Excitement of a Purplish, Red, and Pink Radish
First “fruit” of my garden: a purplish, pink red radish emerges and becomes a radish watercolor painting.
Category: gardening
seeds, plants, vegetables, pests, compost
Rutgers Plant Sale: Snapdragon, Petunia
Every year in early May there is a wonderful plant sale at Rutgers Gardens. I bought: snapdragons, petunias, Rutgers tomato plants, two kinds of rosemary and some broccoli plants. Last year: hydrangea
Flowers of Comfort
Do you have favorite flowers of comfort? Rudbeckia, Mexican poppies, lilies and columbines all grow in my yard. What your favorites?
Sage Leaves Watercolor
Sage Leaves Watercolor is a watercolor exercise from book One Watercolor a Day. Sage plant survives winter near kitchen door.
Nature in New Jersey and Maryland
Pond at Holmdel Park, New Jersey. Pig at Longstreet Farm, New Jersey. Peace and Friendship garden with Peace Tree sculpture at University of Maryland.
Jacaranda Trees with Purple Blooms
Jacaranda Trees originally from South America photographed in Nahariya, Israel a beach town in northern Galil
Echinacea Flower – Coneflower
Echinacea flowers also known as coneflowers photos for Thursday Challenge
Notes on Lecture with Dandelion and Periwinkle
Notes on Muslims and Jews in France lecture, bombs at Boston Marathon, dandelions with periwinkle, phlox, and purple deadnettle and a blog interview.
Mrs. Cardinal and Kitchen Scallions
Mrs. Cardinal sits in backyard tree. Female cardinal has lovely feathers. Scallions grow in water in kitchen.
Verbena and Cardinals
Verbena shows pink our front yard. Male and female cardinals congregate and eat from bird feeder in backyard.