Thank you, commentor Delphinium:
Have always loved the textures and patterns in nature.
While this season provides a stark contrast to the bright colors of spring and summer, can appreciate the beauty of decay that this time of year provides.
These photos were taken in November around my yard and the neighborhood.
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I could use more photos, people!
What’s going on in your garden (memorializing / cleanup / planning / indoors), this week?
Nancy
Thank you. The feeling I have looking at the pictures is hard to describe.
If I’m in my.garden at this time of the year, I have to move. Working in the garden usually becomes meditation.
I feel a deep silence entering and resting within me as I gaze at the landscapes here.
Jeffg166
The tips of the daffodils are breaking the surface of the ground.
Seventy-one days until spring.
OzarkHillbilly
Beautiful pics Delphinium, you have a good eye.
I still have much clean up to do in the garden but I have been distracted by the addition to the shop. I did get my first batch of seeds the other day. I have 2 more batches waiting for me at the post office. Of course, I over did it again.
delphinium
Good morning everyone! It has been a mild start to the new year here in central NY with rain rather than snow lately.
delphinium
@OzarkHillbilly: Thanks! Haven’t had much luck with bulbs over the past few years and promised myself not to buy any more. But of course just had to get a few from a catalogg that I hadn’t seen before, and planted them in the fall. Will see what comes up in the spring.
R-Jud
I was just raking my garden when a fox trotted by with a dead squirrel dangling from its mouth. I swear it nodded at me before it went into the hedge.
Lapassionara
These are lovely. Thanks for posting.
Spanky
As OH says, a good eye for a good photo.
I gave up on bulbs long ago, when the squirrels and moles were practically coming along behind me as I planted them.
Long range forecast into the next couple of weeks here in Southern MD shows temps +20º above what is statistically the coldest temps of the year. Snow is more likely in February, though, so we still might see some.
My sister in Central PA reports that she’s still getting TICKS in her garden. In January. In Pennsylvania.
@OzarkHillbilly: Tell us about the shop addition.
AM in NC
Just lovely. Each season has its beauties, thanks for sharing these.
And kudos to you and your neighbors for leaving so much plant material up for food and habitat sources for birds and insects to overwinter!
stinger
What wonderful photos! The ones with seeds and seed pods I find especially calming. Nature continues.
oldgold
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them – that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”
Lao Tzu
My New Year’s resolution is to go with the flow.
What this means for my yard is that this spring I am over-seeding it with creeping Charlie. The spears of blue grass that thrive in the cracks of my driveway will no longer be pulled, but fertilized.
Similarly, I have given up combing-over my hair. I shaved every follicle off and am dunking the tip of my aged nose in the leftover Rogaine.
OzarkHillbilly
@delphinium: Heh, it’s the gardeners curse to keep trying to grow things that just won’t. This is the first year I am not planting bulbs. Not because I don’t want to but because I waited too long to order and by the time I did everything I wanted was already out of stock.
Bad Hillbilly! BAD!
eta @R-Jud: My first spring here I had a family of foxes in a den just outside of my garden. I made the mistake of trying to get some pics and while I never got closer than 15 yards or so but that was still too close for Mama. She moved them that night. :-(
WaterGirl
@delphinium: Just lovely. Absolutely lovely. So much beauty, so calming.
delphinium
@oldgold: I love this quote-definitely something to strive for in the new year.
OzarkHillbilly
@Spanky: It’s going to be mostly storage, app 14′ x 24′. My shop is small 18′ x 24″ and an absolute disaster area. Every time I do a major project I have to spend a day just cleaning up after the last 7 or 8 minor projects. I am going to put in one workbench for Lichtenberg (Fractal) Wood Burning. It’s dangerous to do but quite beautiful.
MelissaM
I’ve grown to appreciate the winter months when I see the seedheads or the hellebores starting to perk up. Bare branches with snow or just against a grey sky. Nice pics.
As for my plans, I’m going to a no-mow this year. I’ve started some last year, but this year I’m going to cover what grass/lawn weeds I have with a biodegradable layer, then mulch/compost and in late summer I’ll seed a no-mow mix. It all looks fine in my head, but in reality we’ll see how much I curse the dog for being muddy or eating the dirt.
delphinium
@MelissaM: Good luck with your plans! I have been thinking about replacing some of my grass with either clover, wildflowers, or more gardens or a combination of all three. My yard is not that big but have been trying to focus on ways to make it more favorable to beneficial insects and wildlife.
munira
I love these. I also love the patterns and textures in nature and take a lot of photos that are similar. Thanks for sharing them.
scav
New hoe for christmas. So, playing around with getting rid of pasture grass in various locales, not all off them mine. It’s just good to be out in between the bursts of rain. Snowdrops actually late this year.
No One You Know
I’ve got pictures. You probably posted instructions somewhere!
Really happy to see someone else appreciated the architectural beauty in tree peonies gone to seed. My GOAT pic on that subject is hanging in some other people’s houses.
WaterGirl
@No One You Know: If you have photos for the garden chat, send email to Anne Laurie.
anne-laurie at balloon-juice.com