Category: Flowers

Autumnal Haibun Flows Like a River

Autumnal Haibun Flows Like a River

A haibun about haibun and fall colors, in response to a prompt from D’Verse Poets’ Pub.

Sometimes, Just Fall Pics of Flowers, Birds and Butterflies

Sometimes, Just Fall Pics of Flowers, Birds and Butterflies

The hibiscus were the star of the garden this weekend. And the butterflies and birds were very photogenic, too.

Mahogany Splendor Hibiscus Memories … with Blooms in Our Future

Mahogany Splendor Hibiscus Memories … with Blooms in Our Future

Mahogany Splendor is a beautiful and unique hibiscus variety and we’re trying again after losing ours in the big Texas freeze of 2021.

Dandelion Meditations (and a haiku)

Dandelion Meditations (and a haiku)

I’m fascinated by the dandelion; such a temporal thing it is. Transient, and yet tenacious, it grows, blooms, morphs, and flies away, above the fray, to plant seeds (and a new life) somewhere else.

Some Days, You’re the Windshield; Some Days, You’re the Bug (and How the Rose Helped)

Some Days, You’re the Windshield; Some Days, You’re the Bug (and How the Rose Helped)

Nature is a natural antidote to down days.

Boreas Pass: Postcard from Nature

Boreas Pass: Postcard from Nature

Boreas Pass in central Colorado is scenic, lovely, unspoiled and a call from nature to join her.

Happy Spring to You, from Texas

Happy Spring to You, from Texas

Here’s a Texas bluebonnet for you. It’s our state flower, and this one is still in the process of opening up. I think it is a metaphor for now.

From Mud to Flowers

From Mud to Flowers

You never know what you’ll find here on the pages of Glover Gardens, “a multi-faceted blog for multi-faceted people”.

A Beauty in My Backyard

A Beauty in My Backyard

A forgotten beauty showed its face in my backyard a few weeks ago, as this gorgeous walking iris woke up and bloomed for the first time in years.

Days of Gardenias and Memories

Days of Gardenias and Memories

The loveliness of gardenias evokes memories spanning the length of life’s journey.

The Easter Butterfly

The Easter Butterfly

And then, all of the sudden, it flew away, wafting on the breeze high above the cypress trees, its wings fluttering a timeless message: fear not, only believe.

none of the bees would pose for me (a poem)

none of the bees would pose for me (a poem)

A solo trip to a botanical garden was a tonic in troubled times and the inspiration for a poem.

January Dreaming: A Brighter Shade of Pale

January Dreaming: A Brighter Shade of Pale

Paperwhites don’t know anything about this sad month with no major celebrations.

The Forgiveness of the Yard, January Blooms and a New Camera Lens, Oh My!

The Forgiveness of the Yard, January Blooms and a New Camera Lens, Oh My!

Our January blooms are sprawling wildly, bursting with color, ignoring the season, crowding each other and competing for Most Beautiful.

Late-Season Blooms & Haiku

Late-Season Blooms & Haiku

Reinforcing my benign neglect this year, the greenery of Glover Gardens has gifted us with unexpected late-November blooms.

Have Some Weed, Butterfly!

Have Some Weed, Butterfly!

Butterflies, butterfly weed, and a caterpillar relocation project. It’s never a dull moment at Glover Gardens.

After the Rain, I Hear Flowers (a poem)

After the Rain, I Hear Flowers (a poem)

…about mindfulness, and flowers, and tasting life…

Good Friday Lilies

Good Friday Lilies

If Easter lilies are white, perhaps these gorgeous red lilies are Good Friday lilies.

January Dreaming: April in Paris in the Gardens

January Dreaming: April in Paris in the Gardens

Dazzling colors and green spaces that can be found all over Paris are the subject of this January Dreaming post.

Haiku: Bees on a Mission

Haiku: Bees on a Mission

Scottish bees and purple flowers, and a haiku.


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