Listening is like seeing. The intimacy of the moment is lost without it.
Bee Balm doing its bee balm thing.
Bee Balm doing its bee balm thing.
Delphiniums had my attention this morning. Image after image of delphiniums...
Delphiniums had my attention this morning. Image after image of delphiniums. I return home delphinium drenched to discover a waterfront friend has died. Amongst other things, delphiniums are used to remember loved ones who have passed. I remember you Todd Miller. Condolences to your family and friends.
You routinely bloom near the solstice. In my yard. Close by...
You routinely bloom near the solstice. In my yard. Close by. You are no hothouse variety. Your heady scent has an undertone of rot to it. Despite its concentrated perfumed fragrance that has me stuffing blossoms in pockets and in nooks and crannies throughout the house it carries that smell of something going by but not yet gone by. Of summer being the receding of light. Of summers' harvest rushing forward frantically before it's too late. Yup, all that on a lovely morning in June the day before solstice.
And I wondered if you knew you looked like the sunrise.
And I wondered if you knew you looked like the sunrise.
At least the delphinium had a sense of humor.
At least the delphinium had a sense of humor.
All there was to offer
All there was to offer
I remember riding through fields of lavender in France. That sounds so romantic...
I remember riding through fields of lavender in France. That sounds so romantic. My ass was sore. My bicycle in disrepair making that 100 mile day less than comfy. My attitude: pissy. Still, miles of lavender fields.
She knew then her attachment to her hair. And how she was not the same without it.
She knew then her attachment to her hair. And how she was not the same without it.
Lady’s Day
Lady's Mantel. Alchemilla. Long history of use as a medicinal herb. The name alchemilla comes from the word alchemy. Apparently alchemists thought the water droplets collected from the leaves could turn some metals into gold. Sometimes called 'dew cup' due to the way it collects water.
Lady’s Day
life
life
Had had enough
Had had enough
Mrs. Penley's Peony
Mrs. Penley's Peony
Lavenderly
Lavenderly
Lady Mantle lived behind a picket fence.
Lady Mantle lived behind a picket fence.
A glint of light, a pattern not quite in keeping, old eyes with faded nearsightedness...
A glint of light, a pattern not quite in keeping, old eyes with faded nearsightedness. Then a lens that let's me see what I could not.
The value of 10,000 mg of wonder.
The value of 10,000 mg of wonder.
Who wrote the instruction book on assembling drops of dew on Lady Mantle?
Who wrote the instruction book on assembling drops of dew on Lady Mantle?
This about says it all this morning about my epic failure providing for George, the Greenhouse Cat. Human. Ewwwww.
This about says it all this morning about my epic failure providing for George, the Greenhouse Cat.
Human. Ewwwww.
—at Skillins Greenhouses
The invitation was fraught. Foxglove Digitalis.
The invitation was fraught. Foxglove Digitalis.