Elderberry Acres
@papyrusgardens.bsky.social
Retired and enjoying artwork, beekeeping and organic gardening. Certified Wildlife Habitat and Chickens!
Happy Caterday ❤️ from these two ✌️
November 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Happy Caterday ❤️ from these two ✌️
It's been a long haul with the chicks, but this morning, I got my first blue egg from an Amercauna Hen ❤️ Grateful 🙌
October 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It's been a long haul with the chicks, but this morning, I got my first blue egg from an Amercauna Hen ❤️ Grateful 🙌
With all the craziness at hand, don't forget self care. Stay strong ✌️
October 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
With all the craziness at hand, don't forget self care. Stay strong ✌️
Nice to get outside for hours of gardening today! The Hibiscus is great this season, providing lots of fresh tea this winter. Summer days and fall nights have brought a second lavender bloom, and the minature roses are going strong. It's my favorite time of year 💚
September 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Nice to get outside for hours of gardening today! The Hibiscus is great this season, providing lots of fresh tea this winter. Summer days and fall nights have brought a second lavender bloom, and the minature roses are going strong. It's my favorite time of year 💚
Got outside to weed around my minature roses and found a tiny blossom and bud. ❤️ Gardening always gives me Hope. 🙌
September 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Got outside to weed around my minature roses and found a tiny blossom and bud. ❤️ Gardening always gives me Hope. 🙌
It's a great Caterday when my Guard Cat waits for me ❤️ He's impatient for treats and pets! ✌️
September 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
It's a great Caterday when my Guard Cat waits for me ❤️ He's impatient for treats and pets! ✌️
Beautiful Michigan day to appreciate Frog visitors and pollinators. Black Eyed Susan's are puddles of sunshine all over the yard 💚 My minature roses are still giving beauty, even though they are just a thumbnail size!
August 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Beautiful Michigan day to appreciate Frog visitors and pollinators. Black Eyed Susan's are puddles of sunshine all over the yard 💚 My minature roses are still giving beauty, even though they are just a thumbnail size!
FAVORITE summer snacking on these Spoon Tomatoes 🍅 because a whole dozen fit in a tablespoon! Munching while picking and weeding 😉
August 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
FAVORITE summer snacking on these Spoon Tomatoes 🍅 because a whole dozen fit in a tablespoon! Munching while picking and weeding 😉
Bumblebees on Joe Pye. Now that an endangered Rusty Patch Bumblebee was found in northern Michigan, I don't feel like I'm wasting time searching for them! Over a dozen at a time yesterday to watch ❤️ It's a great season for pollinators around here!
August 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Bumblebees on Joe Pye. Now that an endangered Rusty Patch Bumblebee was found in northern Michigan, I don't feel like I'm wasting time searching for them! Over a dozen at a time yesterday to watch ❤️ It's a great season for pollinators around here!
Sturgeon Moon isn't full yet, but I love it when Mother Moon checks in on me 💚
August 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Sturgeon Moon isn't full yet, but I love it when Mother Moon checks in on me 💚
Hanging out with pollinators for a peaceful afternoon ✨️ ✌️ May you find peace in your day.
August 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Hanging out with pollinators for a peaceful afternoon ✨️ ✌️ May you find peace in your day.
Was nice to get out and have a small garden tour yesterday. Heat index of 106-110° have kept me inside too much! A very hardy garden phlox, minature roses and visitor Bumblebees. The back field has successfully grown a beautiful patch of native Bergamot (bee balm).
July 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Was nice to get out and have a small garden tour yesterday. Heat index of 106-110° have kept me inside too much! A very hardy garden phlox, minature roses and visitor Bumblebees. The back field has successfully grown a beautiful patch of native Bergamot (bee balm).
Harvested first few tomatoes and zucchini! Here comes the harvest! Looking forward to cooler days to bake some bread and canning ahead 😋
July 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Harvested first few tomatoes and zucchini! Here comes the harvest! Looking forward to cooler days to bake some bread and canning ahead 😋
Grateful for a big harvest from the new beehives 🐝 Ten frames ! Stocking up ❤️ ✌️
July 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Grateful for a big harvest from the new beehives 🐝 Ten frames ! Stocking up ❤️ ✌️
A Viceroy butterfly is my morning Blessing 🙌 Great start to the day ✌️
July 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A Viceroy butterfly is my morning Blessing 🙌 Great start to the day ✌️
Have you heard?
July 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Have you heard?
Always grateful to start a morning with a special visitor ❤️ This is his 2nd year I believe. It's a Blessing 🙌 to watch him grow up.
July 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Always grateful to start a morning with a special visitor ❤️ This is his 2nd year I believe. It's a Blessing 🙌 to watch him grow up.
Great distraction and good news to escape the political nightmare r.n. Just got accepted in a big Art Fest show after portfolio submission. Looking forward to a busy month painting and getting ready! Grateful!
July 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Great distraction and good news to escape the political nightmare r.n. Just got accepted in a big Art Fest show after portfolio submission. Looking forward to a busy month painting and getting ready! Grateful!
This morning to escape the ongoing nightmare politics, headed to the gardens! Tomato patch is good and FIRST fruits ❤️ Hollyhock in bloom and Borage patch is successful with the asparagus.
July 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This morning to escape the ongoing nightmare politics, headed to the gardens! Tomato patch is good and FIRST fruits ❤️ Hollyhock in bloom and Borage patch is successful with the asparagus.
This morning was cheery because the local stud stopped by to breakfast on my newly blossomed Pink roses 😆 Grateful for garden distractions while living thru the political nightmares....
July 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This morning was cheery because the local stud stopped by to breakfast on my newly blossomed Pink roses 😆 Grateful for garden distractions while living thru the political nightmares....
July! Time flies. Celebrating the scent this patch of milkweed sends every day. Waiting for. Monarchs to show up...
July 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
July! Time flies. Celebrating the scent this patch of milkweed sends every day. Waiting for. Monarchs to show up...
A morning stroll through the gardens before the heat hits (106° heat index yesterday). It can be a lot of work, but worth it 💚 ✌️
June 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A morning stroll through the gardens before the heat hits (106° heat index yesterday). It can be a lot of work, but worth it 💚 ✌️
Celebrating Summer Solstice Joys; collecting roses for crafting, dehydration and recipes 💕
June 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Celebrating Summer Solstice Joys; collecting roses for crafting, dehydration and recipes 💕
After a very rainy 12 hours, a morning visitor ❤️
June 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
After a very rainy 12 hours, a morning visitor ❤️
Just to share a couple of my favorite little hens, Bluebell and her sister Dovey. Breed is Blue Cochins (although Dove may be a Silver). The flock got frozen pea Popsicles to beat the 85° heat.
June 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Just to share a couple of my favorite little hens, Bluebell and her sister Dovey. Breed is Blue Cochins (although Dove may be a Silver). The flock got frozen pea Popsicles to beat the 85° heat.