We can still have genuine pleasure in our heart and let our eyes feast on flowers and plantings, even knowing they soon fade. It's a connection to nature. And a hope for tomorrow. My solar wind chime that I adore! Each little tube rotates between colors...
Lady bug, one of my fave garden creatures.🥹
A fave annual, petunias..
Just a few of my wild flowers.
This tiny flower is no more than an inch and is one stem with two colors. So cool!
spring is definitely the best season (and there's just a few days left of it, grrrr)
and one of the best parts is when you happen to walk through a nice strong breeze that first passed through some very fragrant blooming flowers (in this case, over the last couple of days, it was / is star jasmine)
I'm amazed at just how many flowers are actually edible, I think those are the coolest as a broad group, not thinking of aesthetic value ... there's even a cool artisan ale (Southampton Cuvée des Fleurs) brewed on Long Island which is initially based on the classic saison style from Belgium and then uses multiple flowers to add to that and make it unique, and flavorful
but then also even within a sub-group like orchids, there is so much variety, and it's interesting how things you don't necessarily think about, like vanilla, are actually orchids
lately I found it odd how multiple flowers I've seen growing on the northern California coast are actually invasive species from southern Africa, including calla lilies (one of my favorites) and red hot pokers (it only popped into my mind because I noticed the latter in the background in a 1992 film, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, which used a house in Tacoma WA, and it reminded me of seeing the same plant at a lighthouse near Medoncino CA)
