 Betula papyrifera on the Hillside at Sunrise
After a light and lovely winter, spring has come early to Vermont this year. I went on two site visits this week and have begun work on my first garden design plans of 2016. Hard to believe it’s still early March.
Hello again. It’s been a long while since my last blog post and even longer since I set foot in my own garden. I’ve been busy, and quite happily so, with my painting career. But my sabbatical has ended and this year, I plan to return to garden and landscape design on a part-time basis. Just a few projects and maybe a couple of workshops here and there. A little writing. A little picture making. Hopefully, somewhere along the line, I will find a good balance between art and design.
Tonight, it’s time to reset the clocks. Daylight Saving Time begins. Soon we’ll be springing forward to a fresh new season. Are you ready?
 Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Arnold’s Promise’ in the Garden this WeekÂ
 Phalaenopsis Orchid on the Windowsill
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Dress by Agapanthus, ‘Lily of the Nile’ © Michaela TGE
As worn by ethereal Rachel McAdams © Steve Gratnitz/Wireimage via Yahoo.com
The great Bard Shakespeare once wrote that “all the world’s a stage”. Well, the thought certainly crossed my mind today as I worked, surrounded by hundreds of surreal beauties inhabiting a small greenhouse temporarily under my care. Last night’s Academy Awards ceremony was attended by some of the most beautifully dressed women in the world, yet none more spectacular than the least of the lovely ladies I encountered in the conservatory today.
So as the watering wand drifted from delicate bud to flamboyant blossom, my inner paparazzo got the best of me. Snap. Snap. Snap. At each and every turn I spotted a starlet resembling one I remembered from the night before. Look there’s Demi’s dress! Oh my God, that must be Helen Mirren’s silver gown. Aisle after aisle, it was a breathless whirlwind of divas and ingenues; with diamond dewdrops-a-sparkling and heady perfume filling the air. What a rush. Best dressed? Why, I simply can not decide. They are all beauties to my eye. So you be the judge. Who is the winner here? And who did I miss as I spun my star-struck head this way and that?
Dress by Pelargonium filifolium © Michaela TGE
As worn by delicate beauty Zoe Kravitz © Steve Granitz/Wireimage via Yahoo.com
Dress by Fuchsia ‘Angel’s Kiss’ © Michaela TGE
As worn by the stunning Queen Latifa © Steve Granitz/Wireimage via Yahoo.com
Silvery dress by Kalachoe pumila © Michaela TGE
As worn by elegant Helen Mirren © Jason Merritt/ Getty via Yahoo.com
Gorgeous ruffled gown by Begonia panasoffkee © Michaela TGE
As worn by ever fabulous Demi Moore © John Shearer/Getty Images via Yahoo.com
Dress by Impatiens namchabarwensis © Michaela TGE
As worn by alluring Mo’Nique © Kevin Mazur/Wireimage via Yahoo.com
Dress by Amaryllis ‘Ema’s Grans’ © Michaela TGE
As worn by radiant Jane Seymour © Frazer Harrison/Getty via Yahoo.com
Dress by Streptocarpus ‘Black panther’ © Michaela TGE
As worn by the mysterious Kristin Stewart © Steve Grantiz/Wireimage via Yahoo.com
Dress by Phalenopsis, The Moth Orchid © Michaela TGE
As worn by the exquisite Meryl Streep © Jason Merritt/Getty Images via Yahoo.com
Dress by Dahlia ‘Karma Choc’ image via White Flower Farm
As worn by ravishing Penelope Cruz © Frazer Harrison/Getty Images via Yahoo.com
Dress, (detail), by Begonia parviflora © Michaela TGE
As worn by triumphant beauty Sandra Bullock © Jason Merritt/Getty Images via Yahoo.com
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