Gardens at Waters East: November 2012

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Want a Quickie? Today

“Quickies”

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

These photos were taken this morning at the Gardens at Waters East. - - 11.25.12

Notice all the wonderful patterns formed by the snow on plants, sculptures, and stone.

A feast for the eyes in design.

Enjoy

Cairn on log

(for more information and photos of Cairns see archives Nov. 1, 2011)

Barberry

Asian Garden- - Buddha

Coneflower Seed heads

Gardens, South Ravine, and Lake Michigan

Gargoyle

Lily Sculpture

Blue Spruce

Queen Anne's Lace

Chain from ship once owned by Aristotle Onassis

Pattern on Stone Step

Sedum on Stone Wall

NOTE: Since this Blog is meant to be an accurate journal of the gardens;

no photos are “staged”, “arranged”, or ”photo-shopped” in anyway.

What is posted – is what it here. It is what it is.

If you wish to email a message or share photos of your garden

please do that through this Blog site or with an email to:

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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.

Monday, November 19, 2012

Seasonal Contrast #6

Seasonal Contrast in the - Gardens at Waters East

Postings in this ongoing series will show the same garden “area” and “objects” at two or more different times / seasons of the year. The contrast will offer the viewer an appreciation of the beauty found in the same spot but in different months. Some of the photos have never been seen before, others were collected from earlier postings in order to provide the needed contrast. Each season has its own “feeling”, has its own beauty.

Enjoy

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

NOTE: Since this Blog is meant to be an accurate journal of the gardens;

no photos are “staged”, “arranged”, or ”photo-shopped” in anyway.

What is posted – is what it here. It is what it is.

If you wish to email a message or share photos of your garden please do that through this Blog site or with an email to:

www.gardensatwaterseast@Yahoo.com

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

BLOG SHOTS #38

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

Gardens at Waters East

Coneflowers & Rudbeckia

Sunrise

August 9, 2012

Cosmos

Fog from Lake Michigan

covering gardens

August 3, 2012

Succulent in Bloom

Hydrangea

July 7, 2012

Donkey tail Sedum

April 15, 2012

Spider attacking Bumble Bee

StoneWater Beach

August 5, 2012

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

unless otherwise marked.

NOTE: Since this Blog is meant to be an accurate journal of the gardens;

no photos are “staged”, “arranged”, or ”photo-shopped” in anyway.

What is posted – is what it here. It is what it is.

If you wish to email a message or share photos of your garden

please do that through this Blog site or with an email to:

www.gardensatwaterseast@Yahoo.com

Monday, November 5, 2012

Cana Island Light - Watershed #7

Cana Island is north of Gardens at Waters East and sits out in Lake Michigan. It rest on Niagara Escarpment rock. Much more information on this unique rock formation which runs for hundreds of miles from Niagara Falls New York over the top of Lake Michigan then out to the state of Iowa, can be found in the archives titled: Niagara Escarpment – Watershed #6 July 21 2012.

Cana Island Lighthouse

Niagara Escarpment

forming the island

Close-up

Cairns on island

for more information, facts, and photos of cairns

see archives for November 1, 2011

more cairns

Cana Island lighthouse is located in Door County Wisconsin which has more lighthouses than any other county in the USA. The lighthouse was build in 1869 out of cream city brick from Milwaukee. Due to the deteriorating condition of the brick from lake storms, the tower was clad in a steel casing in 1902 and then painted white. The tower is 89 feet tall with the light being 85 feet above the water level. It has a third order Fresnel lens which was made in France. The visual range is 18 miles.

Cana Island Lighthouse

built 1869

Fresnel Lens - 3rd Order

For basic fundamental facts and photos about the watershed for the area of Gardens at Waters East, see the posting for July 2, 2011 in the archives. Other past postings in the Watershed Series cover additional examples of this important geographic resource.

Cana Island Lighthouse

Door County Wisconsin

Overview of the Great Lakes Watershed

Gardens at Waters East

NOTE: All photos posted on this Blog are always taken on the property of Gardens at Waters East except for those posted in this series titled Watershed. This series takes the Blog beyond the immediate gardens to the fuller area that nourished its “neighborhood”.

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Thursday, November 1, 2012

October - Review 2012

October has come to an end. The gardens have been cutback and prepared for Winter. Now is the time to enjoy some of the remaining final colors of the season here at Gardens at Waters East.

As happens with the “end of the month review” every month, it is difficult picking only a few photos that reflect the entire month in plants and views. Thus, this is only a small sampling of the many many photos taken during October. All of the following photos have never been posted before today.

Enjoy