harvest

is there anything more soothing then the smell of lavender

it was such a wonderful first fall weekend

 what a perfect day to harvest

 

I spent time cleaning my garage

 making space for all my garden ornaments and furniture

wondering through the garden, taking photos and planning next years design

 

it will be sad to see the garden go

but I will have this bundle to remind me

that spring will come again

and I will be ready to get my finger in the dirt

and nurture it back to its glory once again

 

 

 

 

blooming now

capturing a few things blooming in my garden on my i-phone

one thing always leads to another

for weeks now i have been working on a flagstone patio

first i had to dig up the sod, then level the ground, added some fabric screening and

i was ready to head to the local landscaping store

4 trips with 200lbs each

did i mention i love my bug!!! it's great for any job

once i got all the stone moved from the car to the backyard the puzzle began

it took me several day to finally get it just right

i used sand to level and heighten some of the stones

once it settles a bit i will add in the mortar

while i was at the landscaping store i found some really interesting rocks

and of course the forklift had some great texture on it

which lead me to photoshop where i converted it to b/w and added it to my poppy photo

i duplicated the poppy  and texture photos several times

tried on several filters and played with all the blending modes

finally i added a layer mask from shadowhouse

in the garden

i love this time of year!!!

above , the latest blooms in my garden.

photos taken on my iphone using camera bag

paint, sketch, play

with the garden finally taking shape

i found a little time to work in ps

and get some homework done for marie's class

paint sketch play

i've been combining all the lessons from week one and two

so that i can catch up

it's been fun discovering all kinds of  "looks" for just one photo

busy gardening

now that spring is here most of my time has been spent in the garden

this is the time i like the most

digging in the dirt, re-designing, moving and splitting plants

this years big project was to cut down two cedar trees that have outgrown

there space, make that area a bit bigger, transplant some shrubs, move

a few things around and add a few new ones

now i have to sit back and watch things grow

(or move to the back yard and find another project!!)

still blooming

as the days are getting shorter and the nites cooler

its good to see some color left in the garden

(above, chives, purple aster and impatients)

favorites from the garden

just a few of the photos that will get me through the next two seasons

flower or weed??

no matter what, they are beautiful to me
(after playing around in ps with a few photo filters, clipping mask

and texture from shadowhouse)

beautiful and graceful,

varied and enchanting,

small but approachable,

butterflies lead you to the sunny side of life

and everyone deserves a little sunshine.

~Jeffrey Glassberg

blooming now

this week in the garden

(photos taken on my i-phone

using camera bag -- lolo)

summertime blooms

with no rain in sight my sprinkler had been working overtime

this heatwave had made working in the garden difficult

and the weeds have taken over

i did get a chance to snap a few shots of some of the summer blooms

(above, white echinacea, several texture layers, bokeh, and text)

happy canada day!!

happy canada day!!!

blooming now

while i was away last weekend , someone must of got in and

injected my plants with steroids!!!

some things have grown 2 feet in less than a week

one of my favorite blooms right now

lily of the valley
i took a little time to smell the lilacs too

and play a bit in ps

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above , a photo from my garden, some grunge layers

from shadowhouse and a dictionary page

long weekend in the garden

what a difference a few weeks make

i thought for sure i would be behind due to the

late start to spring and a week of solid rain

this weekend i spent hours, finishing my weeding

laying out 16 bags of cedar mulch

moving and splitting and

planting 10containers of annuals

i even had time to sit and relax

enjoying a bottle of vine and a bbq

a good time to weed!

with three days of rain the garden is looking very green


and it was a good time to tackle the weeds and move some things around

blooming now!!

with the sun and warmth the past few days

things are really growing in the garden

my neighbours magnolia is in full bloom!!

photos taken on my i-phone using

camera bag --color cross

in the garden

a litle rain and warmer tempatures seem to have

got things growing in the garden

(ferns, brunnera, coral bells, wodland poppys and bleeding hearts)

lungwort

lady's mantel

after a hard days work

it was time to scrap off my rubber boots

and take a few pictures

spring!!

spring has sprung...............finally
today was a glorious day
i spent 6 hours digging in the dirt
and i loved it

canada blooms

what better way to spend a rainy day

canada blooms opened today