Scanner art by Craig Cramer, gardening & more
Garden art, PhotoShopped images, etc.
Hat tip as usual to Carol at May Dreams Garden for hosting. More to scan than time to scan it, but here are a couple. Click on images for larger view.
Nectaroscordum siculum ssp. bulgaricum, Tradescantia, Euphorbia griffithii ‘Fireglow’, chives, columbine, lunaria.
Geranium renardii “Nätnävaâ€, Veronica ‘Royal Candles’, knautia, peony, various irises.
Fred’s stones
Today I stumbled across two postings on French blogs based on posts I’ve made:
My good friend Delphine at Paradise Express posted pix of the new gate at Minns Garden in Doran Van Doren chez Craig
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And Marie-Monique posted about her favorite bloom day scans at Art-Monie. (Still life by Gerard Fally at right is from one of her recent posts.)
Both blogs are visually stunning and inspirational. Check them out when you are in the mood for some eye candy.
Better late than never. No lull in the action here. Thanks to Carol at May Dreams Garden for hosting.
Late tulips …
Other late spring bulbs, including cammasia and leucojum ,,,
Primroses (and a little lily of the valley) …
And the rest of the late spring blooms …
Last May, I posted about a fabulous floral gate installed by blacksmith/metal artist Durand Van Doren in Minns Garden outside my office. Today, he finished up the job installing two more gates, one with an apple theme.
The arch echoes the living apple arches in the garden …
Close observers will notice seven famous apples among the branches. The first needs no introduction. Maybe you can guess the others?
There’s the apple for the teacher, complete with bookworm.
William Tell’s apple …
Sleeping Beauty’s poison apple …
Newton’s apple (which I wish Durand had suspended halfway to the ground) …
Johnny Appleseed’s apple with seeds exposed …
And for our downstate friends, The Big Apple.
Durand also worked in anatomically correct details of different life stages including flowers …
And immature fruit …
Watching Durand and his competent crew at work was a lot of fun. Durand cut away the transport frame …
The crew manuvered the arch into place …
And added finishing touches.
Even the ground plate has artsy details.
There’s lots of bench space at Minns Garden. Stop by and enjoy the flowers, the trees and Durand’s gates.
The flower bulb labyrinth created by Dr. Bill Miller’s herbaceous perennial course students last fall is looking good this spring.
The labyrinth is planted with a mix of daffodils, tulips and grape hyacinth to provide a relatively long bloom season for the spring-flowering bulbs.
Of course, the whole idea is to follow the winding path through the flowers to the center, then back out again. This high angle image (used with permission) was shot by Bob Chiang, Landmark Images, using a camera he mounts on a 30-foot pole. Here are more images Bob shot of the construction last fall and the flowering labyrinth this spring.
And here’s a youngster skipping her way to the center.
‘First-person’ video to the center.
More details, images and video at the Cornell flower bulb labyrinth webpage.
How to build a labyrinth at The Bulb Project website.