Enough Snow
March 14th, 2010Enough snow, where are the signs of spring? The Witch Hazel was a little late but was blooming through the last two snow storms. And the Winter Aconite was blooming the minute the snow receded a bit.
Big Snow Redux 2010
February 17th, 2010The blog this winter is turning into reports of snow. Last week’s snow turned out to be the biggest for about seven days. The skiing is still good if I can get to the house. The walk in the lane was a bit of an effort. I lost one block on the balanced blocks. I look forward to the simple life of more chain saw art and springing tulips.
Big Snow 2010
February 8th, 2010We thought the other snow was big. This is the biggest of the season and maybe the biggest for several years. It made for great skiing but also required a bit of shoveling. During the middle of the storm it was pretty much white on gray but it gave a great shot of the house.
Big Snow
December 26th, 2009We had our second big snow of the season. Just before Christmas. It was a wonderful snowfall for cross-country skiing the arboretum and farm.
First Snow of the Season
December 11th, 2009December arrives and with it the first snow of the season. The arboretum turns blue-gray on dark white. But there are a few colors that shine through.
Arboretum then and Now
December 5th, 2009
A lot has changed in twenty years. The first picture is a photograph twenty years ago and the second picture was taken today as it was beginning to snow.
Through a Window Lightly
November 20th, 2009
The Muses are at it again, inspiring another image in the sculpture garden. It is in process and incomplete, but then again, many of the events are works in progress, performance art as it were. I know, I know, this image is referential, but I meant it to be a somewhat homage to Magritte and ‘The Human Condition,’ only with a lighter touch.
Of Tigers and Eagles
November 15th, 2009A look back at two things this past summer. I forgot to show a picture of the Tiger Lillies that were a 60th birthday gift from Ohio. They bloomed beautifully the first season. About the same time I took the tiger picture a Bald Eagle flew over the farm. Though I didn’t get close I did have the camera with me.
Sculpture Garden
November 7th, 2009So many variations of images are presenting themselves in the arboretum that go beyond mother nature and autumn colors that we are about to rename parts of the arboretum a Sculpture Garden. Here are a couple of angles on the new from.
Balanced Blocks
Late Fall Colors
November 1st, 2009The Fall colors seem to be a bit later this year. The golden rain tree is orange, the mums are doing well and Pi has made a surprise change.
