One Brave little Rosebud!

This brave little rosebud making it's debut
during this crazy Texas weather...
warm one day then snow
drought for weeks on end
then teasing rain...

but this little bud is preserved
for the remainder of this Winter
so instead of my wondering
what it might have been...

I choose to view it's total splendor
as it is.

Asparagus Fern in Winter

I love Asparagus Fern!

I over-winter mine in it's original pot.

 

I place the pot in the gardens.

 

The dormant asparagus fern 

adds a new dimension

to the winter evergreens

and the fallen leaves

that blanket the flower beds.

 

And now I wait...patiently...

for Spring and the renewal

of my Asparagus Fern!

 

A Winter Symphony....

As the Sun rose into the clear blue sky...

 

the roof tops surrendered

 

their blankets of snow...

 

slowly but surely the icicles formed...

 

and as I stood very still...

 

I could hear the Winter symphony

 

as the droplets of melting ice...

 

bounced upon the garden's treasures...

 

nestled deep beneath the soil.

First Morning's Light...

 

 

Upon stepping into the gardens

I spy a small bench

covered with a pristine layer of snow...

 

 

The metal scroll work of the garden bench

holds just the tiniest bit of snow

upon it's top rail...

 



 

 

 

A nearby piece of metal scroll work is

oh so beautifully covered

 by a light blanket of

snow....

 

 

 

 

 

 

May you day be dusted with a blanket of serenity...

 



Christmas Wishes...

I gaze towards my garden stepping stones...
revealing the gift of a "White Christmas".

Simple stones...
leading nowhere and everywhere...
stones placed in apparent wild abandon...
but perhaps, just perhaps
these stones were placed
with a destination in mind...

May this Christmas be everything you
wished for and more.

 

Yellow Iris

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