Marsha's Garden Blog: July 2011

Welcome To My Garden Blog…

Working in the garden, looking and admiring nature, watching how organisms interact all feed my inner being. Getting my hands into the soil connects me with the earth.

This is probably why I am so drawn to work in clay (porcelain and other earth clays).

Here in my Mid-Atlantic, US garden, which is considered Hardiness Zone 7A by the USDA, Spring is here and will soon be coming to a close.

I have cleared most of the Coneflowers and Black Eyed Susans that had Aster yellows and am keeping a close eye for other plants showing symptoms this year.

I am delighted to say that I am again, falling in love with my garden. 2011 growing season stuck a fork right through my heart, and I am happy it is now in the past and nature is taking her turn at moving things forward into the 2012 growing season...

Saturday, July 23, 2011

I Heart Macro Garden Pictures

Welcome to my weekly post to contribute to this weeks "I Heart Macro"

Hosted by Studio Waterstone every Sunday.

Candy Lily (Iris family actually)

Chloe's gord (one of many).

Old rusty tomato stand with lone cherry tomato.

Click on over and visit the other bloggers with macro photos to share through this week's I Heart Macro post.

Thanks for stopping by!

Saturday, July 9, 2011

I Heart Macro - Hipstamatic Zinnea

Welcome to my weekly post to contribute to this weeks "I Heart Macro"

Hosted by Studio Waterstone every Sunday.

Zinnea through my iPhone Hipstamatic app.

Immature grasshopper (he must really like my garden).

A fly which was caught mid-rub as if saying "what's that I taste?"

From April Fools Day: Hellebore with Ice/Snow.

I wanted to throw that last image in just to remind those of us in the throws of hot, humid temperatures that it was not that long ago that we were freezing our tushes off, willing to deal with this heat and humidity. Has a more powerful effect if you go stand right next to the AC vent and think about a freezing breeze…

Make sure to swing by the weekly "I Heart Macro" blog post to check out what others are sharing for their blog post.

Sunday, July 3, 2011

I Heart Macro - A Bit Of Everything...

I'm a huge fan of macro pictures.

If you are too, take a peek at:

I Heart Macro, hosted by Studio Waterstone every Sunday…

Here are some pics that I've taken this week:

A Teeny Tiny Toad on 3/4" river rock pebbles.

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"Milkshake" Cone Flower blooming in my Garden.

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Caterpillar in camouflage on broken 1/2" diameter twig.

Porcelain Clay Grid Shards drying.

I am pretty excited about the quality of photos from my iPhone

(sometimes with small hand lens).

Makes it easier to take so many pictures without worrying about having another camera with me all the time. These are no digital SLR macro photos, but I'm ok with that for the time being...

Make sure to stop by next week to see what else I've been looking at up close.

And swing over to Studio Waterstone to see more entries for this I Heart Macro Event!