New Year's Eve Snowstorm!

The only thing that looks alive in the garden is Beth's tree! I tried to snap a picture of a Cardinal sitting in the branches, but it flew away.

The Sun After the Storm!

Can you find the little squirrel enjoying the sun after the snowstorm???

Cardinal

My favorite...the Cardinal, came to the feeder during the heavy snowstorm.

We kept the bird feeders full during the storm, and were rewarded by watching all the birds come to the feeders.

Can you see a rabbit in there???

Mysterious footprints!

Maybe it's a rabbit. I'll have to make my husband stand watch with a camera to snap a photo of the little critter! LOL!

BURIED UNDER THE SNOW!

The garden is somewhere under that snow ... and I think a little creature is living under Beth's tree, there are footprints all around it!

BETH'S TREE!

About 20 years ago my daughter Beth brought this tree home from school on Arbor Day. It was in a paper cup and was a seedling about 1/2 inch big! We planted this itty bitty tree in the yard and put a small fence around it to protect it from the lawn mower. Over the years it kept growing and now it is about 40 feet tall and still growing! This yard is almost all ledge so this little tree deserves a lot of credit for growing this tall! I always wonder what happened to the other seedlings that Beth's classmates brought home that day...is this the only survivor?? It sits in a corner of my shady garden and always looks beautiful when the snow first falls on it.

WHAT IS THIS WHITE STUFF???

It's the FIRST SNOW!! The little shady Salem garden is covered with snow!

Birthday flowers!

Goodbye leaves

Goodbye pretty flower, til we meet again.

Where Have All The Flowers Gone?

AUTUMN LEAVES

Here is a picture of the leaves that fell off my tree. If you walk through them, it comes up almost to your knees and the garden is buried somewhere under there!

Grasshopper

Here is a shot of the "cute" or if you prefer "ugly" grasshopper.

WHERE ARE THE POTS??

The garden is now like "Where's Waldo" .... can you find the flower pots?? There are at least 7!

COLEUS

This coleus survived the rains! Coleus have no blossoms, just pretty colored leaves.I have moved flowering potted plants from my deck into the garden to give it some color. I'll be posting some photos of the "new potted plant garden." Please let me know what you think.

NASTURTIUM

This is a nasturtium, that I grew from seed....truly amazing that it actually GREW!

RAINED OUT!

Look at what's left of this pathetic little flower after the rains!

GOLDFINCH!

I posted my husband at the bird-feeder with the camera on a tripod to get the picture of this cute little Goldfinch. Look carefully, the little bird is the same color as the feeder!