Nature is a natural antidote to down days.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

…about mindfulness, and flowers, and tasting life…

Scottish bees and purple flowers, and a haiku.

Aberdeen’s Cruickshank Botanic Garden on the King’s College campus in Old Aberdeen is gorgeous and haiku-inspiring.

A digital postcard from Glover Gardens with scarlet Lord Baltimore blooms.

Haiku saluting the Purple Fringe alongside the abandoned track at the top of Boreas Pass at the continental divide.

A rare gift as an early Mothers Day treat: the Easter Lilies and Amaryllis blooming at the same time.

Photos from home keep me grounded in Glover Gardens when I travel.

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

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.

I had some spare time over an April weekend in Paris and visited the Jacquemart-Andre Museum. Sheer loveliness. I haven’t had time to collect my thoughts and photos yet, but here’s a look at the floral arrangement in the drawing room.  Happy Wednesday! Stay tuned […]

In Montmartre, I looked up and saw a fence, some flowers and a tower. I love Paris.

Rue des Martyrs in Paris has a neighborhood feel and marvelous array of food and flower shops. It might just be the perfect street.