Royal Sisterhood In aerial mines of manna, probosces probe goldenrod profusion. Humming along fencelines, tigered she-workers, suspent by unstained glass wings, harvest nuggets in baskets; after, on repeat, they bend for home. When cooling breeze calls tired sisters, beelines converge en route to their royal abode. “Bee and Goldenrod” photo by Ted I am today’s…
Category: flora
(update with Democracy Now! video) Doodads — graffiti and new flora
On the bike ride on Wednesday I took some pics of the graffiti in the tunnel we rode in under the highway. Interested in knowing how you feel about graffiti. Art? Vandalism? Both? I also found a couple of unidentified flora in the yard. The arrowwood berries are enjoyed by critters and are also edible…
dVerse — Q205 — Quadrille to Sulfur Cosmos
Sulfur cosmos, bright constellationed suns, call to bees’, butterflies’, hums’ of hunger to slake on pollenous, nectared sums.They give, even through rainstorms, until their now-husked offers have no more. Spent, sparse, dark brown spikes callme, beg to be jarred until spring church. De Jackson (aka whimsygizmo) is today’s host of dVerse’ Quadrille Monday. De wants…
Friday Favorite Feature 41 — fmg inside
These pics were all taken on 073024. As I was driving to GR, son texted that an accident on 96 had a major traffic snarl, so I exited at Alpine to Leonard and Leonard to East Beltline. It took close to an hour longer to get there with so much traffic climbing off the highway…
24 SSPC 44 — (1st week) Sweltering Heat (0722 – 0806) Taisho 大暑 — Dodoitsu series
lotus stem topples like tree translucence rests on water bridge between heaven and earth dragonfly drowses joe pye and bee balm arise, fragrantly mesmerizing pollinator receptors to twitching magnets red hot sun plays hide and seek after surprise thunderstorm glimpse grandfather behind pine coolly run away kigo used: dragonfly drowses, full blossoming wildflowers, hot red…
Doodads — stragglers from past week
Lots of indoor and outdoor activities are keeping me away from the keyboard. It’s about halfway through the 2024 Poetry Postcard Festival, where I’m writing 33+ poems and mailing them out to the folks on my list, plus sending more out to blogmates. I try to write one every morning with first cuppajoe. Some days…
John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids, MI
Squirrels and chipmunks are the unofficial mascots of the place. I thought this bin-robbing squirrel was hilarious. According to their website, the zoo has existed since 1891. I went there as a child and as a young adult, and my kids have gone there on school field trips, but it’s been a good 30 years…
Tao Talk 