Category: flora

Petite Pointe Au Sable Lighthouse (and a few flowers)

These were all taken on June 1, 2021.  All pictures can go full size if you click on their caption links. I took a video out there and added a soundtrack because the wind and the screams of a little kid chasing gulls was not pleasant.

Doodads — flowers in the rain

It’s been beautiful most of the week, sunny and warm.  There was a brief thunderstorm at the beginning of the week.  Wednesday night it rained by cleared by morning.  Later yesterday afternoon it became overcast again and rain began to fall.  Afraid of possible overnight frost with the temperature drop I went out to cover…

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dVerse Haibun Monday and Haikai Challenge 191: Flower Moon

This Spring, in addition to bluebirds nesting in one of their boxes, there are two pair of ducks and a pair of sandhill cranes nesting along the ponds out back. I’ve seen the ducks take flight on my walks. The cranes have strategically placed their nest in an area that is now impassable due to…

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Doodads — yard stroll 050821 (updated on 5/11/21)

It’s overcast today and cold enough to need my coat.  The plants are doing well in the yard but we need more rain and more sun to urge them into gear.  Even if not blooming they are beautiful!  Green is so much better than bare and grey. This Achillea plant was brand new last year. …

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dVerse — OLN 291 — Spring slimverse series 042821

I’m frilly, perched with my sisters — songs for the bees. Beauty taunts, but beware: she can take your liver. Leaves too grand for compost; stalks so good – yummy pie! Shrinking, I hide in grass but smile for cameras. Note:  if you click on the link to the photos it will take you to…

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