Musings

No stormy around here…all sunny and humid.

Posted at 9:57 PM | Comments Off on Hello, summer

We’re approaching the cusp of summer. I say approaching because there’s still a spring green tinge to the tree-leaves.

Posted at 9:30 PM | Comments Off on Viridescence

Our neighbor grew up outside of Lexington and has a party every year guess when. I love the juleps and fresh mint the best. All I can tell about the horse race this year is that it was a photo-finish…if they haven’t replaced that technology and thus the phrase.

Our hostess is quite the gardener, and my plant ID app thinks this is a bellflower. It don’t know what it is, but I’m pretty sure it is not a bellflower.

Posted at 8:37 PM | Comments Off on Not in KY

We had several hours with my brother today. He was here for meetings downtown. He said he’d like to get outdoors and walk a bit before the hours he’d be spending sitting in a plane returning to SEA. So, we took him to Piedmont Park (not original, but almost always rewarding), where we found lunch and some off-white plant specimens.

The upper photo is of a long hydrangea bloom, its weight bringing it horizontal. This one is what I think is cottonwood “cotton”…with a slightly green tinge.

We had a grand time, and also saw ducks and geese and turtles, a few dogs, and many people strolling and generally enjoying the afternoon. Just as we did.

Posted at 8:47 PM | Comments Off on Off-white

I spotted the first blooming dogwood I’ve noticed this year…

…and this reminded me of a European scenario.

Posted at 8:11 PM | Comments Off on Of note

What has happened to the year? Zooooooooom. It’s May…MAY. I know this, but at a deep level, I’m not there yet. Similarly, I’m not quite groking that it is foxglove season yet.

Posted at 9:57 PM | Comments Off on Month five

It’s a leaf, sure, but if you squint, it almost looks like corrugated velvet.

Posted at 10:47 PM | Comments Off on The green

Tore weeds out by their roots today. Left this specimen to shine for another day or two, however.

Regarding the title, apologies to Joy Reid.

Posted at 9:04 PM | Comments Off on Weedout

I’ve shown blooms from this rhodo on several previous years. Same genus as azaleas…the resemblance is strong.

Construction in the neighborhood…stop stop.

Posted at 8:47 PM | Comments Off on In the moment

The peony-blooming process strikes me as accelerated this year. I also don’t remember the petals loosing so much color, but that may simply be my inattention to (retaining) detail.

Posted at 9:52 PM | Comments Off on Peony progression