Ice, N.Adams, MA
Valentine flowers
Blizzard!
Snowdrops
Red Trillium
Horned Owl
Lily of the Valley
New Beech leaves
Peonies, dogwood and baptisia
Foxglove, penstemon, thermopsis
Rosa ‘New Dawn’
Black-eyed Susan
August 22, 2017
Male monarch
Sunflowers
Dahlia ‘Voodoo’
Morning Glory
Blueberry
Staghorn Sumac
Fall Reflections
Autumn bouquet
Mum Show
Japanese holly
Bokeh
Eliza Waters 
Beautiful Eliza. Your lovely photos take the chill of winter away. Happy New Year!
Thank you, Karina. All the best to you and yours in 2018!
Healthy and Happy 2018 to you, Eliza. 🙂
Thank you, Judy and the same to you!
Gorgeous – so vibrant and colourful.
Happy, productive magical 2018 Eliza.
These are all superb! The monarch! And the black eyed Susan, and the owl and the ice! All of them gorgeous! Happy New Year! May 2018 be filled with love, beauty, joy, health, magic and laughter, as well as all your dreams come true. ❤
What a beautiful wish…thank you, Mary!
So lovely! ❤ Thank you for all the beauty you shared with us this past year Eliza! 😊
Thanks for being there to enjoy it, Julie. 🙂 ❤
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I love the owl and the mob on the feeders! Happy new year!!! Stay warm!
Thank you, Lisa. All the best to you as well.
Eliza: a very happy and beautiful 2018 to you and your family & pets….thank you so much for sharing all your beautiful photos and flower arrangements …..it’s always something to look forward to when I see an email from you! Looking forward to flowers & butterflies and everything else that nature will bring.
Thank you for your faithful friendship and shared love of gardens and ‘winged flowers’, Alice. It is greatly appreciated!
That owl looks none too happy!
Yes, I messed up his hunting scheme!
Thank you for sharing these beautiful highlights of the year and your wonderful view. Almost impossible to choose a favorite, but with our cold weather I think the ice image is perfect for today. Have a wonderful new year!🙂
Thank you so much! 🙂
Happy new year, Eliza 🙂 xo
Thank you, Rebecca! ❤
Ah, good times!!! You’ve chosen some beautiful images for your retrospective. What a contrast between ice & snow shots and your beautiful arrangements.
Thank you, Micheal. The seasons sure are different aren’t they? It was therapeutic to look through the summer pix when the garden was in full force and the temps kinder that the current frigid blast we’ve been enduring. The forecast isn’t all that promising, either. 😦
I read of your frigid weather. We continue to have warmer than usual weather, which is not great. Still awaiting some decent rain.
I’d share if I could! 😉
Eliza, thank you for sharing all your beautiful photos – I always enjoy them.
Happy New Year to you and yours! ❤️
Many thanks, Betty!
Beautiful photos Eliza and have a Happy New Year!
Thank you very much, Mike!
How lovely it is to see some of these pictures again. I look forward to seeing more of them!
Thank you kindly, Anne!
That’s a beautiful retrospective, Eliza! I don’t remember the owl but he (or she) is particularly charming. Best wishes for the new year!
Thank you, Kris. Looking forward to sharing the year ahead!
The Horned Owl and Male Monarch are remarkable. Knowing how difficult it is totake pictures of animals, we callourselves always lucky and glad to get a good shot of them.
All the best for 2018, Eliza!
Thank you very much!
Best wishes to you too Eliza. Lovely to see your retrospective collection showing the patterns thro’ the seasons. I so enjoy starting my week with your Monday flower arrangements as well as your portrayal of nature in the woods thro’ the seasons. Am so fascinated by the incredible sculpted beauty of your ice and snow scenes.
Thank you very much, Liz. Ice and snow and frigid temps we have in spades! 😉
Beautiful flowers, but my favorites are the horned owl (looking so serious!) and the Monarchs. Happy and Healthy 2018 Eliza!
Thank you, Denzil. Best wishes!
Happy new year, Eliza. Wonderful pictures.
Thank you, Sue. Looking forward to it!
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Best wishes for a healthy happy 2018 Eliza. Such wonderful pictures!
Thank you, Dorris. Looking forward to the year ahead!
A stunningly beautiful collection, Eliza! Happy 2018!
Thank you very much, Pete!
Beautiful photos. Happy new year Eliza!
