Author Archives: Eliza Waters

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About Eliza Waters

Gardener, photographer, naturalist, writer

Wordless Wednesday

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Eliza Waters
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In A Vase On Monday – Last of the Peonies

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Eliza Waters

For this week’s vase, I feature the last of my peonies. This week’s warm temperatures will finish them for the year. They were spectacular and I am happy I got to enjoy them for three weeks. Yellow thermopsis (Thermopsis villosa), an American native … Continue reading →

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In A Vase On Monday – Foxglove & Peonies

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Eliza Waters

For this week’s vase, I again chose peonies, which are at their height of bloom, perfuming the air around them like a little slice of heaven. Foxgloves have come in this week, standing sentinel in the spring bed, taking over from … Continue reading →

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In A Vase on Monday – Peonies

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Eliza Waters

Cathy at Rambling In the Garden, hosts a weekly meme to showcase what is blooming in our gardens by creating arrangements to enjoy inside our homes. Wander over to see what gardeners all over the world are arranging this week. I used … Continue reading →

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Soul Sister

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Eliza Waters

Recently, I received the call that I knew would come sooner or later from one of my ‘soul’ sisters. The medical team are stopping her chemo, her tumors aren’t responding and hospice has been called. Only a little over a month … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Eliza Waters

I love living in a small town. Events have a very personal feeling and Memorial Day has always been an important observance in my hometown. It is a solemn occasion honoring veterans, marked with prayer, speakers, boy and girl scouts reciting famous … Continue reading →

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Free Style Writing Challenge

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Eliza Waters

I was tagged by Sue Vincent at Daily Echo to participate in a free style writing challenge. I chose to to set the timer for ten minutes (I am not as fast a typist as Sue, so I figured I’d need the … Continue reading →

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Ferns Unfurling

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Eliza Waters

The unfurling of fern fiddleheads in spring is one of the things I look forward to every year. To me, each one is a work of art. Above is a lovely reddish-bronze Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis) named for its quick demise when … Continue reading →

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Four Seasons

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Eliza Waters

This weekend we took a ride to Bullitt Reservation to take my fourth and final photos in a series showing the four seasons from the same vantage point. Along with the ground blackberry that kept snagging and scratching my ankles, the black … Continue reading →

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Renewed

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Eliza Waters

It is such a joy to be outside these days with the birds calling from nearly every tree and bush, I’m thrilled to be alive to witness the renewal of another spring. After this past, bitterly cold winter, these warm, sunny … Continue reading →

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