Raven Ridge Gardens

Stay alert. Walk with your eyes wide open.  Tiny bits of color are everywhere. Even in January. © Copyr...

Reaching out to my blogger friends who may know the name of this rose. It has the habit of a climber although I keep it pruned to a ...

Celebrating mid-winter with the first Rhodie blooms of the year. On February 3rd, a rather ragged-looking swallow buzzed the eaves o...

Trumpeting Spring!  Sweetly scented, too. That's all. © Copyright 2006-2017, Raven Ridge Gardens . All rights reserved.

It's been quite a while since I've posted here. So much rain and cold weather in our corner of the world has kept me from ventu...

Deeply shaded by redwoods, huckleberry bushes and alders, an old fallen log is covered with myriad types of mosses and lichen, a small pi...

I was going to save this photo for Halloween but couldn't wait.  Just look at the markings on this orb weaver!  Look carefully and y...

The Hallowe'en month of October seems to be my month for discovering spiders.  And I've got a few photos coming that I took befor...

Hooray!  In keeping with the season:  The orb weavers seem to be returning in greater numbers than I've seen in the last few years. ...

Another example of the driftwood, large tree roots, and branches that wash onto our Pacific coast beaches. Photo taken last March 2...