Want a "Quickie"? Today 6.29.14

“Quickies”

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

These photos were taken early this foggy morning at the Gardens at Waters East. - - 6.29.14.  These are only a few ( 13 ) of the many colors seen in the fog while walking the paths.  The one thing missing – is Lake Michigan!  One would never know it is right there at the edge of the gardens!

Enjoy

 The Formal Garden

 Gootendorf Rose

 Allium Mountain Bells

 garden view south

hidden in the fog

 Geranium - Splish Splash

notice every bloom is different - interesting

 Baby  Red-winged Black Birds

 Peony & web

 Siberian Iris - Caesar's Brother

 Lupine

 Lake Path - fog

 Spirea - Snowmound & fly

 Smoke Bush & Siberian Iris - white

 Spider Lily

a real "attention getter"

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.

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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.

MOON SHOTS

Here is a look at a number of photos taken of the moon as it appears over the Gardens at Waters East.  It is getting dark, the pictures are not the best, but the mood of the rising moon over Lake Michigan and the “feel” in the gardens is great.

All photos were taken in the gardens over a period of different days except for the last one.  It was taken by a friend standing just north of the gardens with a much better camera – nice.

Enjoy

 along Middle Walk

 in the Formal Garden

 view toward South Ravine

 in the Locust & Hosta Garden

 in the Asian Patio Garden

 along Lily Path

 reflecting off Lake Michigan

 seen through the Portal Sculpture

portals from the ship

Straits of Mackinac

 along Lake Path

 in the Rock Garden

 Ship Ribs - form the 1850s

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.

A friend's photo

taken just north of Gardens at Waters East

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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.

BLOG SHOTS #58

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

 Marguerite Daisy

 Sunrise - in January

 Russian Sage

 Aster

 Lake Michigan - in the background of the gardens

 Succulent - on the patio

 Clouds over Buddha

 Sunset - looking East

June

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

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

Quote 4 U - The Gardener #3

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.

StoneWater Beach

private beach of Gardens at Waters East

Quote

Some people, like flowers,

give pleasure, just by being.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Aster & Bee

 False Sunflower

 Chives & more

 One of many day lilies hybridized

in the Gardens at Waters East

code #8

 Flemish Poppy & friend

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

THE TREE #4

THE TREE #4

This is the fourth posting in the series “THE TREE” which follows the life of a special Honey Locust tree in the Gardens at Waters East.  If you have not read the first posting, it might be most helpful for you to do that.  Go to the archives in this Blog and check out the posting – Beginnings - found on March 7, 2014.  Reading this short introduction will put this tree, this posting, and future postings in proper perspective.  It will be helpful.

 THE TREE - one week ago

THE TREE - at the base - one day ago

Here are a few more “factoids” about this tree.

The featherlike leaves on the Honey Locust appear relatively late in spring, thus they have not fully developed as of today.  (The last photo posted here was taken today.)  I was sure that they would be more mature by this time but – surprise surprise.   Six miles inland from here at the lake, it looks like summer.  Not here on the shores of Lake Michigan as you can see from the slow progress on this Locust Tree.  At this time the buds are maturing and beginning to open into leaves.  They start out yellow, then change to a greenish-yellow before changing to a more solid green color for the rest of the summer.  As the summer progresses, the tree then produces cream-colored flowers which burst forth forming very fragrant clusters which in turn produce the distinctive seed pods, 6 – 8 inch long, flattened red-brown and leathery looking, becoming dry and twisted as they age.  Photos of these pods will be posted latter in this series.

  

 buds beginning to take shape

two weeks ago

 the buds three days ago

the buds today - June 7th

Honey locusts commonly have thorns 3 – 10 cm long which grow out of the branches.  I can tell you from experience – they are sharp!  The thorns are thought to have evolved to protect the trees from browsing Pleistocene megafauna which may also have been involved in seed dispersal.  The size and spacing of them is useless in defending against smaller herbivores such as deer – and there are plenty of those in the area of Gardens at Waters East.

closeup of the buds today

If you wish to look at other blogs from around the world which are doing similar monthly tree postings.  click on:   http://looseandleafy.blogspot.co.uk/p/what-is-tree-following-and-list-of-tree.html

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.

gardensatwaterseast.blogspot.com

Spring Blooms - Watershed #20

This last week of May was a great week to take a couple of hikes along the Ice Age Trails near Gardens at Waters East.  So many spring flowers to see and enjoy.  Here are selections of the many blooms now found in Wisconsin along the Ice Age Trails at Potawatomi State Park in Door County, to the Ice Age Trails in Kewaunee and in Algoma.  This is all a part of the important Watershed that cradles and nurtures the Gardens at Waters East. The weather was great.  Indeed it was a nice time to be out walking.

ENJOY  the  HIKE

 Nodding Trillium - Trillium cernuum

 Apple Blossoms

 Jack-in-the-pulpit

 Blue eyed grass - Sisyrinchion

 Anemone

 Yellow Violet

 Native Trillium

 Dandelion

 Wild Strawberry

 Blue Violet - the state flower of Wisconsin

The Watershed - that cradles - Gardens at Waters East

Note of Interest:

Every photo, repeat, every photo posted on this Blog has been and will continue to be only photos taken on the property of Gardens at Waters East.

The exception will be those posted in the series – Watershed.  For important facts, details, and an overview of the watershed, refer to the posting of July 2, 2011.  The information there will place all the photos in this special series in a proper context.