Gardens at Waters East

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Libertyville Roses - Watershed #11

There is a small town north of Chicago which comes right out of a Norman Rockwell setting. The town square sits right in front of the old Ansel Cook Mansion. It is a beautiful home built in 1878. The focus of this posting will be the many roses that grown immediately in front of this magnificent home and are part of the town’s central park. If you are passing through town, here is a great little place to stop and rest a while, enjoying some local beauty.

This small and interesting town is part of the greater watershed of the Gardens at Waters East. To learn more about the watershed that nourishes the Gardens at Waters East, and gives life to this town and the roses growing here, check out any of the previous ten Watershed postings found in the archives of this Blog.

Location: Gardens at Waters East

Great Lakes of USA

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.

Sunday, April 14, 2013

BLOG SHOTS #43

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

Delphinium - Magic Fountain Blue

Tiger Lily

Daisy

Early 19th. Century Ship Rib - collected from beach

Lake Michigan in the background

Geranium - Johnston Blue

Flowers - Spirea Bush

Native Sunflower - Maximilian

Sweet William

Oriental Lilly

Elderberry - Sambucus - Black Lace

Marguerite Daisy

Mallow - Sylvestris

Sunrise over Lake Michigan

July 17, 2012

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

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Disappearing Waters

This posting views a couple of the many recently exposed “boulders” that sit on the shore of StoneWater Beach which is the private beach along the shores of the Gardens at Waters East. The focus, as you will see, is on three boulders at the north end of StoneWater Beach. In the last few years Lake Michigan has dropped more than a yard, more than a meter in depth. There are stones and boulders that now appear that were never seen up to this point in time. Some are massive. Where once there were miles of sandy beach, today there are miles of stones and boulders in all shapes and sizes. In order to get a sense of the size of these stones, I stood near some of the boulders. A couple years back, these were well out into the water and fairly difficult to reach without getting totally wet, head to toe.

The Boulders

This posting is meant to show the changes, for whatever the reasons, that Lake Michigan is going through at a rather rapid pace. The seven Great Lake states and Canada, all which border these five massive lakes, have form an international compact and are indeed concerned.

Notice, as the photos progress, the depth of Lake Michigan changes. Over the seasons, in summertime’s open water or the ice and snow of winter, it is obvious that the water level is going down – rather fast.

Here then is another view of the Gardens at Waters East, - - - - - - - - - - an ever changing view.

NOTE: All photos use in this posting were taken on the property of Gardens at Waters East.

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

Monday, April 1, 2013

Once Around the Sun - vol.3

Once Around the Sun

This series is a photo essay of one year in the life of the Gardens at Waters East. Each and every photo was taken at the property of the gardens over the course of one year giving an “overview” of the many faces and expressions found in the Gardens at Waters East. Photos are labeled the month they were taken. Hope your “year” visiting here today brings you joy from flowers, sun, water, and more.

Enjoy your time – Once Around the Sun.