Dotty's Shutterbug Spectacle

12/31/2024

Winter doesn't stop the gardening magic! Join me as I bring my tropical fruit trees and garden favorites indoors to keep them thriving during the colder months. From nurturing Cavendish bananas and pineapple pups to giving my ginger and pomegranates a cozy winter home, I’ll show you how I’m winterizing these plants to ensure a successful growing season ahead

Winter doesn’t stop the gardening magic! Join me as I bring my tropical fruit trees and garden favorites indoors to keep them thriving during the colder mont...

06/12/2022

This is so therapeutic watching the birds take their baths in hot summer days.

05/29/2022

Spring time - maximum performance from all around. Provides plentiful sustenance...

05/29/2022

There is no time like Spring,

When life’s alive in everything,

Before new nestlings sing,

Before cleft swallows speed their journey back

Along the trackless track –

God guides their wing,

He spreads their table that they nothing lack, –

Before the daisy grows a common flower

Before the sun has power

To scorch the world up in his noontide hour.

(An excerpt from "Spring", by Christina Rossetti)

05/29/2022

These adorable Begonia blooms brightening the entrance to my humble abode this year. It's continuous array of blooms throughout the Spring is inviting to guest.

02/26/2022

The calm after the Storm. My lens captured what was left after the meltdown!

10/10/2021

Roselle, aka Jamaican Sorrel, Hibiscus... The center piece of my garden this fall!

10/09/2021

Patience has taught me persistence. It took me a long time growing the top from this store bought pineapple. Long time goals makes us realize that success will come to those who keep trying. 'Pineapple Hope' has spoken!

08/05/2021

Swiss Chard in full swing...

08/05/2021

This is my Pineapple Hope that I started from a store bough pineapple head.

08/03/2021

This bird could not be anymore popular. It's orange breasts and upright postures shows just how proud the Robin is. State Bird of three States (Michigan, Wisconsin, and Connecticut). Robins can be seen in my garden year round foraging for food.

08/02/2021

At the entrance to my garden is this trellis draped with vines of morning glory. It's spectacular blooms of heavenly blue, ... blooms that brighten the garden.