The way I see it

19 Thursday May 2016

Posted by t - That's Me in Art, Gardening, Herbs, Macro Photography, Photo, Seasons, Spring, Uncategorized

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angles, Basil, birdbath, Brick Wall Illusion, Columbine, Diagnal, Fern, Focus, Forget-Me-Nots, Geranium, Lattice, Lavender, Lines, perspective, Primrose, Viewpoint

Kinda-sorta like that Brick Wall Optical Illusion thing, but not really.

From looking at this

I found this.

Seeing the forest through the trees (or in this case, the Forget-Me-Nots through the fronds.

But then, take a look at them there trees (or in this case, again, the fresh fern fronds of spring).

And then there’s this. Yeah. A bunch of blah, right?

I got super excited about seeing this.

My basil plant from last year, sprouting.

Finally, while admiring the whimsical, non-conforming feel of this section of garden,

I caught sight of something, non-conforming though it was, of which I felt compelled to tweak, or rather pluck, like that of a wild hair. Can you see what I did?

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Galium. My Precious.

27 Wednesday Apr 2016

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Flower, Gallium, Gallum, Germany, Phlox, Vanilla, Wine

Galium odoratum – Sweet Woodruff (backdropped by Creeping Phlox)

I don’t know if Gallum would think of this low growing greenery with the tiny white flowers as being precious. I’m actually not sure if I consider it precious, but I thought it would make for a clever title.

I planted this beneath what is normally identified as an out-of-control and invasive shrub which I believe to be a Japanese Honeysuckle though I’ve been experimenting in transforming it ever since it sprung into existence several years back into that of a miniature ornamental tree. However, I digress.

Galium was identified as a plant that could make a good addition at the base of trees and shrubs. I have further just read its sweet vanilla-scented flower clusters are used to flavor May wines in Germany. Hmmmm.

I haven’t smelled it yet. Though I planted it last spring it had no blooms until this year. I guess I’ll have to go out and take a sniff. I wonder if I could toss some blooms in with my coffee grounds to get vanilla coffee?

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Durst Not Forget

26 Tuesday Apr 2016

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flowers, Forget-Me-Not

Forget-Me-Nots

It’s the first time in the second season I’ve had Forget-Me-Nots return as a larger cluster than they were the previous year (normally they dwindle and/or peter out). I think I finally found a good spot in my garden, even as this blue blossomed beauty now extends beyond the outside perimeter of the garden boundary line. Instead of restricting this beautiful expanding cluster to the original planned boundaries, I have expanded the boundaries to embolden its extended reach.

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Columbine. As in the flower.

26 Tuesday Apr 2016

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Columbine, Flower

I never knew. I never knew until this weekend at the nursery. A nursery of the lawn and garden variety. I never knew that Columbine, before it was a headline of tragedy whose anniversary just passed, is actually the name of a beautiful flower.

So I sent out a little prayerful thought for those family and friends who mourn the losses of their loved ones on that dark day in history, and then I picked up a couple flowers, which will now be a reminder each year of the precious gift called life.

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Bestill My Bleeding Hearts

24 Sunday Apr 2016

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Bleeding Hearts, Life and Death Contrast, Old and New

I actually wasn’t going to take a picture this year, as I figured most people are tired of seeing the same dang flower every year. But while doing yard work on the northern side of the house I saw this, and thought…, that’s a different perspective.