Sowing a better world … one garden at a time

May is Wildflower Month May 17, 2012
May is underway, the month that is the bridge between Spring & Summer. In the Santa Monica Mountains, it is a month of vibrant color. The hillsides are bejeweled in blooms of yellow, orange, pink, white, purple & blue. Flowers are strewn from here to there, seemingly at random, as if at the whim […]
Kathy Vilim
The Wildlife Pond at Mount Cuba Center May 16, 2012
I was thrilled to be invited to visit Mount Cuba Center last week, to interview some of the staff, and spend several delightful hours wandering around with my camera collecting images of this beautiful place, which is devoted to preserving the native plants of the Piedmont region. Mount Cuba Center is a 600 acre preserve […]
Carole Sevilla Brown
My Garden’s Carbon Footprint May 15, 2012
“It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.” ~Seneca With spring we turn our attention in earnest to our gardens. And this year as Earth Day loomed, I also turned my attention to what I was doing to be more environmentally conscious and earth friendly […]
Donna Donabella
Build-A-Wetland May 14, 2012
So I had my driveway re-done a few weeks ago, as I believe I mentioned, and as I was planting in the newly cleared space, it chanced to rain. And I discovered that while most of the area was pretty much exactly as it had been, there was a large section that now, as soon […]
Ursula Vernon
A Tale of Quail May 11, 2012
Just when I think I’ve run out of critters that will come to visit, someone new shows up. Wednesday we had some much-needed rain and the storm was ending. I glanced out the window that overlooks the backyard and I spotted a bird taking shelter under a wax myrtle. At first glance I thought it […]
Loret T. Setters

Wordless Wednesday: Favorite Garden Sights

“It is always the simple things that change our lives.

And these things never happen when you are looking for them to happen.

Life will reveal answers at the pace life wishes to do so.

You feel like running, but life is on a stroll.

This is how God does things.”

~Donald Miller

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5 comments to Wordless Wednesday: Favorite Garden Sights

Bren

September 2nd, 2010 at 2:51 am

I didn’t know you had a cute black and white kitty?!!!
That dragon fly capture is cool. I have yet to snap one of those. I’ve never been a big fan of the bugs after finding them in my greenhouse last winter. I try to keep way from them!
Lisa Gustavson

September 2nd, 2010 at 11:40 am

Yes, that black and white kitty is Mr. Putter and he’s a hefty 26 pounds! He likes to hide under the mums in the front garden while I weed. I used to be terrified of bugs… now I am fascinated by them. It’s surprising how they all work together to grow the garden!
kate/high altitude gardening

September 2nd, 2010 at 4:20 pm

Hi, Lisa;
Hey! I’ve got a hulk of a black kitty, too. 23 pounds. They would make quite a pair. Fantastic photos.
Carol

September 6th, 2010 at 3:24 am

Lisa, those are great pictures. I especially like that last one of the green bug!
Lisa Gustavson

September 9th, 2010 at 10:07 pm

I’m thinking of starting a new blog section called “the screen door”…everything appears on ours including that amazing katydid that was missing one of her legs. Thank you for your kind words!