Musings

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.

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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

We did a loop drive with a lunch/afternoon destination in Athens (where we found this charming lavender in bloom). On the way over, it seemed like in every other opening to the sky we saw a vulture circling. Surprisingly, on the return leg, I only spotted one…were the others resting after a lovely lunch (as in, they had consumed all the carrion)?

Posted at 9:21 PM | Comments Off on Natural history

These peonies won’t last long, so bear with me. Post-rain peony this morning.

Posted at 8:40 PM | Comments Off on Marking (peony) time

This is white false indigo, and, yes, I was playing with photo-“phunctions” on my phone.

Here’s an azalea bush, with fading fleurs…and most of the petals fallen. Note the flourishing leaves.

Posted at 8:55 PM | Comments Off on Light and gravity

I think of this as immersion red, as in I gaze at it an want to immerse myself in the blossom. What a lovely space that would be!

Posted at 9:00 PM | Comments Off on Except for the ants

The ephemeral are…ephem-ing.

Posted at 9:46 PM | Comments Off on Fading beauties