We saw our first monarch butterfly of the year yesterday. Guess who spotted it? Yes, our eagle-eye teen. The butterfly was looping around our garden, landing on milkweed; laying eggs we hope. And now for previous years’ floral rest stop visitors… “Fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee,” as a famous man said. ¡Olé! […]
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2 Blooms or not 2 Blooms?
Best year for our peony shrub in a decade! Due to Nature’s rain and snow? A few sprinkles with the hose? Not sure what makes abundant blooms. Was it too dry past years? Pruning too much in the autumn? Well, in 2023 we are very happy to see it flourishing after the scant two bloom […]
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May 2023 Haiku Poetry Challenge
Thank you poets, for a wonderful, rich response to the prompt “waterfall of stars,” a phrase by novelist David Robertson. I’ve enjoyed reading your poems with myriad themes inspired by his phrase. Gracias, poetas, por tus respuestas ricas y maravillosas a “cascada estrellar” frase por el novelista David Robertson. Disfruté de leer tus poemas con […]
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May 2023: Destination Flowering Crabapple Trees
My good friend and I walked at the Arboretum last Saturday. The timing was fabulous for flowering crabapple trees, and the swan song of the magnolias. Last weekend was also prom. Giggling young women in gargantuan heels and strappy cocktail dresses hiked unsteadily into the garden to take photos with their friends. Guys in elegant […]
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3 in a Sea of Tranquility
Gardening; my internal compass resets from the pull of the earth beneath my feet. 3 en un mar de tranquilidad. Jardinería; mi brújula interior se reinicia por tener la tierra bajo mis pies. Gardening gives methe tranquility to livethe day’s etcetera. –Rebecca Cuningham, 1 May 2023 Jardineríame da la tranquilidadsuelto etcétera. –Rebecca Cuningham, 1 mayo […]
Read moreApril 2023 Last on the Card
Garden through the window screen. This photo is part of the Last on the card challenge. ¡Olé! -Rebecca
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Fake Flamenco 