Category: Garden
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Spooktacular! (Travel Theme: Spooky)
Originally posted on Travel. Garden. Eat.: Beautiful Glensheen mansion in Duluth, Minnesota hosted its second annual “Jack O’Lantern Spooktacular” last weekend. The evenings were classic bone-chilling, northern Minnesota fall weather, but they were clear with an almost-full moon for some of the nights of the event, which added to the spooky fun ambience! As you enter the grounds,…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: An Unusual POV
The penny is an underappreciated piece of currency. Undervalued, taken for granted, often discarded! But, for college-bound high school seniors, every penny begins to count as they look toward college costs. Shifting from the idea of fun pocket change to funding education — one’s point of view, and stage in life, makes all the difference.…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus
A butterfly in focus against the dreamy backdrop of the gardens of Glensheen Mansion. Click on any of the photos in the gallery to view them full size. The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. ~ Rabindranath Tagore Ciao! ~ Kat This post was in response to the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge. ”Focus” was this…
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Lilacs Linger
After an extended winter, and an absent spring, summer finally has arrived in northern Minnesota. To see our lilac bushes still blooming (but fading fast) as the Fourth of July approaches is a reminder that our already-short growing season is likely to be even shorter this summer. Come join in me in the garden…
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