“Everything takes time. Bees have to move very fast to stay still.” ~David Foster Wallace, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men I have learned that to keep my Bumbles I have to let my garden go. I was too quick to tidy up here, dead head there and straighten things up for the approaching blanket ofContinue reading “The Bumble”
Category Archives: Flowers
Early Spring Bliss
Aaaaand then I ran the colorful forsythia shots through the BW filter in Elements. It became a different story. One of these days I’m going to release my photos during the actual week of the challenge. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/prolific/
Happy 108th of January
Stained Glass of September
Monarch Butterflies are in a death spiral. We are so casual about their loss. It is a heart-achingly beautiful world and we’re killing it. We’re killing it for our own convenience. We’re killing it for our personal greed. Climate change? We’ve got to make the profit, we’ve got to pump that oil, we’ve got toContinue reading “Stained Glass of September”
Catching Sun Beams
The golden crocus reaches up To catch a sunbeam in her cup. ~ Walter Crane We had gale winds today and Lake Michigan was roaring on the other side of the dune but this was going on in our back yard. The grass and earth smell so sweet!
February Rose
I found this slightly battered rose in the lee of a gas station on Cape San Blas. Those deliciously textured blue stucco walls protected it from the winter storms of the forgotten coast. . “Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses.” ~ Alphonse Karr, A Tour Round MyContinue reading “February Rose”
Ballet In The Air
I am late with last week’s challenge. I didn’t know whether to go with Monarch Butterflies or with bees. They are Earth’s delight and we are killing them in my life time. I spent a sun filled fall day chasing the last few around our asters last fall. I can grow anything but my milkweedContinue reading “Ballet In The Air”
Self-Propelled
“Butterflies are self-propelled flowers.” ~ R.A. Heinlein “Where did they go?” ~ Me EDIT: R.A. not R.H., and I’ve even read his stuff. More Rare Posts Here
Summer Sang In Me
I cannot say what loves have come and gone, I only know that summer sang in me A little while, that in me sings no more. What started me down this line of thought? The weather report, no, the ‘ice’ report. Read it and weep: http://www.mlive.com/weather/index.ssf/2015/02/arctic_blast_sends_great_lakes.html The Lake is gorgeous in it’s fantastique formations butContinue reading “Summer Sang In Me”
SOON
SOON…. Above is the dream, below is reality. http://www.mlive.com/weather/index.ssf/2015/02/great_lakes_ice_growing_rapidl.html
