Musings

I think of the “natural” color of a rose as light pink. However, strong colors like this red are fetching….

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The gardenias are blooming! [Sorry that you have to imagine its heavy scent.]

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That’s a pairing I expect: shovels and water cooler. Despite the hand-tools, a backhoe (and its driver) were doing the work, and the guy with this truck was sitting in the right seat fondling his phone.

Those pointy-petaled dogwoods are out; the usual ones are long-gone.

And this is a bonus pretty….

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Ooops, not. Maybe it’s just an iris, and it IS Mother’s Day.

So, I was doing some simple cooking. And the cauliflower was purple. White at the base and purple at the…flower part. Nice contrast with the capers, no?

And, speaking of colorful, Thai curry à la Sammy and (Trader) Joe. With no fresh basil. And because of the recall, these are Danish peas. Of all things—Danish. Not merely organic….

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I have tried three mornings (when the sun penetrates to this plant) to shoot these blooms, and…meh. Yeah, it’s okay, but not more.

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Here’s another early-season bloomer, the magnolia. Actually, the plant family is good-sized, and this is probably a M. grandiflora—cultivar a mystery…; if it is, the species is native to this area. Anyway, I find the white-white of the petals striking….

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So, this azalea is almost dead. This is the only surviving branch, and it sports two blooms and a bud, and maybe there’ll be another, but this may be it it it. I was going to tear up the plant (it’s a miniature) over the winter, but got lazy I guess…anyway, it gets one more hurrah….

Meanwhile, the privet I don’t care about (borderline hate, but can you really hate a plant that doesn’t poison you?) is blooming!! and generally putting on a good show.

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I think this is some kind of Taxus spp., most commonly called yews (in English). In any case, I find the contrast between the deep green of the old needles versus the fresh yellow-green of the new growth visually arresting.

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We’re finishing up the run of pale pink azaleas out front.

And…another “residual”…of a detail shot…from the Cluny, of a 1467 Mullenheim family arms stained glass piece. Love the shading, 3-D effects, color choices, whole ball of…not-wax.

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Somehow I associate both wild and Victorian with columbines…and it seems I’m pretty ignorant of their botanical history.

Having trouble adjusting to temps with highs well into the 80s. Still cools off at night, thankfully….

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