder, the Winter beauty that these days bring to heart and mind.  Embrace it.  A gift given just for today.  It has a beauty.  It tells a story.  Enjoy

 Bluff Overlook

In the Rock Garden

South Bluff & Eagle Tree

Viewing Stone

Mid 19th Century Ship Rib

Snow & Wind Markings

Resting Bench

Reference Note:  For a complete list of the ten (10) Principles of Design used here and throughout Gardens at Waters East, check out the archive postings for November 14 – 24, 2010.

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BLOG SHOTS #10

GAWE - BLOG  SHOTS

Each month Gardens at Waters East (GAWE) will post two or more never before seen photos of “garden life” called - - BLOG SHOTS.  Here are the photos for today.

moments in the garden - - enjoy

 View from Middle Walk

Daylily #7 MK Lily Path

Pieces of Niagara Escarpment - Karst

Winter Sunrise

Heliopsis and Phlox

Hand blown blue glass pendants

 from Puerto Vallarata, Mexico

hanging from Whitespire Birch

Reference Note:  For a complete list of the ten (10) Principles of Design used here and throughout Gardens at Waters East, check out the archive postings for November 14 – 24, 2010.

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WANT A "QUICKIE" ? - TODAY

“Quickies” of        

(All “Quickies” are photos taken and posted the same day)

This photo was taken just today at the Gardens at Waters East.  The Eagles have been here all morning.  Have been watching the two of them while working on the computer.

Enjoy

 Checking out the lake for fish no doubt.

Reference Note:  For a complete list of the ten (10) Principles of Design used here and throughout Gardens at Waters East, check out the archive postings for November 14 – 24, 2010.

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BLOG SHOTS #9

GAWE - BLOG  SHOTS

Each month Gardens at Waters East (GAWE) will post two or more never before seen photos of “garden life” called - - BLOG SHOTS.  Here are the photos for today.

moments in the garden - - enjoy

Asian Garden Patio

California Poppies

New Hybridized MK 28.6

Foggy Day - spider web on Diablo Ninebark

Sunny Day - South view to Lake Michigan

Winter Day - Lake Trail

Reference Note:  For a complete list of the ten (10) Principles of Design used here and throughout Gardens at Waters East, check out the archive postings for November 14 – 24, 2010.

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WANT A "QUICKIE" ? - TODAY

“Quickies” of  JANUARY 21, 2011       

(All “Quickies” are photos taken and posted the same day)

These photos were taken just today at Gardens at Waters East.  It is really cold today.  Took these  photos at 6:30 AM with a temperature of minus 7 F. and a windchill of minus 25 - 30 F.  Too cold to stay outdoors too long!  The "steam" is rising up over 300 feet into the cold air.  Looks pretty, but give me a break.

Can not wait for Spring to come, none too soon!

Came indoors to take this last one - way too cold today

Reference Note:  For a complete list of the ten (10) Principles of Design used here and throughout Gardens at Waters East, check out the archive postings for November 14 – 24, 2010.

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BLOG SHOTS #8

GAWE - BLOG  SHOTS

Each month Gardens at Waters East (GAWE) will post two or more never before seen photos of “garden life” called - - BLOG SHOTS.  Here are the photos for today.

moments in the garden - - enjoy

 Daylily # 28 MK

view toward the lake

Pink Mallow

Snow on Fence at Asian Patio

Russian Sage, Phlox, Poppies, and more

Early Morning Sun

Reference Note:  For a complete list of the ten (10) Principles of Design used here and throughout Gardens at Waters East, check out the archive postings for November 14 – 24, 2010.

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WANT A "QUICKIE" ? - TODAY

"Quickies" of this morning’s snow – JANUARY 15, 2011

(All "Quickies" are photos taken and posted the same day)

These photos were taken just today at the Gardens at Waters East.  The snow from overnight softens the edges of so many things in the garden – looks nice.  In close up detail or long distance shots, snow does wonders for the garden and all its parts.

Though all gardeners look forward to warmer days and the “digging in the dirt” that is the growing season;  Winter has its own beauty not to be missed.  It is good to pause and appreciate with a sense of wonder, the Winter beauty that these days bring to heart and mind.  Never fight it.  Embrace it.  A gift given just for today.  It has a beauty.  It tells a story.  Enjoy

Reference Note:  For a complete list of the ten (10) Principles of Design used here and throughout Gardens at Waters East, check out the archive postings for November 14 – 24, 2010.

If you wish to email a message or share photos of your garden please do that at:

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In The Beginning.....

It all started like this:

Looking over the Gardens at Waters East today, it is hard to believe that only a few short years ago, this property was an active farm field.  Corn and alfalfa covered the acreage.  It was totally empty.  Devoid of trees and bushes, it was a pretty plain piece of land.  An empty canvas waiting to be painted.

Here are some pictures showing those very early days.  Land was graded.  House foundation excavating started.  Fifty ton of Niagara Escarpment rocks was brought to the property.  Marking sticks with ribbons showing positions for the future plantings of trees and bushes were set in place.  Setting views and sight lines.  Laying out paths.

It took most of that first summer to do the “ground work” and design planning.  These are the core things necessary for a well thought out garden area.  From those early days and months up to today;  lots of continuing planning and effort have brought the Gardens at Waters East to the stage today where there is now plenty of interest and visual appeal to the gardens.

Looking over the many past photo postings that have been listed on this Blog, it is easy to see just how developed Gardens at Waters East had become in a short nine years.  In stead of reposting photos from past Blogs, you are encouraged to take some time go back to prior postings and compare those past photos to what is seen in the following.  There is a big difference from the very first days of the GAWA project.

The following photos will tell you the story “of the beginnings”.

 empty and open farm land

beginning on a foggy day

the private drive to Gardens at Waters East

putting in fence posts and designing paths

adding Niagara Escarpment stone & old ship rib

flags to mark position of bushes to be planted

as seen from Asian Patio

original planning map for the Gardens at Waters East

much more developed and added to over time

today more than 1/2 mile of paths

Reference Note:  For a complete list of the ten (10) Principles of Design used here and throughout Gardens at Waters East, check out the archive postings for November 14 – 24, 2010.

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