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Pines, Through Tall Grasses

Deciduous Magnolia, late fall

Corner

Thanksgiving

Better to be Early than Late

This ornament hung on our door last Christmas, and there it remained through the dead of winter to the thaw of spring, and even the dog days of summer. Some time this summer, daughter got the idea to hang it where the flower baskets normally go, and there it remains.

Contraption

It's been early mornings for me this week, with the 7 AM start of daily road resurfacing activities. I like my usual nine hours of sleep and I am getting a little grumpy.

Starlight

Till Next Year...

This big hosta sure does love its morning sunshine.

A Series from Hosta Row

Apparently, I'm in a series sort of mood lately.

wild vine...

...that grows up the corner of our house and catches the light just right.

red daylily

I am particularly fond of this daylily. My daughter picked it out when she was much younger, when it was sitting, quite dilapidated, in the clearance section of the nursery, in the dog days of August. She had to rescue it and give it a home, because she is just that kind of girl.

To make its life harder, we divided it and planted it in two locations. The two plants persevered the first couple of years, with only one or two blooms on each plant, but still beautiful. Just today, I noticed how well they are thriving, with prolific blooming in their peaceful, shady locations. I love a plant with a back story. :)

a chair, a guitar, and a window

This chair was in my grandparents parlor, some forty years ago. Yes, we did have a parlor! I remember how much I loved to play in there and look at all of my grandmother's books, knick-knacks, and the oil painting's of my Dad and his sister. It was a very magical room for me.

This chair now has my daughter's name written on it, in black sharpie, because when she was younger she compulsively wrote her name everywhere. You can find her name in all sorts of nooks and crannies in our house. Now that enough time has gone by, it kinda makes me smile.

by special request...

the color version :)

water drops

Another, from yesterday, after the rain. No photos today, a rarity, for sure.

daylily

again, simple but beautiful.

(sorry about all the flora shots, but my yard is just such a happy place right now.)

A Simple Beauty

Suburban Paradise

Bonus Shot: Stop Light

Shot this one last night, when I saw the the summer's late, blue light.