seeing what we have become habituated to

seeing what we have become habituated to

i am not very good about eating my greens. nor photographing them fro that matter. every year at the end of summer i panic, and think, omg, summer is ending and i haven’t tried to capture the lush greeness of it all. here’s a start. a mountain of green.

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showing gratitude

showing gratitude

i really wasn’t feeling it today. so i sat down to read Rick Rubin’s book (The Creative Act) instead of making my daily STILL photo hoping inspiration would come in an hour or two. and right there on the second page i read Rubin says “be grateful you get to create”. doh! ‍♀️. apparently that was the inspiration i needed.  i got up and created. and i am grateful i did.

gradient of dried botanicals

  • Old Lady Gardener says:

    I’m grateful you did, too. It’s stunning!

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  • Susan L. says:

    This is lovely. It has an old-fashioned feel. Makes me calm.

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matchy matchy

matchy matchy

this week i was struck by how all the orange school buses perfectly match the roadside flora. where i live, most kids attend public schools. so there are lots of orange school buses on the road from 7 AM to 5 PM–first the elementary kids, then the middle schoolers, then the high schoolers, and finally the after-school activity buses. i love seeing school buses on the road. perhaps it’s nostalgia. but more than that, it brings parents and kids outside for a bit each day while they wait for the pick-up or drop-off. its makes our otherwise sleepy suburban community feel more vital and alive. the energy of school-age kids is contagious. i smile seeing them running from the bus with friends, their backpacks bouncing up and down on their backs. if i squint into the afternoon golden sun, i see orangey-yellow schools busses slowly making their way down golden-orangey-yellow lined roads. it’s all so harmonious and warm.

black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta)

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one last hurrah!

one last hurrah!

throw your arms up and enjoy this end-of-summer long weekend. i plan to to do as little as possible. it’s been busy here. so i am looking forward to three days of reading on the deck, getting take-out for dinner, and early to bed. boring for some, but right now it sounds deliciously decadent to me. how about you, what’s an ideal weekend look like for you?

jack in the pulpit in september (Arisaema triphyllum)

  • Ginny says:

    I find your plan to be completely appealing!

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  • Susan L. says:

    As do I!

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who ate all the kale?

who ate all the kale?

a very hungry caterpillar.

banded tussock moth caterpillar (Halysidota tessellaris)

  • Ginny says:

    Wow, all those spines say “don’t touch me!”

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