ablaze Spring in full sway, when dandelions peep low to call in drowsy pollinators. Twenty nine blazes, scatter-shots grass bright with yellow on green flag. Unfurled spirit, nature’s patriot foundation, under scant pear blossoms. Pale demure ruffles tiptoe branches where robin, dove, and chickadee pause. Michelle (aka Mish) is today’s host of dVerse’ Quadrille Monday….
Category: flora
dVerse OLN 360 The Botany of Desire
succulents and fernseach pretty in their own wayoffering themselves While out running errands I decided to take a run to the now-open-for-the-season mega greenhouse store. It would take hours to photograph every area of the place, so I focused on a few kinds of plant while searching for a plant tray, a pothos, and…
ikebana (tanka)
with ikebana crystal moment magnified all else stripped away past and present disengaged tomorrow’s death unconceived ikebana defined Note: this arrangement was on a counter near the coat racks at FMG this past Tuesday. There are always beautiful arrangements there. Not that coat racks aren’t pretty, but I finally figured out how to use the…
The Oracle Speaks — fluffy
One said do use life to fluff those frantic days as if you could soar like peach petals on sky; languid, honey sweet garden dress, sleepy, lovely spring goddess. play magnet poetry here Question: has anyone been having trouble with scheduling posts but they don’t post as scheduled? This is the 2nd time it has…
24 SSPC 29 (2nd week) — Clear and Bright (April 4 – 18) Seimei and dVerse OLN 360
spring mystery catkins, how do you purr, make your fur, silky-soft red, a firework magnet, a spring vortex, pull in? winter’s final gift new path among old woods bright glory-of-the-snow among fallen dry beech sing spring’s fresh song today spring’s first feast wind’s grace through its absence, first cherry blossoms rest, graceful white petals, cupped…
Doodads — pics from March and April, yard and fmg
This is a hodgepodge of pics from last month and up to today. Be ready for a fun video and a special surprise at the end. On 3/23, I saw Pudgy Possum out in the daytime. And now the special guest:
dawn redwood update
Remember those adorable dawn redwood from last year? At the end of last summer, when it was so scorching out, their leaves turned brown and I thought they were dead. It was heart-rending to see, and the guilt! If only I’d taken better care of them! Last week, Cari Draft, my fitness guru, messaged me…
