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…
Category: flora
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…
blossom and moth
The third and final prickly pear cactus blossom. Looks like there might be three pears to harvest this year. Also, there is a new resident living in the carport. Came out one day and she was resting on the car window. I shooed her away. She stayed.
Friday Favorite Feature 40 — fmg
All of the pictures included in today’s post were taken Tuesday on our family gather at fmg. The new FFF banner is a sculpture by artist Jim Dine and is one of my granddaughter’s favorites.
Tao-Talk 