Gardens at Waters East: December 2013

Monday, December 23, 2013

A Quote - John Muir - - Watershed #17

Thoughts to celebrate the deeply rooted appreciation, love, and joy you find in gardening

and the nature that cradles all of us.

Every now and then, this Blog will post a quote that speaks to all of us who share a deep respect and love of nature and gardening. Along with the meditative quote, Gardens at Waters East will share a few never before seen pictures from its photo files. Here then is today’s posting to feed your mind, spirit, and delight your eyes.

Quote

"In every walk with nature,

one receives far more than he seeks" - - - - John Muir

These photos are only a sampling of the many pictures that were taken throughout the year on hikes in the watershed of the Gardens at Waters East.

The Ridges - Door County

Whitefish Dunes

State Park

Indian Paintbrush

Clay Banks Trail

Mink River Nature Preserve

Mashek Creek Trail

Ahnapee Trail - Algoma

Logan Creek Nature Preserve

Sulphur Cinquefoil

Footbridge Trail - Kewaunee

Patawatomi State Park Trail

Ellison Bluff Park

Mushrooms

Blanik Park Trail

Along the Ice Age Trail

Maple Leaf

Legacy Nature Preserve

Sturgeon Bay Shipping Canal Trail

Schoenbrunn Nature Preserve

Fern in Autumn

Ice Age Trail

Sturgeon Bay

Lake Iris

Cave Point Park

Whitefish Dunes State Park

Old Baldy Dune Trail

Blufflands Preserve

Stump with Moss

Kewaunee River

Footbridge Trail

Heppatica

Logan Creek Trail

Niagara Escarpment

snow and moss

Looking down, or looking up, each hike on a trail brings discoveries. On each of these hikes, many photos of the native wild flowers were taken, more can be found in the archives listed as - - - Watershed. Enjoy traveling along some of the paths and trails all within an hour, many trails within only a few minutes of the Gardens at Waters East. More facts and a description about the watershed that cradles the gardens can also be found in any number of those “watershed” postings.

The Watershed

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.

"Ice Age Trail"

by W. Roberts

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Want a "Quickie"? Today 12.17.13

These photos were taken this morning at the Gardens at Waters East. - - 12.17.13

Notice all the wonderful patterns formed by the snow on plants, sculptures, and stone. - - - A feast for the eyes in design.

Enjoy

Buddha

Asian Patio Garden

Lake Michigan

view from patio

Garden View

Sedum

on rock wall

Coneflowers

fence

along Lake Path

fountain head

on rock wall

Sedum - Autumn Joy

Formal Garden Central Pot

East Gate

Coneflower Seed Heads

Winter View

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

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.

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Cana Island Light - Winter - - Watershed #16

This posting is the “Winter” version of the original posting on Cana Island found in the archives dated November 5, 2012 - - Watershed #7. Check it out.

Cana Lighthouse & Keepers Quarters

Cana Island is located 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.

view of mainland from island

Old Shed near the Lighthouse

Cana Island lighthouse is located in Door County Wisconsin which has more lighthouses than any other county in the USA. The lighthouse was built 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.

Seawall protecting the Lighthouse

visitors out at the edge of the ice buildup

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.

Common Red Poll

near the old shed

ice buildup

edge of Cana Island

Cana Light

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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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

BLOG SHOTS #51

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. These are part of a collection of “Summer” photos, - - - - good to have as we begin the long Winter season.

moments in the garden - - enjoy