Nature Themes Archives | Make it a Garden https://makeitagarden.com/category/writers-nook/beauty-of-nature-themes/ Creating imaginative & inviting places Sat, 23 Apr 2022 06:00:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://makeitagarden.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-miag-watering-can-32x32.png Nature Themes Archives | Make it a Garden https://makeitagarden.com/category/writers-nook/beauty-of-nature-themes/ 32 32 See Alaska’s Plants and Berries in the Fall https://makeitagarden.com/see-alaskas-plants-and-berries-in-the-fall/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=see-alaskas-plants-and-berries-in-the-fall https://makeitagarden.com/see-alaskas-plants-and-berries-in-the-fall/#respond Fri, 23 Aug 2019 16:00:18 +0000 https://makeitagarden.com/?p=2658 There’s a crispness in the air. It’s not quite cold enough to see your breath, but enough to know summer is definitely over. The leaves on the cottonwood trees are spun gold, and a pungent whiff of ripe, high bush cranberries fills your nostrils. It invigorates and energizes me. Most people love summer. Perhaps I… Continue reading See Alaska’s Plants and Berries in the Fall

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]]> https://makeitagarden.com/see-alaskas-plants-and-berries-in-the-fall/feed/ 0 2658 Meet Alaska’s Wildflowers in Summer https://makeitagarden.com/meet-alaskas-wildflowers-in-summer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=meet-alaskas-wildflowers-in-summer https://makeitagarden.com/meet-alaskas-wildflowers-in-summer/#comments Sat, 06 Jul 2019 02:52:26 +0000 https://makeitagarden.com/?p=2624 Come see what’s blooming in my yard Meet Alaska’s wildflowers in Summer. Perhaps you expected forget-me-nots in the top photo. After all, they are Alaska’s state flower. But the wild rose (prickly rose, rosa acicularis) is much more prominent throughout the state as well as around my home. You won’t have to scroll very far… Continue reading Meet Alaska’s Wildflowers in Summer

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]]> https://makeitagarden.com/meet-alaskas-wildflowers-in-summer/feed/ 8 2624 Meet Alaska’s Wildflowers in Spring https://makeitagarden.com/meet-alaskas-wildflowers-in-spring/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=meet-alaskas-wildflowers-in-spring https://makeitagarden.com/meet-alaskas-wildflowers-in-spring/#comments Sat, 25 May 2019 04:02:29 +0000 https://makeitagarden.com/?p=1971 Come see what’s in bloom around my place Nothing is more welcomed than Alaska’s wildflowers in the Spring. The season got off to a great start by showing up a little early. Here I am raking leaves in March and my mood is nothing short of ecstatic. (SEE short story “When Spring Comes Early”) Then,… Continue reading Meet Alaska’s Wildflowers in Spring

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]]> https://makeitagarden.com/meet-alaskas-wildflowers-in-spring/feed/ 2 1971 When Spring Comes Early in Alaska https://makeitagarden.com/when-spring-comes-early/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-spring-comes-early https://makeitagarden.com/when-spring-comes-early/#respond Fri, 12 Apr 2019 02:03:25 +0000 https://makeitagarden.com/?p=598 Taking delight in the changing seasons Spring came early this year. A whole month early. Reports said it was the warmest March in 30 years. Temperatures leaped into the low to mid 40’s and steady breezes vaporized the snow. The distinct drumming of woodpeckers echoed through the trees. This is the type of weather that… Continue reading When Spring Comes Early in Alaska

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