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Summer Upon Us

May 21, 2017 by Ogee

Everybody in the pool! The dog days of summer are upon us. We’re getting a taste this weekend of what promises to be a long hot summer. In the morning, everyone is busy trying to get in their work, play – and tussles before the heat calls for a long, lazy nap. The good news: as the thermometer brushes 100-degrees, the searing sun kills the black spot fungus spores that have invaded our roses. Never before have we been faced […]

Categories: Dog Rescue, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Nature Photography • Tags: Dog Days of Summer, Dragonfly, Garden Photography, Golden Retrievers at Play, Hummingbirds Fighting, Love in a Mist, Nature Photography, Summer Garden

When All Is New Again

April 23, 2017 by Ogee

“April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.” ~William Shakespeare The garden in April is both young and old. New friends appear… Old friends are reborn. The season was never over. It was just waiting for us to find it again. From cold ground covered in earth and leaves, springs forth our long-lost friends looking new and refreshed; ready to write another season – another chapter in our garden’s journey. “Age is opportunity no less, Than youth itself, though […]

Categories: Dog Rescue, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: Bearded Iris, dog rescue, Garden Photography, Gardens Golden Retrievers, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Spring Garden

Drinking up the Garden

November 3, 2016 by Ogee

The garden is overflowing with petals produced by the rain, and the little creatures who feast on them.

Categories: Nature Photography, Photography • Tags: Bees, Butterfly, Fall Garden, Garden Photography, Gardens Golden Retrievers

After the Rain

October 30, 2016 by Ogee

After the rain… and before the deluge… moments of beauty – the company of dogs, filthy, muddy play, and a banner weekend for getting dogs home. There were absolutely no appointments on the board when I arrived early Saturday morning, and then they came, one by one. Thankfully, we had a full complement of adoption counselors on hand because – by the end of the day – eight dogs had found their forever families. In this mix is a very […]

Categories: Pets, Photography, Rescue • Tags: Dog adoptions, Garden Photography, Gardens Goldens Fall, golden retriever rescue, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue

Hint of Fall

September 22, 2016 by Ogee

The Aster knows what the forecast denies: autumn is coming. Eventually.

Categories: Nature, Photography • Tags: Asters, Autumnal Equinox, Fall, Garden Photography, Nature

Signs of Summer

June 3, 2016 by Ogee

Along with 100-degree temperatures are the season’s latest arrivals: Matilda Poppy, Hollyhock, Coneflower, Lantana, Coreopsis, Daylily, And very busy bees. 🙂

Categories: Gardening • Tags: Coneflower, Coreopsis, Daylily, Flower Photography, Garden Photography, Hollyhock, Lantana, Matilda Poppy, Summer Flowers

Bing’s Cinderella Hour

May 29, 2016 by Ogee

As the summer heat sets in, I prefer to work the garden in the early evening whenever possible. The Delta Breeze blows lightly to cool the valley, and the setting sun saturates color and creates little jewels through the lens. “The pale stars were sliding into their places. The whispering of the leaves was almost hushed. All about them it was still and shadowy and sweet. It was that wonderful moment when, for lack of a visible horizon, the not […]

Categories: Dog Rescue, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: dog rescue, Garden at sunset, Garden Photography, Gardens Golden Retrievers, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Photography, Taiwan Dog

Purpose for The Day

January 21, 2016 by Ogee

“I sit in my garden, gazing upon a beauty that cannot gaze upon itself. And I find sufficient purpose for my day.” ~ Robert Brault

Categories: Photography • Tags: Camellia, Garden Photography, Gardens Goldens, Hummingbird, Nature Photography

A Day of Solitude

January 17, 2016 by Ogee

“You need a village, if only for the pleasure of leaving it.” ~ Casare Paves The rescue is my village – and often my haven. But between my day job and my volunteer work for the rescue evenings and weekends, I was reminded that it I have been working seven day weeks for a very long time. We’ve had some joyous times recently – and some very difficult ones. I woke up very much feeling under the weather: mentally- more […]

Categories: Gardening • Tags: Garden Photography, Gardens Goldens, Nature Photography, Pearl Buck Quotes, Solitude