Mother Nature waters the plants when we’ve been gone awhile; nice that she knows what to do!

A hibiscus blooms as Hurricane Harvey looms, a reminder of nature’s beauty.

A gift of a live and blooming hibiscus, with a heartfelt haiku to celebrate Dad’s life.

I love hibiscus! Here are a few of my favorite Glover Gardens hibiscus pics, a late-summer garden digital postcard.

A single red rose is a star at Glover Gardens.

Roses and vineyards go together like…wine and roses.

Spicy homemade tomato juice is easy to make and good for you! Just add vodka for the perfect Bloody Mary.

A cold snap in Southeast Texas forces a moonlight citrus harvest and inspires a haiku.

Cat haiku and pictures, because the world doesn’t have enough. So I give you: Godfrey in repose.

Haiku about autumn in Southeast Texas – the flowers are still blooming although the leaves are falling.

Godfrey and Fiona pose near the Talavera cat (bottom middle) to prove that art imitates life. Or is it the other way around?

Summer stayed with us well into September this year, releasing its stranglehold just this last week and enabling an enjoyable evening of wine and fruit by the pool here at Glover Gardens.  The hibiscus and roses are still blooming, but the leaves have begun to…

Our last millennial entered the University of Texas this fall, and this little ladybug came to put her stamp of approval on it during our morning coffee at Glover Gardens.

Nature’s resilience inspires me to write haiku.

Glover Gardens had a rainy day Monday, complete with falling trees. No worries, we will rise again.

When the holidays are over, I’m ready for winter to be over.  I’m also ready for someone to volunteer to put away the Christmas decorations… But we haven’t really had winter here at Glover Gardens this year, at least not yet.  I’m making chili today,…

Haiku for a gorgeous December rose that brightens a gloomy day.

We complain about the summer heat here in Southeast Texas, but you can’t beat our fall weather. I just snapped all of these flower photos – you’d think it was spring here at Glover Gardens on this gorgeous November day.  Enjoy this ePostcard. Copyright 2015,…

A side dish we love-love-love here at Glover Gardens is grilled asparagus. Not just any grilled asparagus, grilled asparagus our way. That means lots of lemon, lots of garlic, and lots of olive oil to coat those delightful, al denté spears of love.

I might be a Condiment-aholic.  I love-love-love condiments. Especially those with southwest flavors.  One of the simplest, oldest and best of the southwest condiments is salsa. I found a wonderful fresh salsa recipe years ago in a cookbook called Jane Butel’s Southwestern Kitchen, her Garden…