A huge rainstorm blew through Winterthur around noon today. By 2:00, I ventured out into spring. Is the March Bank still blue? Are the trees ok? What’s in bloom? Today the air was fresh, the sky full of fluffy white clouds. The sun even broke through a few times warming my shoulders. No matter what day you [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sculpture’
After the Storm
Posted in Garden, Plants, Tours, tagged beech, sculpture, Winterhazel, Winterthur Garden on April 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Redefining the Detail
Posted in Garden, tagged cistern, Hippocampus, sculpture, statuary, sundial on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This past year has been a notable one for the restoration of the garden. One of the most visible changes has been the return of architectural detail to the garden; statuary, cisterns, furniture and metalwork that were either in disrepair or no longer existing have been painstakingly restored or recreated to help us [...]
Cheruby Excitement!
Posted in Garden, tagged cherub, Reflecting Pool, sculpture on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On June 27th, just before I left for a week at the beach, I was delighted to find that the sundial in the center of the Reflecting Pool garden was being installed. What joy! What fun! What delight! Last time I saw the sculpture, seems like three years ago, the little cherubs holding up the [...]
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- In addition to winter jasmine and snowdrops; adonis amurensis, winter aconite, and leucojum are all coming into bloom. 1 week ago
- Winter jasmine, snowdrops, and witch hazels in flower - winter aconite just starting to peek out of the ground. 2 weeks ago
- Almost 60 degrees! More snowdrops pushing - daffodil and lycoris leaves starting to come up too. 1 month ago
- Snowdrops, winter jasmine, and winter honeysuckle in flower on a sunny December day. 1 month ago
- Tuberose still in flower in kids vegetable garden, Colchicum on Oak Hill, and Begonia grandis in Enchanted Woods. 4 months ago
Winterthur Weather Data- Current data summary at 2012/2/4 February 4, 2012Time of Observations: 2012/02/04 05:10:00 EST Gage Precipitation (60): 0 in Air Temperature: 34.9 deg. F Dew Point Temperature: 25.5 deg. F Wind Speed: 1.7 mph Wind Direction: 279.8 deg. (W) Barometric Pressure: 30.33 inHg Solar Radiation: 0 W.m-2 Wind Gust Speed (5): 2.2 mph at 10:09 Gage Precipitation (5): 0 in Relative humidity: 68 % Wind Chill: 34.9 deg. […]
- Current data summary at 2012/2/4 February 4, 2012
