It looks like there will be another bumper crop of acorns this year.
Seen at South Llano River State Park.
It looks like there will be another bumper crop of acorns this year.
Seen at South Llano River State Park.
A big Texas landscape near Yorktown.
CELEBRATION
Brilliant, this day – a young virtuoso of a day.
Morning shadow cut by sharpest scissors,
deft hands. And every prodigy of green –
whether it’s ferns or lichens or needles
or impatient points of buds on spindly bushes –
greener than ever before. And the way the conifers
hold new cones to the light for the blessing,
a festive right, and sing the oceanic chant the wind
transcribes for them!
A day that shines in the cold
like a first-prize brass band swinging along
the street
of a coal-dusty village, wholly at odds
with the claims of reasonable gloom.
~ Denise Levertov
Before and after photos of Max. Three months without a haircut left Max looking a little scruffy. We finally got him groomed today. Looking like a new dog. Of course, we love him either way!
A few years ago some lovely person (maybe Lilla) gave me a potted Gerber Daisy. It was a delightful gift – but unfortunately I promptly killed it. I’m not good with plants.
I dumped the dead plant along with its potting soil in the side yard. Surprisingly, there it has thrived! I don’t water it or care for it in any way. Turns out that my neglect is better for plants than my TLC.
Lesson learned!
I was fortunate to take an early morning walk through the Botanical Gardens with my sister. Viki has been an employee and continues to have a membership there. The Gardens were recently hit with a hail storm which was hard on the plants. Still lots of beautiful sights in the pleasant company of my sister.
Travel gear, 2020 style.
A sunflower at the market. The watercolor is much more dramatic than the actual photo!
Keeping busy in quarantine. I ran an old photo through a watercolor app and I liked the result. Decided to share!
beginning to revolve around you.
~ Poem by Ha Jin