Doodads — Queen Anne and Witch Hazel

Do you ever wonder why they name plants after women?  I just wondered when I saw the two flora I am including are named Queen Anne and Witch Hazel.  Anyway… the first pic is a lovely patch of lace out near the road.  It grows all over here. There is a plant that has gone…

Poetry — Late summer nature

image link Queen Anne’s lace fringes the edges of long green lawn ruffling with the breeze. Bees and butterflies, yellow, black, red, orange, blue, ride the gentle swells. Crickets and cicada chirp and thrum in concert with chickadee and finch. Apple, pear, and locust branches bob, leaves rustle in flickering sunlight.