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Good grief, where did October go?
Although the month isn’t quite gone, it feels like I’ve lost some of it, at least on the blog here. We have a hymn that says, “life passes like a dream”. This month has been … more →
A Passion for Green
Good grief, where did October go?
sylvanend wrote 1 month ago: Although the month isn’t quite gone, it feels like I’ve lost some of it, at least on the … more →
Morning Glories
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sylvanend wrote 3 months ago: I LOVE morning glories and mine on the balcony have finally started blooming! And your Monday morni … more →
Natural plants
sylvanend wrote 3 months ago: Ok, I am going to admit some of my extreme greeness here. Today, being green means being ecological … more →
Rain Gardens and Native Plants
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sylvanend wrote 3 months ago: If you live in Ames, have you wondered about the “weedy looking” lot next to the Ames Pu … more →
Ahhh, peony time
sylvanend wrote 5 months ago: A big thank you to Lani who has agreed to share her “real” garden with me this summer! … more →
Mother's Day
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sylvanend wrote 6 months ago: One of the things I enjoyed doing on Mother’s Day was taking a little time out to slip into Hy … more →
Fragile spring beauty
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sylvanend wrote 6 months ago: I don’t understand why every year I forget how breathtaking spring is. In the winter, I yearn … more →
May Day 2009
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sylvanend wrote 7 months ago: My sister sent me a May Basket…all the way from New Zealand! On your list of all the things to … more →
Children's gardens
sylvanend wrote 10 months ago: One of the reasons I’ve always been enchanted with gardens is that my dad let me play around a … more →
Gardens on my mind
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sylvanend wrote 10 months ago: Hmmm, starting to think about gardening! Been helping Steven move some stuff to his new place and w … more →
Wow!
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sylvanend wrote 1 year ago: It’s one of those between-summer-and-fall days that you wish would never end! It’s warm, … more →
It takes a lot of work to bloom
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sylvanend wrote 1 year ago: My sister took this picture. Beautiful, huh? It’s a cloudy gray day here, but I am trying to m … more →
Walking
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sylvanend wrote 1 year ago: This little patch of countryside is a five minute drive from my apartment. Here are some pics for yo … more →
Something new in Somerset
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sylvanend wrote 1 year ago: According to Wikipedia, Somerset is a semi-new-urbanist development in Ames. Not sure why the … more →
Rocky Mountain Summer Green
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sylvanend wrote 1 year ago: We were up above the timber line here, about 12,000 feet, where the alpine flowers are like little f … more →
Ames Prairies, less work, more resilience
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sylvanend wrote 1 year ago: Living in Iowa, one eventually gets prairie on the mind and right here in Ames, one can find tastes … more →
Alliums
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sylvanend wrote 1 year ago: Getting back to my passion for green, I took some photos in my neighborhood last week. These beautif … more →
