WatersEast the View + One #1

The Gardens at WatersEast lives along the shore of one of the five Great Lakes in the USA, Lake Michigan.  Around here it is typically referred to as - - THE LAKE.  Wisconsin has more than ten thousand lakes, but everyone knows what you mean when you say – THE LAKE.

This series, like the original BLOG SHOTS series, will continue to post photos taken at the Gardens at WatersEast but will primarily post photos of THE LAKE as seen from the gardens. THE LAKE is such an important part of the environment and weather in this part of the country.  It has a tremendous influence on all that lives and grows in this area every season of the year.

This series will give the due respect and honor that Lake Michigan is owed for the life it gives all things;  humans, plants, bugs and birds, and other living things here in the Gardens at WatersEast.

Each posting in this series will not only share with you great photos and views from the gardens, but also list a couple must know  “facts” about THE LAKE .

Lake Michigan is the third largest Great Lake by surface area and the sixth largest freshwater lake in the world.

AVERAGE DEPTH:  279 ft. / 85 m

Every inch Lake Michigan rises or drops equals 390 billion gallons more or less water in the lake.

Do enjoy this added “dimension” to the garden postings.

PLUS – one photo of a “happy” plant that lives here!

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.

BLOG SHOTS #88

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

 Aster

 Bee on False Sunflower

 Bluefish Sculptures

 Garden Colors

 Red Poppy

 Green Bug - visitor

 The Rock Wall

 Diablo Ninebark

 soon to come - again

 One last view of the lake at Gardens at Waters East.

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.

Want a "Quickie" ? Today / Tonight 9.14.16

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

Cup Plant - Native

These photos were taken this evening in the Gardens at Waters East. - -9.14.16  Took a short walk around the garden this evening after dinner.  The sun was beginning to set – so the light was great on the blooms.  These photos were taken ½ hour before the official sunset.

Enjoy

 Autumn Clematis

 Grasshopper

 Phlox

 Rudbeckia

 Taro

 Love Over the Fence

 Cup Plant

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.

Want a "Quickie" ? Today 9.10.16

“Quickies”

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

These photos were taken today at the Gardens at Waters East. - -9.10.16  Lots of activity in the garden even late this afternoon as I took a stroll along the paths.  Always something to look at.  As you can see, a storm was brewing.

Enjoy the afternoon

 Someone is hungry

 Swallowtail

 Cup Plant - Native

 Fern Leaf Tansy

Thanks to those who identified this plant a couple of postings ago.

 The storm came and went - once again sunshine.

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.

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FOG TODAY 9.7.16

Here is a quick look at the gardens this morning.  Hard to believe that just beyond the gardens is Lake Michigan.  It is nowhere to be found!

 

Fog for me always sets a meditative / reflective mood – nice.  A quiet, even silent sense of peace.

 

The one happy plant this morning giving everything it has in joy of this foggy day is this one and only single bloom today of the Morning Glory.

 

Enjoy your day.

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Review of August 2016

15 never seen pics of August 2016

Sunrise August 21, 2016

Here are fifteen, never before seen, photos taken at the Gardens at Waters East during the month of August 2016.  There are so many that could be included in this posting.  It was difficult to limit this posting to these few.  This is a "sampling" of what was blooming during the month.  All are reminders of this time of year – moving from the hot days of summer and now going into the cooler evenings of autumn.  After this month the real transition begins.

Enjoy the review of August

 Pink Wave Petunia

 Love Over the Fence

 Pink Mallow

 Double Daylily

 Cup Plant

 Balloon Flower

 False Sunflower - at early morning sunrise

notice how the early sun makes the flowers shine

 Ghost Spider on Phlox

 view from Middle Walk

 a friendly visitor

 Rudbeckia Goldstrum and Artemisia

 view from Lake Path

 Obedient Plant - Pink

Purple Coneflower 

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

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