Focus on Smoke Bushes

My recent request to friends for photos and statements about favorite trees brought this wonderfully welcome response from Barbara Hubschman Gold. Her comments are in italics below. I drew a smoke bush at a young age and since wasn’t sure whether it was real or a product of childhood imagination. It was enchanting and dearlyContinue reading “Focus on Smoke Bushes”

November Leaves, Above and Below

Bright Thanksgiving morning after rain, damp leaves underfoot reflected sunlit fluttering leaves against azure sky. The familiar, ever-changing wooded path near me called out to be captured close up below and broadly high above.   That brief chance to take in fleeting moments of autumn leaves in progress led up to the photos in this post.

Tina Gram’s Garden: Subtle Reds with Many More Variations

In response to recent posts, Tina selected subtle reds, amidst numerous other subtle and dramatic colors in her garden. She reminds us to “appreciate the amazing variation of red tones in the flower kingdom!” Captions identify the red blooms only, while others enliven and enrich each whole view of her Somerville garden.

Dramatic Reds in Different Places

As a spectacular sequel to “Dramatic Reds in Salem Garden,” Barbara Nachmias-Kedesdy offers an arresting array of reds from her travels and previous home.

Reflecting on Selecting Tulip Photos

While reviewing ninety recent iPhone photos of tulips, I questioned whether I could limit myself to posting only seven (my usual self-imposed limit). Yet as I narrowed down and edited I began to doubt if any of my photos were doing justice to the truly real appealing tulips everywhere I walked this week. Anyway here are photos that at least allude to what tulips have been offering in my neighborhood as April ends and May begins.

Edible Plants and Memories of Minna Lee, part four*

Photos and text by John Miller; text by Brad Gurman with photo by Bernard Lee
*fourth of five parts, so far, with responses from friends and family to my request for photos and text related to edible plants in the life or remembrance of Minna Lee (1917-2005) prompted by her birthday on August 23.