Campus color

I take the campus colors for granted, but have started carrying a camera around with me.

Ivy outside campus store.
campus color

Libe Slope looking south.
campus color

Libe slope looking north.
campus color

My favorite tree on the slope. I actually took this a few years ago, but it looked exactly the same today.
campus color

Grass, Minns Garden.
campus color

Hidden garden outside Plant Science.
campus color

Dogwood outside Plant Science.
campus color

Japanese maple outside Plant Science.
campus color

Closer.
campus color

And of course, more anemones in the Hidden Garden.
campus color

campus color

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Frost-edged (Lotsa pix)

We had our first hard frost last night. (28F on the porch thermometer.) That makes for a busy morning with the camera before and shortly after sunrise.

Asian pear in the veggie garden.
2008 frost

Bottle tree and phlomis seedheads.
2008 frost

Curly willow.
2008 frost

Filipendula leaves.
2008 frost

Filipendula seedhead.
2008 frost

Grasses.
2008 frost

Joe pie weed.
2008 frost

Unknown tree in the nursery bed.
2008 frost

Molinia and Joe-pie weed.
2008 frost

Monarda seedhead.
2008 frost

Monkshood.
2008 frost

Pitcher plant
2008 frost

Ornamental grass.
2008 frost

Dwarf filipendula and heuchera. Lotsa shake. (It was still pretty dark out.) But kinda cool.
2008 frost

Veggie garden. (Rye cover crops, mulched garlic.)
2008 frost

Viburnum.
2008 frost

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Weekend pix – Grassy border, sumac, labyrinth

Quick picture purge, mostly of the grassy border yesterday …

grassy border

grassy border

grassy border

Volunteer sumac. Never had much luck with the cutleaf variety. But I’ll settle for the species. They’re a lot cheaper ;-7
sumac

A second flower bulb labyrinth went in at Bluegrass Lane last week. Here is a high-angle shot of construction, courtesy of Bob Chiang, Landmark Images.
high angle labyrinth construction
More of Bob’s high angle shots of labyrinth construction.

Ground-level shot of finished labyrinth.
sumac

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