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[envira-gallery id='4982'] [envira-gallery id='4987'] Coppertips aka Montbretia / Crocosmia Crocosmia crocosmiiflora Montbretia (Crocosmia crocosmiiflora) is a hybrid flowering plant native to France. The Latin name Crocosmia crocosmiiflora is derived from the Greek word "krokus" (saffron) and "osme" (smell). This plant's dried flowers smell of saffron when hot water is added...
[envira-gallery id='4952'] Plants continuing to grow in the courtyard. Beans are looking really healthy! Lettuce I sowed a couple weeks ago is now popping. Happy food garden in the sunshine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W54cIr8zWuU
[envira-gallery id='4923'] Overcast skies above. Textures of green in all the summer deciduous trees. Beginnings of rain from dark clouds. Water rushing under the leafy branches. Creek stones in the shade. Crows squabbling in the distance. Gentle rustling of the leaves in the wind. Cars nearby disrupting my thoughts. Footsteps...
[envira-gallery id='4891'] Hot day today and feeling the sun rays without many clouds in the sky today. Enjoying the blue and green colors above. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAOzava-y1k
The Quiet Machine I’m learning so many different ways to be quiet. There’s how I stand in the lawn, that’s one way. There’s also how I stand in the field across from the street, that’s another way because I’m farther from people and therefore more likely to be alone. There’s...
Source: https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/poet-laureate-projects/poetry-180/all-poems/item/poetry-180-133/the-summer-day/
[envira-gallery id='4843'] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpfflH02X1w
[envira-gallery id='4813'] Gorgeous hues in the skies this evening and the clouds were moving swiftly above the mountains. Bird highlights of the day: Swallows catching and eating insects in the air as they dive and swoop in the distance. Seagulls flying low and near to the rooflines. A finch that...
[envira-gallery id='4746'] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqUo24alQBQ
[envira-gallery id='4722'] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nQC2mToC8A