pinking out

[15_the_circle]

[OT from cottage renovations]

the Virginia bluebells are nearing the end of their run.  it's been a good year for them but not a great one; certainly they've done better in the past. 

(click through these thumbnails for higher resolution images)

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Bittersweet Cottage garden

a couple of warm days and some hard rain seems to have been enough to trigger their internal kill cycle.  stems are beginning to droop outward and the blossoms are shifting colour and starting to fall away, leaving behind the seeds in which next year's hopes are stored. 

Mertensia virginica

even though they can't last forever, I'm always sad to see them go.  they didn't hang around as long this year as they have in the past but their time, however long or short it may have been, is always the best part of the year for me. 

Comments

Your photos and SBA

[mmatthews1950.livejournal.com]

George - what a beautiful collection of photos for this week. I especially love the bleeding heart. It must be nice to have flowers. We are finally losing snow with above freezing temps day and night, so maybe there's hope we'll get flowers yet. At least we're starting to get some birds, as the Canada geese have just arrived. On another subject, I just sent you an e-mail with my SBA trip itinerary, which is modified slightly from the one I sent you a couple days ago. - Greta

re: It must be nice to have flowers.

[15-the-circle.livejournal.com]

thanks for stopping by, glad you have been enjoying the images and the ability to share our spring even if at a distance.  for all the years you've been up there in AK, I still can't get over your ability to make it through those winters.  there's no practical difference between being a wimp and knowing one's limits: I know better than to try the arctic life. 

Canada geese -- would you like more of them?  they have taken to living here year round and have become quite the nuisance.  without going into details, let's just say that their fecal output is truly phenomenal and leave it at that. 

thanks also for your flight updates; check your email for my reply.