Monday, July 22, 2013

Exactly 6 Months Ago


It was not that many months ago that everyone was tired of the cold and snow, and doing lots of complaining.  Well after the triple digit temperatures last week, a reminder of the recent cold Winter is a welcomed change from the present heat.  However, just think, in six months it will all be here again!  Then we will wish for the heat.  Such is the fickle state of the human mind.  These photos were taken exactly six months ago at the Gardens at Waters East.  They should satisfy the need to beat the heat.



 Looking East toward Lake Michigan







The Snow was Blowing

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.

Looking North

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Want a "Quickie" ? Today 7.16.13


It is HOT HOT HOT today, even here in the Gardens at Waters East on the shores of Lake Michigan.  Decided very early this morning to water the young vegetable plants and the many flowers in pots so they can survive this heat.  This is not my kind of weather!




While working in the gardens, a new visitor appeared.  It is new to this area first seen this Spring by one of the neighbors.  The Thirteen Striped Gopher paid no attention to me.  Either I do not spend enough time in the gardens so it didn’t know what or who I am, or I spend so much time in the gardens that it thinks I am just part of the scenery!  The gopher was five feet away when the photos were taken and it just kept eating away.

Took only a few of photos, just too hot and too humid to be outside.
Enjoy a short HOT & HUMID  trip around the gardens today.


 Daisy

 Delphinium at driftwood fence

 Delphinium & False Sunflower

 Feverfew & Poppy

 Blue Flax & Dragon Blood Sedum

 False Sunflower

 Easy to tell the humidity is high
there is little "definition" between the sky and Lake Michigan.

 Almost looks as if there is no lake!

 The Lemon Tree loves this weather
producing many lemons.

 Marguerite Daisy & Poppy

 Looking West

 Monkshood - Aconitum Napellus Album
withVeronica

 Native Primrose & Sweet William

 Flemish Poppy

 Sambucus in Bloom

 A "weed" seed head about to "go wild"


 Yarrow - pink

(All “Quickies” are photos taken and posted the same day)
These photos were taken this morning at the Gardens at Waters East. - - 7.16.13


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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 13, 2013

BLOG SHOTS #46


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 & Stone Head


 Daisy & Golden Nugget Ninebark

 Another Beautiful Morning
Lake Michigan
Gardens at Waters East

 Sambucus - Black Lace

 Siberian Iris - last blooms this past week

 Thunder Storm
passing out over the lake

 Succulent in Bloom

 Veronica
Margueriet Daisy & Snow on the Mountain

Winter Aconite


 Purple Coneflowers
just started blooming this week

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.

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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Quick Look at Peony Blooms this Month

This is a short posting of some of the many Peony blooms along the paths in the many different Gardens at Waters East during the last weeks.  The posting shows the stages of the buds opening.  Thought it might make for an interesting "study".



Do enjoy your visit.
Each of the four sections is of the same flower as it blooms.


#1 Peony - Pink



#2 Peony - Red



#3 Peony - White



#4 Peony - White / Pink








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.

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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Garden Erotica 2.0



Garden Erotica 2.0

 It is time for the annual poem.

Sunrise
Gardens at Waters East

So many ladies
So little time.

Naked
     Clothed  only in beauty.
What better way to get your “creative juices” flowing.

It gets hard
Trying to satisfy them all – all the time.
Each one gets a break
But not me!
Called from one to the other – then yet another
Exhausting - -
That’s putting it mildly!

Each one vying for attention
     A look
     A touch
     A sensitive word of love
It is a rivalry flush with excitement.

Never it seems
Are the ladies satisfied – completely satisfied.
Yet,
I try and I try even more
It’s hard.
Really hard on me.

Too much of a good thing
     Gets exhausting.
Sometimes I want to scream to the heavens and sky above,
“Give me a break”.

When I was younger
I thought – ladies wherever one looks – WOW
It can’t get better than that.
The life of every young man’s dreams.
Oh, how foolish I was.

With all the ladies I service,
It’s hard
Really hard on me.

It must be easy having only one.
Giving her your all
          Undivided attention
          Focused admiration
          Total commitment
Forsaking all others.

My dream for old age is
     A condo
     A patio
     A little pot
That would be the “good life”.
Not so hard
I could live with that.

But for now,
     I need them all
     Would like even more.
They let me know
     In words never spoken
     That I do keep them all – every one
     Satisfied and alive.

Maybe I’m cursed
     Having so many.
But if it’s a curse
     I like it!

On my hands and knees
     More than I care to recall –
          Or care to share.
Bent down over you my lady near,
     Steamy and hot
     Sweat dripping from my forehead, nose and all,
     Heat of the moment
     Falls onto your face,
          Your beautiful, delicate face
          With all it’s beauty
               Allure
               Seductiveness
You – femme fatale!

Exhausting for me
But happy  - I am.
Just don’t know
     How long
     I can keep it up.

Juggling all the ladies’ interest, needs, and demands
     Unspoken though they are
Some nights
I am completely drained.
Though truth be told
     I often fall deep asleep
     With a smile on my face.

You all know about the others,
You know you’re not the only one,
And you don’t even seem to mind.

You understand my needs
And I yours.
You know when I am with you
     I think only of you and no other.
     You have my full attention
          An intimate connection
          We are one
I service your needs.

So to you my loves
Who live here with me
All of you
Each of you
     Rose and Iris
     Lily and Fern
     Hyacinth and Daisy
     Rosemary
     Veronica
     And Violet too
     And even – Creeping Jenny
You give me pleasure
I give you my all.

When I pass by
     Touching even for only a moment,
          It is ecstasy
          Rapture
          Bliss
          Pleasure supreme
          Boundless delight
          Rooted so deep
     Lovers for that moment
     Even longer indeed – for the season.

I dedicate this poem of love and delight
To you
My beauties
More pleasures than pain
More smiles than sweat

The Happy Gardener
Poem by OTL


Forget-me-not

If you wish to view some – NOT SO PRIVATE PHOTOS – of the naked ladies living with me:  checkout anyone of a number of past postings on this Blog.  Especially revealing are those in the archives titled:  - - - - - BLOG SHOTS



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