Spring Garden | Gardens For Goldens

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

Chief’s Gratitude

April 16, 2017 by Ogee

We have been blessed and blessed and blessed. And if April showers bring May flowers…we are in for quite a show. Our five years of drought are officially over – and with the weekly rains, our gardening has been largely on hold; called on account of cold, soggy ground. Quick to forget, people naturally stopped counting our blessings and started whining, prompting one of my favorite nurseries to send out an email: “Don’t be a grumpy gardener!” To complain about […]

Categories: Dog Rescue, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: California Drought Over, Dog Rescue Story, Great Dane natural ears, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Labrador Retriever Rescue, Spring Garden

Mac-aroni’s Going Home Day

March 12, 2017 by Ogee

You don’t have to look at the garden to know that winter is giving way to spring. You can sense it. You don’t have to envision the flowers and trees in bloom. You can smell them. You don’t have to behold the sun to know that it is shining. You can experience its warmth. You don’t have to observe the birds to know their delight in fresh worms and tiny buds. You can hear them. And 10-year-old blind Mac-aroni does […]

Categories: Dog Rescue, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Nature • Tags: Blind dog, Ceanothus, Dog Adoption, dog rescue, Gardens Golden Retriever, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Spring Garden, Tulips

Of Gardens and Rescue Dogs

March 5, 2017 by Ogee

What a garden needs is time, patience, love, nurturing, hope, and room to grow. What a rescue dog needs… time, patience, nurturing, hope, and room to grow. “One of the greatest virtues of gardening is this perpetual renewal of youth and spring, of promise of flower and fruit that can always be read in the open book of the garden, by those with an eye to see, and a mind to understand.” ~ E.A. Bowles The greatest virtues of rescue […]

Categories: Dog Rescue, Gardening, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: Animal Rescue, Gardens Golden Retrievers, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Homeward Bound Memorial Garden Sacramento, Photography, Spring Garden, Tulips

Learning to Dance in the Rain

April 10, 2016 by Ogee

“A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten on the influx of better thoughts. We should be blessed if we lived in the present always, and took advantage of every accident that befell us.” ~ Henry David Thoreau By accident, fate, or by design – life took some interesting twists and turns in the last few weeks. Some sad, some scary. But one thing I’ve learned: life just happens. When the storms come – […]

Categories: Nature • Tags: April Rain, Garden in Rain, Gardens Golden Retrievers, Homeward Bound Memorial Garden Sacramento, Photography, Spring Garden, Thoreau Rain Quote

Wordless Wednesday: January?

January 26, 2016 by Ogee

Categories: Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Photography • Tags: Gardens Goldens, Nature Photography, Spring flowers, Spring Garden

Symphony of Spring

March 29, 2015 by Ogee

As the season starts to turn, it seems to happen at a snail’s pace…literally. It’s like the orchestra tuning to find that perfect pitch. Things seems to unfold in starts and fits, and we keep saying…”just wait.” And then, after an almost unbearable pause…the symphony begins. Every tree is dressed in leaves and blossoms, and every sleepy plant and creature awakens. When I am away during the week, I miss the Memorial Garden. This weekend, the return took my breath […]

Categories: Gardening, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: Garden Golden Retriever, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue, Homeward Bound Memorial Garden Sacramento, Nature Photography, Parrot Tulips, Spring Garden

Accidental Gardener

March 22, 2015 by Ogee

I am an accidental gardener. Come to think of it, I’m an accidental everything: gardener, photographer, blogger, and rescue supporter. These were not planned; I was just drawn to them and happened upon people who graciously showed me the way. A fellow blogger, Helen Johnstone of the Patient Gardener’s Weblog, shared a new book: the “First Ladies of Gardening.” Normally, a title like that would put me straight off. But I admire Helen’s blog, so I ordered it. And I’m […]

Categories: Gardening, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue • Tags: Dog Photography, dog rescue, First Ladies of Gardening, Homeward Bound Memorial Garden Sacramento, iceland poppy, Iris, Margery Fish, Redbud, Spring Garden, White Lilac

Colored Shapes of Spring

March 16, 2015 by Ogee

“Spring comes: the flowers learn their colored shapes.” ~ Maria Konopnicka The colored shapes of the spring flowers in the WPA Garden in Sacramento are so special…I had to share some here.

Categories: Gardening • Tags: Abutilon, Borage, Bulbine, Nature Photography, Spring Garden, Verbascum, WPA Garden Sacramento