i have a 10 year old boy who is currently finding out about the world by putting things together, and taking things apart. while i transplanted a terrarium full of succulents the other day, he quietly made this. or perhaps “unmade” is the better term.
baby (volunteer) jade plant, deconstructed
somewhere beneath the snow that just today got piled higher than the roof of our car, somewhere under there, as unimaginably distant currently as a constellation of stars, some unobtrusive swelling is preparing itself to be a daffodil in our back yard. it is the first of march.
daffodil bulb and roots
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Bientôt la terre s’éveillera au baiser du soleil.
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i love the french verb napper. it means to coat. or to cover like a tablecloth. this winter, we have not just been blanketed in snow, as the expression goes, but rather i feel as though we have been coated. snow has crept into every nook, every cranny, every crevice. and it has stayed. all four feet of it!
snow blanketed winter stalk
rice creek regional trail, saint paul, minnesota
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march is coming in like a lion today with more snow to add to the vast layer already there since december xx
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It’s about time I told you how wonderful you are. I am so impressed with your photography, your determination, and your writing style. Your photos are fresh and different and you always have something not-boring to say about them. And you say it very well. So kudos to you. May you have all the success you can handle!
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I think the spruce have been especially lovely this winter with their white covers.
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last summer, driving our 15 year old daughter home from a boundary waters wilderness camp, we happened upon the remains of a freshly killed adolescent great horned owl. the bird had been struck by a car, and the roadside was strewn with feathers. we stopped, took some photos of the bird, and then filled a bag with probably illegal loose feathers that otherwise would have blown into the ditch and been mown into confetti. today, i brought out that bag for some STILL blog inspiration, because my inspiration today was not going to come from outside, where the air temperature never rose above zero degrees fahrenheit. this winter has come out of nowhere and flattened us.
feathers of an adolescent great horned owl
found roadside near ely, minnesota
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GH Owls are covered under the Migratory Birds Act, so, yes, if a game warden knows you have them, the feathers would be confiscated. On a more cheerful note, do you know the Feather Atlas? http://www.fws.gov/lab/featheratlas/
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i once tried to pry a limpet shell from a shoreline rock, and discovered that the lovely crenellations around the perimeter of the shell are actually blade-sharp, and that the limpet clings to its chosen surface with almost surreal tenacity. my bloody fingertips convinced me to admire all future examples visually, but not tactilely.
limpet shell (from a marine sea snail)
north captiva island, florida gulf coast
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they are so gorgeous though and very inspiring from a textile point of view
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a scientific mind at heart
i think this might be a jade plant .
Oh yes, of course it is a jade plant. thank you. wow, late night posting is not recommended!