Red is the color of new maple leaves on the old trees in the garden, the cardinals who visit my feeders, the koi in a nearby pond, the gentl...

Great White Trillium ( Trillium grandiflorum ) She appears in the woods a little later than her more vibrantly coloured red cousins, but she...

One day there are no leaves or flowers on village trees, and the next day the same trees have embraced the season, their voluptuous canopies...

Around the corner, three song sparrows were trilling their hearts out from a rooftop. Their pleasure in the day and the season was echoed b...

And so they continue... routines of staying home and doing things like gardening, yard work and baking, of taking long rambles with Beau in ...

This week's word is radical, a natural choice for this madcap season when greenery is popping up all over the place, and we are thinkin...

Dutchman's Breeches ( Dicentra cucullari a) One can barely see them at reduced photo size, but draped along the stem and flowers in the ...

Swiftly the years, beyond recall, Solemn the stillness of this fair morning. I will clothe myself in spring clothing, And visit the slopes o...

Siberian squill ( Scilla siberica )    One day, there are deep snow drifts everywhere. The next day, the snow has vanished, and little green...

White Crocus (Ice Queen)

As I started off on the Friday ramble this week, the word that came to mind was patience, although I have already written a ramble on that w...