I will sweep my rooms, tend my cloistered garden, brew my tea . . . and one who mocked my dreams will never know the heart of me. © Margaret Longenecker Been Published in MORNING IN MY EYES . . . poems of the meadows, rivers, woodlands, and seasons of life, by Margaret Longenecker Been. [...]
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Private World
Posted in Condo Gardens, Condo patio gardens, Creative Living in a Condo, Garden Paintings, Paint what you love!, Poetry by Margaret Longenecker Been, Spring Paintings, The joy of making art, The joy of sharing our art, Watercolor painting, Watercolors, tagged Art, Creative Living in a Condo, Poetry by Margaret Longenecker Been, Watercolor painting on April 20, 2012 | 7 Comments »
A Hot Garden
Posted in "English Garden", Condo Gardens, Condo patio gardens, Creative Living in a Condo, Heat!, Pioneers, Savoring Summer, Summer in Wisconsin, The American West, tagged "English Garden", Air Conditioning, Condo Gardening, Creative Living in a Condo, Heat!, Keeping Cool, Patio Living, Pioneers and wagon trains, Summer in Wisconsin, The American West on July 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Our outside thermometer registered 105° F this afternoon, in the sun. Later in the day, near sunset, the reading dropped to 100°. Perhaps the temperature gage (not showing in the above photo) is a bit off, as it was a “cheapie” sale purchase which I bought mainly because the instrument is encased in a cute crow which [...]
Celebrating Gardens
Posted in "English Garden", Condo patio gardens, Creative Living in a Condo, Funky Patio, JUNK GARDENS, Savoring Summer, tagged "English Garden", Condo gardens, Creative Living in a Condo, Summer joys on June 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Virginia creeper creeps up 2 trellises, reaching for the sky. Also called woodbine and Engleman ivy, Virgina creeper is my favorite name for this hardy vine because that is what it’s called in English novels. Behind the creeper on the left, a grapevine thrives—amazingly because it scarcely gets any sun on that wall. The rest [...]