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Where Art Meets Meditation

Tara Gill wrote 3 weeks ago: I needed to write a new artist statement for an application so I have been sitting with how my art e … more →

Tags: Photography Arts, Self Portrait, mandala, dahlia, hands, meditation, Mindfulness, Mental Health, spirituality

Acorns in Art3 comments

Tara Gill wrote 3 months ago: I had no idea the humble acorn has such a decorative history! From Wikipedia: A motif in Roman archi … more →

Tags: Botanical Designs, botany, Photography Arts

Calla Lily Botanical Design

Tara Gill wrote 10 months ago:   Ah, the calla. Elegant, refined, and sensuous. This photograph, made in Photoshop is made up … more →

Tags: Photography Arts, Botanical Designs, Design, iPhone Images, Photography, Photoshop, Garden, Flower, Plants

Hybrid Monkey Hand Tree, x Chiranthofremontia lenzii

Tara Gill wrote 11 months ago: When I first encountered these tree in bloom in Niles, near where I live, I was WOWED.  What on eart … more →

Tags: Botanical Designs, botany, Nature, Photography, Tree, Garden, Flower, Plants, Native

Container Plants - Your Easter Egg Search is Over

scroungelady wrote 1 year ago: Making new plants from cuttings was a subject of a previous post.  Containers can become very heavy … more →

Tags: Coleus, Container Plants, Easter Eggs

Is this a rare maple (Acer)?

Tara Gill wrote 1 year ago: This plant is a long standing mystery. It doesn’t seem to me that it can be that rare a specie … more →

Tags: Botanical Designs, Photography, Tree, Garden, Design, seed, maple, acer, Helicopter

Coleus Emerges from Winter Doldrums - How to Recycle Plants for a Cheap Spring

scroungelady wrote 1 year ago: Although the temperatures have been in the 80s this past week, April means Spring is here.  After cl … more →

Tags: Coleus, potting mix, vermiculite, perlite, spagnum moss, cuttings

Pine Belt Flood - Ready to Scrounge?2 comments

scroungelady wrote 1 year ago: This is a blog about food, gardening, motorcycles, cat parenting and such but sometimes there are ci … more →

Tags: Cat Stories, Weather, floodwater, Flood, house on stilts

Spring Tree Mystery

Tara Gill wrote 1 year ago: This time of year (it is spring already!) brings new buds and another mystery I hope can be solved. … more →

Tags: Tree, Garden, Street, Plant

Mystery White Flower1 comment

Tara Gill wrote 1 year ago: Firework Stamens, African Linden or sparmannia africana   What attracted me to this flower was … more →

Tags: Botanical Designs, Photo, Garden, Flower, Plant, Botanical, Shade, Shrub, stamens

Some Exotic Tropical Plants4 comments

Tara Gill wrote 1 year ago: We traveled to the Caribbean side of Costa Rica this Christmas to see my parents. Any serious photog … more →

Tags: Photography, Plants, temperate, Climate, Tropical, Costa Rica, caribbean side

Mystery Flower & Tree3 comments

Tara Gill wrote 1 year ago: Any one have any ideas about this one? It is about 75 feet tall and in Zone 9b. The flowers are held … more →

Tags: Tree, Street, Suburban, uncommon

Botanical Tile Prototypes

Tara Gill wrote 1 year ago: I have decided! I  am starting a new adventure and business. Can you see my botanical images on tile … more →

Tags: Miscellany, Botanical Designs, Design, home design, garden design

International Garden Photographer of the Year

Tara Gill wrote 2 years ago: While I did not win with my entries, I thought my readers may enjoy some of the beautiful imagery at … more →

Tags: Botanical Designs

Plant Fairs in Pembrokeshire

suemace wrote 2 years ago: Spring is here and there are three excellent plant fairs coming up – perfect for stocking up o … more →

Tags: Gardens, Plants, Narberth, Picton Castle

Parks Listing

gwendogray wrote 4 years ago: Anderson Community Park NC 54 W 54 acres. Baseball/softball, multi-purpose fields, basketball courts … more →

Tags: Parks, trails, Picnics, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Orange, water

Parks & Rec

gwendogray wrote 4 years ago: All public parks and trails in Chapel Hill are maintained by Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation. All p … more →

Tags: Adventures, Parks, trails, Picnics, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, water

Weaver Street Market

gwendogray wrote 4 years ago: Whole foods market with cafe. Grassy outside area for kids. Fountain, outside seating. Jazz Brunch S … more →

Tags: Picnics, Music, Hillsborough, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Food

Sarah P. Duke Gardens

gwendogray wrote 4 years ago: Beautiful formal and informal gardens with meandering paths and intersecting lakes and streams. Duck … more →

Tags: Adventures, Parks, trails, Picnics, Durham, water


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