Saturday, July 30, 2011

Wildflower Flowering 'In The Pink' Naturalizing Asclepias































Forms tightly woven
sweet filled cups spill into air
generous buds full

letting go unfurl
calyx corolla armor 
release opening

protective layers
disrobe revealing pendants
alluring fragrance

floating mist essence
embracing senses engage
claws and spurs spread out

explosive fireworks
pendulous orbs nurture life
pink porcelain stars fall

wild and native green
countless creatures jade delight
weed of milky sap

imagination
inhales expanding open
eyes to inner sphere 

essential cycle
return each season newly
egg to butterfly

idea to artful
nature feeds cultivates joy
a chrysalis forms



Visit Gail down yonder at Clay and Limestone for other wildflower studies. 

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Fiery Orange Rising Reflecting Giving Life


Unusual July Sunrise Just As It Was



Middle Meadow Garden

American Painted Lady sipping Echinacea 

Healing Flames

Long Awaited FIRST SIGHTING MONARCH BUTTERFLY!!! July 14, 2011

Laying Eggs on Young Milkweed Along the Paths! 

Milkweed Bugs and Monarch Share Milkweed 


Sunset Glow


Viburnum at Dusk

Full Moon 

Sunrise Solitary Red-eyed Vireo 


Beloved by Birds Viburnum Berries Soon to Vanish

Second Day More Eggs to Lay.  First . . . Morning Milkweed Nectaring 



Red Clover Elixir Energy Boost For Laying 300 - 500 Eggs!

Every New Day a Fresh Daylily Face Unfurls




Fiery Days and Colors of July



Oh Joy for Monarchs!
rain rain never went away
early flights detoured


For now dry hot days
timing right for egg planting
Milkweed stands ready


A wild garden smiles
no mimic here true monarch
soars as no other


Tired and tattered
strength to fulfill destiny
select plants of choice


Promise of new life
mother fastening last egg
flies away to die


A Painted Lady
tiny darts of fiery heat
Echinacea sweet


Sun moon rise and set
daylilies open and close
life is a moment



Saturday, July 16, 2011

A Silent Focus On White


Porcupine in Apple Tree





Common Yellow-throat





Red-eyed Vireo 




Yucca






The day has bright light
a silent focus on white
nature in balance


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