Deep Purple (III) album cover (from Hieroynmous Bosch) “April” is a song from the eponymous 3rd studio album, Deep Purple, also referred to as Deep Purple III, by the English rock band Deep Purple, released in June 1969 on Tetragrammaton Records in the United States and only in September 1969 on Harvest Records in the United Kingdom. Its release was preceded…
A2Z 2025 — Day 7 — Ginkgo, Grapes, Groundcover, and Gargoyle
Ginkgo There are 3 small ginkgo out in the back field that I started from seed. They’ve never really taken off and it may be too wet and the deer may have nibbled one too many times. I do have one beauty that I bought from a local nursery that is really starting to thrive …
Esther Chilton’s “Laughing Along with a Limerick” — Flim-Flam Cheeto
image source link Flim-Flam Cheeto There is an orange cheeto flam-flimDestroying the world on a whimThe tariff’s are jumpingThe stocks they be dumpingHe snatches them up with grim grin. Esther Chilton says: Happy new week! Here’s a fresh limerick challenge for you – your new word is: GRIM
dVerse Q221 — Arrival
ArrivalEach arrival you push yournull rival away, timing right;call far, bring birdsong;hew dull brown to green;awake asleep; dandelionsnavigate lion winds; puffstessellate landscape tomatch cloud-patched sky.Energized, we frolic, ournetherworld forgotten; youtreasure, Sacred You, Spring! De Jackson (aka WhimsyGizmo) is today’s host of dVerse’ Quadrille Monday. De would like us to write a 44-word poem using the…
A2Z 2025 — Day 6 — Froggies!
Looks like I picked a good color scheme for the Celtic letter F, as it matches with one (or more) of the froggies. You may or may not know it, but I collect frogs. They are zen masters of transformation, and they sing so pretty. I’ve already heard spring peepers on a warmer day we…
#SLS — “Black,” by Pearl Jam
Cover of 1991 promotional single “Black” by Pearl Jam Any member of the Jamily (Pearl Jam Devotees) must consider “Black” to be in their list of top PJ songs. It’s like having a favorite Bible verse for Christians. It is essential PJ listening. Anyone in the Jamily knows the song is about lead singer’s, Eddie…
A2Z 2025 — Day 5 — Echinacea and Euonymous
Euonymous Euonymous grows in the front of the house, one in front of each window and one in between the windows. It’s a lush plant that grows very well and needs regular pruning. It’s green until fall, when its leaves turn red like you see in the pic, which was taken at the end of…
