ok, it’s a very minnesotan thing to talk about the weather. weather is what we have here instead of mountains, ocean, or rainforest. so you’re just going to have to listen to me marvel at the amount of rain we’ve gotten around here lately, how much our lake level has risen, and how much this dead pine branch reminds me of the lightning during last night’s interminable storm. you betcha.
pine branch (probably scots pine)
saint paul, minnesota
i am in the middle of a new project with the help of my daughter that involves organizing our photos from the languedoc into themed color blocks. i’ll share the project with all of you when it’s ready. but meanwhile, i find myself dividing the entire world into color gradations. do these hosta flowers go with the lavender collection, or the lilac collection, or the mauve collection? eva? help me out here!
hosta flowers
saint paul, minnesota
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Leaning towards lavender because of the slight variations. My humble opinion.
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this feels a little like my life right now. endless projects spilling off the page–none of them so embryonic that i can ignore them, none of them quite in full bloom enough that i can celebrate.
burdock blossoms
saint paul, minnesota
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really love this one
you have made them look like microbesreply
for some reason, blue jay feathers are as rare around here as dinosaur bones must be to archaeologists. i see blue jays glide across my back yard every day. i hear their dissonant voices in my trees all summer. yet i can’t seem to find more than the occasional odd tailfeather lying in the grass along one of my walks. but yesterday, my husband saw a flash of blue on the far shoulder, on the way home from a soccer practice, and, bless his heart, turned around to investigate. he showed up at the front door looking the same way archaeologist sue hendrickson must have looked when she discovered an 80 percent intact t. rex, skeleton sticking out of a cliff in the cheyenne river indian reservation. here was the elusive object of desire, impossibly complete.
northern blue jay wing
hodgson road, shoreview, minnesota