Urban Oasis

No, this is not a soft serve ice cream cone. With apologies to Dr. Freud, there are sometimes where a hibiscus bud is just a hibiscus bud, ...

Tonight we have another one of Fernymoss' discoveries from when he ventured out on August 5 with the camera ... this cute lil one is a ...

A while back, a lot of my fellow garden bloggers dedicated posts to the Garden Whimsy in their gardens, so this is a very belated, and rathe...

As regular visitors know by now, recently I've been allluding to Punkenstein , our inadvertent pumpkin ...

Though I was cooped up again today working furiously (I'm having a busy time again for a while), Fernymoss had the day off, and since th...

I hate to admit it, but we just had another weekend where next to nothing got done outside in the garden (very guilt inducing of course), bu...

I mentioned yesterday that I should probably do a post on how things have changed here over the years at Casa y Jardín IVG, and several of y...

I took these shots a while back (July 13, I think?) one weekend afternoon while taking a break from weeding ... on one of the last few reall...

It seems only fitting that some of our fieriest flowers really get going during one of the hottest months of the year around here, so tonigh...

In this photo taken July 17, this Trillium is still looking pretty perky for mid-July and another recent spate of punishing heat and heavy ...

Liatris spicata , is for many (or at least should be!) a foundational staple plant for gardeners interested in midwestern prairie natives, a...

Here's a shot (taken on July 17, 2008) facing East into the Ligularia planting where they are surrounded by the hollies, ferns and oth...

I'm sure by now just about everyone has heard (or seen soundbites) the stirring and sweeping speech that Barack Obama delivered today t...

I liked this nice macro I got of the emerging bloomhead, on which the buds are almost prettier than the actual flowers ... (Photos taken Jul...

Late night doggie cuteness on display. Pepa being vigilant on Saturday when we were taking a break from our work out front ... A squinny (I...

Tonight I thought I'd highlight the lovely, yet dreaded Heliopsis helianthoides, aka 'Ox Eye Sunflower,' which has become a pre...

Tonight we have a bit of a potpourri of shots from Saturday and Sunday at Casa IVG ... I don't really have an organized theme here, but...