sculpture

The sculpture in the shady corner of this garden is meant to stand for a mother and her two daughters. I try to make sort of a ring of fire around it with various coleus. jc

This is one of my favorite designs. The gravel driveway blends into the patio which ties into the front and side decks; and as I noted in an earlier post, I like the way the other house has become part of the composition. The waterfall is sort of a half a beehive so you can see it from both decks. The gardens are new here and still a bit spare. jc

Hibiscus

I took these two photos at the same time. The warmer one was with my antique (6 years old) 4.2 megapixel camera, the other with my new 3 megapixel iphone. I think I like the iphone one better, although at distance the iphone photos are sort of soft focus. jc

Jonah's Falls, August

Jonah's Falls with my iphone. The image is not all that great. Sort of soft focus. Better on close-ups. Love the sunlight reflected in the sheet of water, and I feel the stone patio works as a continuation of the waterfall. jc

A giant dahlia (about 8 inches across) taken with my new iphone. Pretty good picture. jc

Same place

More pretty flowers from the "one year" house. Crocosmia (I love these) and the traditional black-eyed susan. The rabbits devour them if they find them emerging, but apparently these were not an the bunny trail.
I had dance performances this week, and have gotten very little actual work done. Plus my blackberry is having problems. Think I will get an iphone, since I use a mac anyway. jc

One year

These are the lilies at the "one year" house, with crocosmia in front. They are about a month late, but it worked out well because the people who own them are just getting here now. I know I just posted a version of the second shot, but I love the composition of the impatiens under the bloodgood maple, and the light was really good today. jc