Posted in Flowers, tagged Flowers, Sweet Peas on June 22, 2008 | 8 Comments »
sweet
Adj.
An intensive used to express satisfaction, acceptance, pleasure, excellence, exaltation, approval, awe, or reverence. When used individually, the level of satisfaction expressed is most often directly proportionate to the duration of the vowel sound. Source: The Urban Dictionary
This post’s original title was The Hanging, Cutting Garden but even though accurate, it sounded morbid, even [...]
Posted in Blooming, tagged rose summer Solstice June celebrate on June 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
On the way to work this Solstice morning, I claimed this blossom as my first rose of summer. This pink beauty is blooming in a back alley amidst “thorns” of debris, dirt, and the noise and rush of traffic (garbage trucks, taxis, commuters late for work). Perhaps we need and appreciate it more [...]
Posted in Blooming, Flowers, tagged Sweet Peas on June 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sigh, sigh and sniff. Three of my audible, if not quite verbal, responses today. The first sigh, this morning, was one of dismay: another unseasonably chilly, gray June day. The second sigh, this afternoon, was one of contentment: the sweet peas on my balcony are starting to bloom. And the sniff — well that’s [...]
Posted in Green Thumb Sunday, Native plants, tagged Bunchberry, Cornus canadensis, Dwarf Dogwood, Native plants on June 1, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Cornus canadensis (Bunchberry, Dwarf Dogwood)
Yesterday during a late morning walk in Pacific Spirit Regional Park, I turned a corner of Swordfern Trail and unexpectedly came across a bunch of bunchberries. A happy meeting between thriving, flowering plants and delighted human. We spent a few moments together face-to-face, sometimes with a camera lens in-between.
At home later, [...]
