Other Pictures

Woody Woodpecker returns

daylilies

Mother of thyme

Regular lilies just outside the house

Lavender

Hydrangea

Garden phlox

Clematis

Hosta

Marigolds for Kwan Yin

Rhodies

Chives

Irises

Clematis

Climbing roses

Bush roses

Peonies

A different variety of peony

Cosmos

Mountain laurel

A precocious lily

Sage

Honeysuckle with dogwood in the background

Dogwood

A flower among flowers! LOL! MOI!

Fothergilla

Woody the woodpecker visiting our pergola. He’s taken to pecking at our windows, but Cadeau always chases him before I can get a good shot! BAD KITTY! LOL!

HAH! I finally got him. He’s fuzzy. He simply would not hold still for me. But there he is

Miniature lilac

Wood hyacinths at the edge of the woods

White columbine

Pink columbine

Blue columbine. Unfortunately, the wind kicked in just as I snapped the photo.

Perennial geranium

Clematis

Ditto

Chives

Rhodies

Ditto

Ditto

Ditto

Wood hyacinths along the walkway in front of the house

Wood hyacinths with azalea

A shrub whose name I forget

Muscari along the front walk

Azaleas and a few last gasping daffodils.

Azaleas minus the daffodils

Azalea with accompanying muscari

Another azalea

And yet another

And another

Dora the deer came by with her buddies but I couldn’t get a shot of them.

I just couldn’t help myself. I know these daffodils aren’t in full bloom, but I was so excited to see this little patch of color that I HAD to snap this shot!

MORE daffodils! Oh yes, I am the queen of daffodils!

Lenten Rose (yes I did plant something besides daffodils)

PMJ rhododendron

Weeping cherry

Red buds

Yup! There she is again, having stopped by for a snack.

Donna and Denise Deer in our front yard. (Donna’s on the laft. Look for Denise within the trees. You can see her white tail)

A slightly better picture of Denise

Susan Squirrel come by for a snack

Pergola after 20 inches of snow

The poor beleaguered trellis after the same storm

Yeah there’s a shrub under all that snow. Somewhere.

Priscilla Possum comes to call.

David the deer come by for a snack.

Yes he looks up to hay hey.

Our first snow

A friendly visitor. She had four companions, but I couldn’t get shots of them.

Some autumn color

Lavender STILL blossoming in October!

From the book signing at The Emporium of Curious Goods in Jim Thorpe, PA. Barrett (the owner) and me.

This was just before I closed down for the day

It occurs to me that I have never taken pictures of the woods where I live.

Mums, the queens of autumn

Magic lilies

Maple hydrangeas

Volunteer Shasta daisy

More daylilies

Kwan Yin

Cosmos

Feverfew

Skitter’s grave stone

Honeysuckle. GOTTA love it!

Roses

Roses on the pergola

Irises

Peony. Boy I love peonies!

Bellflowers

Lilies

Daylilies

Another daylily

Yellow Yarrow

Maple hydrangea

Hydrangea on her way to full bloom

Kwan Yin

Hosta

Clematis

More clematis

And still more clematis

Sage

Garden phlox

Planters by the front door

Rhododendron with a few irises.

More rhododendron

And yet more rhodies

Azaleas. We both love them!

Miniature lilac

The creeping phlox I just started

Lilies of the valley. I just planted them last year.

Clematis growing up with roses

Peonies, another one of my favorites!

Irises

And don’t forget herbs, such as chives

And mother of thyme

And a shrub whose name I cannot remember

Pink mountain laurel

Day lilies

Day lily

Yellow yarrow

One of the weeping cherries

Muscari

Brace yourself! These are pictures from daffodil season. I tend to lose all control!

Winter visitors

Our winter wonderland.

Our winter wonderland. The arch is the entrance to our pet cemetery.

Weeping cherry in autumn

Japanese maples and mums

More autumn splendor

Ditto

And so on…

And so forth

Etc.

MUMS! Oh how I love mums!

And yes we still had roses in November!

Vila and Helen at the Emporium of Curious Goods, 15 Broadway, Jim Thorpe PA on Saturday 18 October. This is before the signing began.

Helen and Vila at the Emporium of Curious Goods, 15 Broadway, Jim Thorpe PA on 18 October 2008. Again, this is before the signing started.

Barrett Ravenhurst, Ph.D., Helen and me during a brief break in traffic at the Emporium of Curious Goods, 15 Broadway, Jim Thorpe, PA. Barrett owns the store and is a real dear!

A woman waiting for me to sign someone else’s book so she can get hers signed at The Emporium of Curious Goods, 15 Broadway, Jim Thorpe PA.

Isn’t cosmos a beautiful flower!

Butterfly weed. I LOVE it!

Magic lilies

Hydrangea

The above are the story boards Rob of Woodwitch Creations offered to people who bought both of my books during the August promotion.

The pictures below are of the plaques he offered to those who ordered either one of my books.

Lilies are so lovely. These are in front of our kitchen window.

A patch of wildflowers

More wildflowers

Garden phlox

Yarrow

Mega mushroom!

And from a different angle

This is the plaque that Rob of Witchwood Creations made for the promotion we did in July. If you’d like to order from him click here.

Clematis climbing the pergola

More clematis

The blossoming dogwood just outside the kitchen window.

Aren’t chives lovely when they blossom!

Columbine

More columbine

Peony is such a lovely flower, isn’t it?

Can’t get enough of those peonies!

One that hasn’t quite opened yet.

On a peony roll here! There’s no such thing as too many of them though!

Iris is my husband’s favorite flower.

And so I just have to include irises in the pictures.

Therefore I’ve paid due homage to iris.

But in truth I prefer rhododendron.

Roses climbing the pergola

More roses climbing the pergola

Mother of thyme and some other flowers.

One of the bush roses