Saturday, 20 April 2013
I have forgotten the name of this shrub, but it’s happy in the flower bed I made years ago over the water oak stump left by the previous owners of this house. I put the bed there to speed the decomposition of the wood, but when I last checked a year or two ago, plenty of solid wood remains….
Friday, 19 April 2013
I swear I planted these tulips in November, or early December at the latest. They must be the slowest growing tulips ever.
My guess…tulips are highly sensitive to day-length….
Note the cute Delft bowl…this was a carefully imported plant-your-own kit. I’m looking forward to discovering the color of the blooms….
Thursday, 28 March 2013
Love those legume blooms. They look so unintentionally impressive, if I can anthropomorphize a botanical family, these cousins of sweet peas….
Monday, 25 March 2013
Despite the cold snap, I see some ornamental trees are a-bloom….
As I sat waiting for a stoplight to green, my foot solidly on the brake, I could feel the car shuddering in the biting wind.
Poppins, that is.
Saturday, 16 March 2013
Today I passed under a large apple tree in full bloom when the air was quiet and the flower-scent was heavy in the shade of the still-bare branches.
Amidst the complexities of life, we encountered color today. The tulips are a-bloom in some of the out-front beds at the BotGarden, great yellows and maroon-reds. And, at their bases, pansies in a rainbow of colors.
After the park, B invited us in for juice—pressed veggies tempered by a few fruits, oh so yummy. On the bottom, carrot and clementine, pear and cucumber in the middle, beets, beet greens, and kale in the upper magnetic color-band.
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
Got all distracted today, and just walked loopty-loop around the neighborhood—and found the greenest grass (alive)—NOT. Caught my eye, though, through a fence, and then I really looked, and, whoops. Not grass. Just grass-like plastic.
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
I saw pine pollen ponding on Lake Clara Meer—first time this year. And the lake is full, overflowing if the wind tosses up wavelets.
I’m still discombobulated by the time change….
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
A rainy overnight and morning transitioned into sun and fluffily clouds by late afternoon. I loved the light I found during a late-day walk, like this on a crepe myrtle.
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Strange exposure….
Wondering what the rain the meteorologists say is headed our way will do to this almost-open spring harbinger.
Tuesday, 19 February 2013
Last weekend at the Bot Garden, we stumbled onto the camellia show. What are the odds?—we’ve done that before….
I found the blooms gorgeous and the lack of greenery…unsettling. Not a single leaf.
The miniatures…breath-taking.