plum spot

    Thundercloud purple-leaf plum tree

    

    A front porch view.

medicinal garden

This garden came up to meet me in the breeze, in the nose and in the mind - I knew it by scent before I saw it with my eyes.

The Cloisters of the Metropolitan Museum, New York : "[The Bonnefont] cloister dates from the late 13th or early 14th century, containing capitals and some columns from the Cistercian abbey at Bonnefont-en-Comminges and other local religious foundations in southern France. The herb garden contains more than 250 species of plants which were grown during the Middle Ages. Its design, including raised beds, wattle fences, and central wellhead, is typical of a medieval monastery garden plan. Even the fruit trees outside the south wall are in character, as monasteries were often surrounded by orchards. Tender species such as aloe, lemon, and bay are grown in decorative pots which can be moved inside for the winter, a common gardening practice in northern Europe throughout the late Middle Ages."

micro-garden

Fragile beauty, rising up from the mist.

The Faculty of Medical and Veterinary Sciences at the University of Bristol runs an annual competition, The Art of Science, in which research scientists are challenged to look for “aesthetic beauty in their experimental work.” Winning photographs are posted on the University’s website. Shown here: Mould, by Dr. Soloviev.

autumn moon garden

"Look down: a river of grass. Look up: a velvet lost
and found. Look inside: no straws to drink that dusk."

from Backyard Georgics, by Lance Larsen
Source: Poetry (November 2010)

Chicago, impressionist

Japanese Bridge, Claude Monet 1899
Outdoor room No. 2, Sean O'Keeffe 2009

garden spirit

Morning in a garden by the Coquihalla River.

"What angel wakes me from my flowery bed?" William Shakespeare

at Kw'o:Kw'e:hala

Images from a garden along the Coquihalla River. Self-portrait in an antique mirror. Sunlight on the old oak frame. Crystal floating in a copper wire.