I already spend too much money on plants, but I couldn’t resist this shade-loving pot of annuals for the front of the house. Sorry for late posting but damn this week kicked my butt every which-way. Slept until noon, which is unexcusable, but it is what it is. These are pics from fmg on Tuesday…
Category: flora
The Oracle Speaks: The Botany of Desire Part 2
to a beeeach plant isa meadow, dripping dew;drenched petalsfield to harvest.tender wildflowerengorge in season
Friday Favorite Feature 35 — plants and music, “Paramjit’s Sonnet,” by Leaf Rapids
Current pictures from fmg. Older son is on vaca so he was able to join in as well. It’s the first time he saw his niece feeding the koi at the waterfall. Remember that pretty yellow iris from TankaTuesday poem? The night of the day I took the pic someone/something snapped the stalk. I brought…
dVerse — Haibun Monday — eternal landscapes
Eternal Landscapes I remember everything in my grandparents’ yard, from towering hundred years’ oak to a field of lily-of-the-valley. Oriental poppy and fuschia-hued peonies reached for the sun along the property line rough brick fence. Rose of Sharon to the left side of many-windowed front room. Behind them, in the shade of pines, a stump…
Doodads — Saturday Stroll in and out 051824
First pic is of the dawn redwood, now a year old. I learned that they have leaves that look like evergreens but they drop them in the fall, like larch. The tallest one, you can see the bright green on the stem/trunk which is the new growth this year. I also planted some seeds from…
Friday Favorite Feature 34 — fmg 050724
Since it’s been so busy I’ve been behind in posting, reading, and processing pics taken. I went through the pics from 050724 yesterday while taking breaks in working in the yard. As you will begin to see, I share pics of Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park (fmg) often but you will rarely see repeats,…
Doodads — witch hazel, prickly pear, and more
Friday and Saturday were spent mowing, trimming, and hauling bricks to the middle of the yard to build a foundation for the Amish-made lighthouse that has replaced the eroding, ant-infested wishing well my stepfather built for me many moons ago. When the wood-shingled roof of it fell off last fall, a plan to replace emerged. …
