Sunday, August 30, 2020

Want a "Quickie" ? Today --- Monarchs

The Monarchs have been in the gardens a lot this summer, and especially now as they are passing through from the North to get nourishment for their long flight to Mexico.  Gardens at Waters East is a sumptuous butterfly garden.  Here there are plants with so much nourishment for all the varieties of butterflies, not to mention all the bees and bugs!  So many differ ones come here for nourishment.  Most interesting to me are the Monarch butterflies who are on their three thousand plus mile journey to the mountains of Mexico. A place they have never been.

Here are two photos from early this morning.  They gather in groups to sleep together on the cooler nights, then mid-morning they are gone - - - back in flight to Mexico.






Thursday, August 27, 2020

Want a "Quickie" ? Today

 Want a “Quickie” ?  Today

 

Out in the gardens this morning and found a friend looking at me.

Enjoy

 


Tuesday, August 25, 2020

July 2020 - part #4

 July 2020 #4

 

Once again, too many photos for one posting.  Decided to do four (4) postings for July and that leaves another 500 plus that will not be posted.  Love the garden and love all the photos I have taken.  Maybe someday in the future others from the month of July will appear!

 

Enjoy


Poppy



Someone is setting up housekeeping


Many more of these day lilies will appear in the future.

There are 250 different plants that were hybridized

here at the Gardens at Waters East


I like the contrasting background


One of the nursery daylily gardens


Virginia blue Bells


Ghost Spider capturing lunch - OUCH


Marguerite Daisy


One last view

Lake Michigan from the Gardens at Waters East

 

 

July 2020 - Part #3

 July 2020 #3

 

Once again, too many photos for one posting.  Decided to do four (4) postings for July and that leaves another 500 plus that will not be posted.  Love the garden and love all the photos I have taken.  Maybe someday in the future others from the month of July will appear!

 

Enjoy

 

My little "friend" - find this fellow 

in the Asian patio garden and on the sides of the house.


the fly


Johnny - Jump - Ups


Very interesting Pipe Vine,

the blossoms as you see,

look like a pipe that Sherlock Holmes would use.


Ghost Spider on Missouri Primrose


patio flower


Mix plants along the garden wall.


Gootendorf rose - bud


Potentilla bush - McKay's White


Another beautiful day in the Gardens at Waters East

on the shores of Lake Michigan

Monday, August 24, 2020

July 2020 #2

 July 2020 #2

 

Once again, too many photos for one posting.  Decided to do four (4) postings for July and that leaves another 500 plus that will not be posted.  Love the garden and love all the photos I have taken.  Maybe someday in the future others from the month of July will appear!

 

Enjoy


"Ghost Spider" waiting for food!


Got it !!!


Pink Mallow after morning rain


Clouds & Lake Michigan from the gardens


Maltese Cross


Hydrangea



Veronica - Sunny Boarder


Monkshood


Siberian Iris


Yucca in bloom July 5th

 

 

July 2020 - part #1

 July 2020 #1

 

Once again, too many photos for one posting.  Decided to do four (4) postings for July and that leaves another 500 plus that will not be posted.  Love the garden and love all the photos I have taken.  Maybe someday in the future others from the month of July will appear!

 

Enjoy




Centaurea montana



A future posting will show some of the many special hybridized day lilies

blooming this summer here in the gardens.  This is one I did #8.


Clouds overhead have fascinated me since childhood.


a new friend!



Stachys Hummels


Another beautiful day at the lake.

 

Thursday, August 20, 2020

Joy & Signs of Hope #4

 I am calling this series – Joy & Signs of Hope.

 

There are not many uplifting things in the news these days, so I decided to do a little more posting on the blog.  Seeing things of beauty can bring a little joy to all of us at this time.  So in addition to the many regular postings here, over the next months I will do my part to brighten up your day with many recent photos taken of the beauty that lives here all year, Spring through Winter in the Gardens at Waters East.

I am calling these special postings – Joy & Signs of Hope.

 

Hope this helps!