summer’s end

pardon me if this is the second photo of olenader you’ve seen in the past couple weeks. i typically don’t repeat myself that frequently. but, i finally learned that this ubiquitous plant, which we see spilling over every fence in our neighborhood, and which i have only ever known as “laurier rose,” is actually oleander in english. and like a toddler with a new word, i am seeing it everywhere, and pointing it out with tedious repetition… “oleander! look! over there! oleaneder! oh and there’s a pink oleander! and that one’s white!…”

dried oleander flowers