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Happy Autumnal Equinox everyone! I do love me an equinox: 12 hours of sunshine, 12 hours of daylight. Warm days. Cool nights. It all feels so properly balanced, as if all is right with the world for one fine autumn day.
Have you heard about the Super El Niño yet? I am guessing you all have. I don’t own a tv, so I am always late to these things. Our daughter Eva lives in California. She told me today that the whole state of CA has been put on a “state of emergency” for this winter, due to the expected storms resulting from the record breaking Super El Niño. For Minnesota the prediction is a milder winter than normal, with several mid-winter thaws. While on the one hand it sounds like a welcome reprieve for us northerners, in reality it will wreak havoc with our flora, which relies on winters that remain frozen until March. Tell me, what are they predicting in your part of the worl? A Super El Niño is a global event.
wild blue flag iris seedpods (Iris versicolor)
p.s. These are the seeds Steve and I have been spreading along the edge of our dock. And this year it paid off: a big patch of wild blue flag iris with blooms that lasted throughout June!
tethered butterflies
I will always remembered the first time was I photographing these panicle hydrangeas and Steve walked past me and said “tethered butterflies.” I have never seen them the same since.
Happy Autumnal Equinox Eve!
white panicle hydrangea (Hydrangea Paniculata)
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I loved what Steve said way back then and I love it more and more. Such poetic vision
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busy bees
Oops, I had a big fat family wedding yesterday, and forgot to post this morning. Better late than never. :-)
bumble bee on a Jerusalem artichoke sunflower
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Absolutely love this one!!
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Perfect!
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frozen or dried?
I love this photo for two reasons: 1) there is very little blue in nature, so when I find it it makes me happy, and 2) this stem is dried, and yet looks absolutely like it is in motion.
dried delphinium
a nice tan
These hydrangeas open with white or green blooms and slowly transition to rich shades of pink and red as the summer progresses. Sort of like me.
Panicle hydrangeas (Hydrangea paniculata)
So glad your “seeding project” with the blue flag irises has been successful. Such gorgeous flowers. I love how the seeds nestle in the pods.
It’s looking like el nino will give us a milder, drier winter here in Maryland. The freeze/thaw impact on perennial plants is not a happy thing! However, we should still have enough cold for vernalization to take place.
Hmmm, I don’t own a TV either (no great loss IMHO). And, in order to remain somewhat calm/sane, I’ve elected to only read the news once a week on Sunday. It’s all I can take these days!!