Friday, July 31, 2015

Want a "Quickie"? Today 7.31.15

“Quickies”

(All “Quickies” are photos taken and posted the same day)
These photos were taken today at the Gardens at Waters East. - - 7.31.15  This whole week has been beautiful here at the lake.  The gardens are blooming like “crazy” – loving it!  The weather has been fantastic, the sky, the clouds, the breeze – all very nice.  Thought you might like spending time here on the shore today.
Enjoy

 View - Middle Walk

 View - approaching the Entrance Gate

 Tiger Lily

 Daisy, Pink Mallow, and "Walking Garlic" seed heads

 Porthole sculpture - made from the Car Ferry Mackinaw

 Buddha in the Asian Garden

 False Sunflower & Pink Mallow

 Red Currants -Rovada

 View - stone walkway of Middle Walk


 I will confess - these sunflowers are not in my garden but the neighbor's property - I could not resist taking photos of them this morning - do excuse me for including them today!

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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Saturday, July 25, 2015

CLOUDS over the Gardens at Waters East #1

Part ONE
Here is a look at some of the many photos taken in the gardens of the clouds that pass overhead.  Many times children sit back or lay on the ground and look up to “discover”: animals, people, aliens, etc. in the clouds.  You might remember doing this in your own childhood.  No doubt it stimulated and continues to stimulate creative and curiosity in the young and young-at-heart.  Many have enjoyed the “adventure”.  Here is your turn to spend a few moments “studying” the clouds that pass over the Gardens at Waters East.  A small reminder of your lifelong love of nature.



Enjoy looking up!














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:



Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Want a "Quickie" ? Today 7.22.15

(All “Quickies” are photos taken and posted the same day)
These photos were taken this morning in the Gardens at Waters East. - - 7.22.15
Today is “High Season” for color here in the gardens.  Lots and lots of color.  Here is a posting of some of the vibrant colors happening – NOW.   I will stop with eight – or I could go on and on today.   Four of the day lilies posted here today were hybridized at the Gardens at Waters East.- - -   A feast for the eyes!
Enjoy

 Flemish Poppy



 Garden Gate - Entrance





 Bougainville 


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
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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, July 20, 2015

Weekend Storm 7.18.15

This weekend the Gardens at Waters East experienced a really intense storm.  Not a lot of rain, but lots of wind, lots of wind.  During such storms it is a great time to sit in the sunroom and just watch the clouds in all directions through three walls of glass, and at the same time, to feel the wind.  Here are a few photos to express what it was like to be “in the eye of the storm” as they say.
Enjoy

 approaching over the gardens
from the West



 moving out over Lake Michigan 
to the East


 "dancing clouds" in the wind





 AWESOME

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
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Monday, July 13, 2015

Want a "Quickie" ? Today 7.13.15

(All “Quickies” are photos taken and posted the same day)
These photos were taken on a quick walk around the Gardens at Waters East. - - 7.13.15.  Another beautiful day here in the gardens, on the shores of Lake Michigan. NICE. 
Enjoy the Colors













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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Sunday, July 12, 2015

BLOG SHOTS # 71

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

 Spider Lily
with Lake Michigan in the background

 The gardens looking East

 A visitor

 View of South Ravine from the Asian Patio

 A "friend" sitting along Middle Path

 old antique pillar from Chicago
at intersection of four paths

 Mohican Viburnum berries


 another Summer visitor



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: