Two Days Later
This bloom is outside our window where I usually have my morning coffee. I’ve been watching it and determined it was at or near its peak this morning. It’s such a rich color. I thought I’d share as a follow-up to my post of June 12th.

This bloom is outside our window where I usually have my morning coffee. I’ve been watching it and determined it was at or near its peak this morning. It’s such a rich color. I thought I’d share as a follow-up to my post of June 12th.

Here are a few other interesting facts I discovered about Daylilies: They’ve been the subject of and praised by many famous Chinese poets; they are often used as a pollution detection plant (when the air is polluted by fluorine, the tips of their leaves will turn reddish-brown); and they are also cultivated as a food…


“We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The earth’s climate is changing, and the best we can do now is to try and mitigate how much it changes…

“I fell in love with flora of all types, especially ferns. Loved the sparse structure and repetition of shape – almost fractal.” Jack Dorsey I’m still here and am immensely enjoying the results of last year’s efforts with my ferns. I’ve even managed to make a photo or two.