Neighbors

Fall Iris

 Williamsburg garden

Flames

Colonial Williamsburg garden

Homegrown

Meanwhile, in our gardens back here in Colonial Williamsburg  . . .

 

Pond

Frelinghuysen Arboretum

Morristown, New Jersey

Hydrangea

Mount Sugarloaf

Deerfield, Massachusetts

Torch Lily

Mount Sugarloaf

Deerfield, Massachusetts

There's a small garden being lovingly maintained next to the tower on Mount Sugarloaf's summit. 

Parting Shot

 

Smith College

Northampton, Massachusetts

Landscape Architecture

Smith College

Northampton, Massachusetts

My compliments to the landscape architects who are helping make the Smith College campus an exceptionally attractive as well as environmentally friendly place to work and study.

Variety

Smith College Botanic Garden

Northampton, Massachusetts

Greenhouse

 

Smith College Botanic Garden

Northampton, Massachusetts

Linking again with Skywatch Friday.

Cape Jasmine

Cape Jasmine

Smith College Botanic Garden

Northampton, Massachusetts

Rewards

Took the Tower Road coming down from Mount Toby's summit, which had its own rewards. The first was finding this Indian Pipe (above) growing along the side of the road. Another was this Flowering Raspberry (below).

Wentworth Farm

Lilium

 Linking again today with Skywatch Friday.

Swallowtail

Sunflower

Cardoon

Linking again today to Skywatch Friday.

Summer Solstice

According to the National Weather Service, the summer solstice will occur today at 4:51 p.m. Eastern time. This is the moment during the day when the sun reaches its most northern point in the sky during the year.

Happy Father's Day!