Thank you, Cathy. Here’s to a fabulous 2018!
AMAZING photos! Happy New year!
Thank you, Joanna!
Nice! Love the rudbeckia (?) bud……
Thank you, there is a name for that type of mutation that escapes me right now (!). It most often happens in the composite family.
A lovely look back. I look forward to more in the year ahead! Happy 2018 Eliza!
Thank you very much, Belinda. Looking forward to see what the muse brings us this year!
All lovely. How ever did you manage to capture such a great photo of the owl?
Thank you, Wendy. The owl showed up in my backyard one afternoon. Approaching slowly, I was able to get a few shots before he took off. It was a memorable visit!
A serendipitous moment.
Really, really beautiful Eliza. Happy New Year.
Thank you so much, Sylvia. Wishing you all the best!
A beautiful collection and productive year. I look forward to following your creations in 2018!
Thank you very much, Denise. The same of yours!
Lovely photos to celebrate 2017! Tell me, how does one identify that Monarch as a male?
Thank you, Lizzy! Male monarchs have a mid-vein dot on their hind wings.
What a beautiful reminder of all we have been given! 🙂
Thank you, Kim. Nature gives continually!
Wonderful pictures !! And a Happy 2018 to you too !
Thank you very much!
Beautiful highlights Eliza! All the best wishes for this new year!
Thank you, Noortje – your comment is much appreciated!
Such beautiful photos!! Thank you for sharing! It feels like a little bit of Spring brought to me in the midst of a blustery Winter!❤ Every season has something beautiful about it! 😀 I love the pink flowers! Very pretty! And the owl is so cute! I never see any real ones in person!
Thank you, Kim. It’s true that every season has its beauty. We’re lucky to enjoy four/year!
Yes, I frequently give thanks for living in a place with so much diversity of weather! Right now, the freezing cold in Philadelphia, Pa, is not the most pleasant to be out in! But I love the warm, cozy feeling of being wrapped up in warm clothes and drinking hot tea/coffee/cocoa! And love the snow! Also, I think the fleeting nature of the seasons makes them all the more beautiful!💜
Agreed!
I love your highlights of 2017, specially that funky owl. Happy New Year Eliza.
Thank you, Chloris!
Happy New Year! So lovely to look back over nature’s beauty.
Thank you, Laurie. Happy New Year to you and yours as well! Stay warm!!!
Will do! You, too!
Happy new year to you too! These are all beauties, as usual!
Thank you, Maria!
Wonderful highlights!
Thank you, Fi!
Happy New Year. What a wonderful record and such effervescence!
Thank you, Allison!
What a beautiful year you had! Thank you so much for sharing it with us. Happy New Year, Eliza. 🙂
Hi there, Robin – thank you, it wasn’t too bad overall, esp. in the garden. 🙂
Stunning recap, Eliza. Just beautiful. Thank you for taking the time to put this post together!! 💝
Thank you, Amy, it was fun to recall the beauty of the past year. 🙂
Another wonderful year – here’s to an even better 2018!
Hear, hear! 🙂
Oh it’s a lovely blend of your arrangements and photos, Eliza! I am pleased to have “met” you in 2018 and wish you a wonderful New Year ❤
Thank you very much Christy, and likewise!
What a selection of photos, I don’t know how you were able to narrow it down to just these! They really are amazing. All the best for 2018 and thanks for sharing so much throughout the year 🙂
Thank you, Frank. It wasn’t easy picking so few from the many. Needs must! 😉
Looking forward to sharing the gardening year ahead.
Beautiful highlights! Your photos are as always amazing!
Thank you so much, Cecilia!
Happy New Year, Eliza! I wish you the best of luck!
Thank you, Nataly!
So lovely! I just discovered this blog and am so glad I did. Happy new year and best wishes to all–
Thank you very much!
Nice collage, Eliza!
Thank you, Bela!
What a colorful collection. But you should have taken more photos in Maine! Have a warm and wonderful new year. Did this latest storm hit you at all?
Thank you, Brenda. I didn’t take that many up there it seems. Too busy being. 😉
We got 8″ – it’s the windchill that is so extreme now. Frostbite warnings!
A gorgeous collection, Eliza. A very Happy 2018 to you!
Thank you very much and the same to you all!
GREAT PHOTOS! Happy New Year and best wishes for 2018!
Thank you very much. Best to you, too.