ideas are in the garden
It’s mid-summer hot — too bold to be out in the midday, but I ventured into the garden early this morning to water and find inspiration in the shapes and colors.
The ferny leaves of a garbanzo plant…
Soft focus constellations scattered across the Moon & Stars watermelon…
Snapdragons grown from seeds so small I had to use a damp toothpick to pick them up have turned into these complex, elegant blooms…
The cucumber and pumpkin vines are perfect spirals…
The fractal bloom on last year’s parsley plant and the perfect red of its Salvia neighbor…
The psychedelic iridescence of a resting fly…
And the spiky dome of vibrant orange at the center of an echinacea flower…
If I spent every minute of my life making, I could never come close to the endless creativity of this natural world.
July 11th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
your garden is so lush and beautiful! thanks for sharing.
July 15th, 2010 at 11:03 am
From possum in the snow to that lush green – wowee – only my weeds are in competition, a wild mix under fruit trees but lacking that sudden hot burst that results in these wonders. How the old immigrants must have wondered at that sudden leap into growth – hard to keep up.
July 20th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
Stunning.
Impermanence!