This is what I woke up to today (and, yes, the sun was fully up before I even opened my eyes this morning!). Seriously, Mother Nature is the Queen of Outdoor Decorating!
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About Me
- kris
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- My passion is gardening - but I also enjoy kayaking, reading, cooking, travel, and playing with the two poodles who live with us. Email me at kkgardens AT gmail DOT com.
Blogs I Enjoy Checking Out
- A Study in Contrasts
- Abenteuer Garten
- Ahah...Le Jardin de Marandon
- Baking Blondie (Jessy and her dog Winnie)
- Beach(s)
- Books and Cooks
- Dream Just a LIttle More
- Edge Effect
- Enjoying My Every Day Life
- Farming Friends
- Firefly Nights
- GardenPunks
- Gingerbread
- Green Thumb Chronicles
- Greenie Gardens
- growing things
- Guildwood Gardens - Gardening with Love
- Kate smudges in earth, paint and life
- Ledge and Gardens
- Letters from a Hill Farm
- Lost Roses
- Lynne's Little Corner of the World
- Miss Flower
- Mountain Time
- MsGreenThumbJean
- My Country-Rose-Garden
- My Iowa Garden
- My Serenity Garden
- My Wildlife Sanctuary
- Nature Trail
- ndgardengirl
- Notes from a Cottage Garden
- One Year of Beauty
- Outside
- Over the back yard fence
- Paris Breakfasts
- Peacock Blue
- Perennial Passion
- Rosehaven Cottage
- Rurality
- Shabby-Chic Cat's Gardening Close-Ups!
- Susie's Space
- Tales From a Little FrenchGardenHouse
- The Giddy Garden Gnome
- THE KITTALOG
- The Rustic Garden
- those northern skies
- Thyme for Herbs
- Tip of the Iceberg
- Tristi Pinkston
- Upper Michigan Quilter
- Violetlady At Home
- Zoe Bakes (eat dessert first)
My Favorite Public Gardens
- Univ of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum - Chaska, MN
- Noerenberg Gardens - Orono, MN
- Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden - Minneapolis, MN
- The Rose Garden - Lake Harriet - Minneapolis, MN
- The Tuileries - Paris, France
- Versailles - France
- The Keukenhof Gardens - The Netherlands
- Filoli - San Francisco, CA
- The Huntington Botanical Gardens - Los Angeles, CA
- Los Angeles County Arboretum - Los Angeles, CA
- The Getty - Los Angeles, CA
My Roses
- Apothecary's Rose (Gallica) (1310 or earlier)
- Charles de Mills (Gallica) (1746 or earlier)
- Alfred de Dalmas (moss rose) (1855)
- Fantin-Latour (cabbage rose) (1900??)
- Rosa rugosa rubra (species) (very old)
- Gertrude Jekyll (shrub - David Austin) (1986)
- Nearly Wild (floribunda) (1941)
- Madison (shrub - Town & Country) (1998??)
- Belle Poitevine (shrub - rugosa) (1894)
- Souvenir de Philemon Cochet (shrub - rugosa) (1899)
- Magnifica (shrub - rugosa) (1905)
- Fru Dagmar Hastrup (Frau Dagmar Hartopp) (Shrub - rugosa) (1914)
- Therese Bugnet (shrub - rugosa) (1950)
- Marie Bugnet (shrub - rugosa) (1963)
- Purple Pavement (shrub - rugosa - Pavement) (1984)
- Country Dancer (shrub - Griffith Buck) (1973)
- Hawkeye Belle (shrub - Griffith Buck) (1975)
- Carefree Beauty (shrub - Griffith Buck) (1977)
- Jens Munk (shrub - rugosa - Explorer) (1974)
- William Baffin (shrub - Explorer) (1983)
- Alexander MacKenzie (shrub - Explorer) (1985)
- John Davis (shrub - Explorer) (1986)
- J.F. Quadra (shrub/climber - Explorer) (1995)
Gardening Books and Bibles
- Growing Perennials in Cold Climates (Whitman)
- Growing Roses in Cold Climates (Whitman)
- Growing Shrubs & Small Trees in Cold Climates (Whitman)
- English Cottage Gardening (Hensel)
- Monet's Passion (Murray)
- Gardens of the Wine Country (Chappellet)
- The Wild Gardener, The Life & Selected Writings of Eloise Butler (Hellander)
- Glorious Gardens (Heriteau)
- The Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll (Bisgrove)
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15 comments:
It was pretty this morning, wasn't it? I just wish I had my camera, but I was on my way to work by sunrise (which isn't exactly that early this time of year!)
Tracy @ Outside
We had this in St. Paul, too. Very nice.
And sunny and 20 is so much better than cloudy, windy, and temps in the single digits.
I have to run upstairs and put soup on then I am posting the pics I took this morning - it was gorgeous, wasn't it?
Lovely shots, Kris! I'm afraid I'll have to wait for Jack Frost's work until I leave for Montana. We're hopelessly damp and grey here in Portland.
Beautiful, remember how pretty those big old pine trees in the front yard used to look when they were covered with ice and snow......Don't get me wrong, I'll take this MISERABLE 84/87 degree heat, but it was awfully pretty. I loved yesterday's Blog, especially the Fireplace/Music room!!!!!!!"MY" piano looks good!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey something went wrong====don't know why THE TEXAS CONNECTION didn't come up----anyway I'm sure you knew it was me!!!!!
Wow - Kris, that second picture looking at the profile of that tree is amazing! Great shot!
Katie at GardenPunks
Hey Kris,
Can I ask you for some expert advice? I'm in a trailer right now, but we're getting ready to sell. I would like to spruce up the yard and make it a little more appealing. I have strawberry plants all along one side which are just darling, but I wonder what ideas you have for decorating small spaces. Can you throw some ideas at me?
Every one of those pictures is just beautiful and you are absolutely right!
This may be the closest I get to a frosty christmas. Thanks for posting the pictures~ it is beautiful!
Gorgeous photos! Snow always make everything look good, doesnt it?
What a lovely winter wonderland! The table photo is my favorite. It looks like a fancy cookie. Cindy at Rosehaven Cottage
For me Mother Nature does not exist. It's GOD! He makes all wonderful!
Beautiful photos. Our snow total is up to 33 inches already and it's not even winter yet! The snow pics may not be quite so enchanting a few months from now. "-)
Great photographs. I love the trees outlined with snow or ice! The decorative grate is so lovely too. Merry Christmas! Stephanie
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