Purple
Author: Flower Roberts
His Enemy
He comes every morning to fight his foe.
I hear the tap, tap, tapping on the window.
I know it is he, doing battle bravely.
He fights his reflection
because he does not know himself.
He is his own enemy.
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(This post is to honor those innocent people who were needlessly killed at my alma mater, UNCC.)
Tiny Somethings on a Spiderwort
Sometimes I look through my camera and get surprised.
I got a surprise while photographing one of the Spiderworts.
It had tiny flying insects hanging onto its stamen.
Not hoovering like a normal bee, but tucked into the flower.
This Spiderwort is Tradescantia ‘Zwanenburg Blue.’
Its flowers close during the heat of the day and in wind.
It likes moist conditions, but I have had some rot if kept too wet.
It is deer resistant. A feature that is much needed now that my garden is a deer delicatessen.
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You Can’t Move Magic
I thought that I had moved the fairy garden this spring.
I was tired of crawling around on the ground weeding.
It was too hard lying down to get those close-ups.
But you can’t move magic.
I stopped by the old tree today. Or maybe it called me over.
I felt it immediately, the magic.
Even through all the weeds and sticks and leaves, it was magical.
So down I went on my hands and knees,
crawling around that big old tree.
Cleaning out all those nooks and crannies between the roots.
Gently brushing away debris.
If one is lucky enough to find magic,
one needs to be wise enough to know
you can’t move magic.
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Taco Supreme
Taco Supreme is an iris of mystery.
The light plays tricks with the blooms all do long.
Its beige turns to peach
and its burgundy turns to red…or is it purple?
What a color-shifter it is!
Is this a trick or a talent?
Taco Supreme is a surprise.
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Same Old Slime Mold
It appeared in the late afternoon. It was not there that morning when I hung out the laundry.
It climbed up the edge of the concrete just feet from where it emerged from the ground last year.
Same sulfur yellow, same blobbing fan of puffy, pasty goo.
The bunnies seemed undisturbed by its presence.
Of course, they also ignore snakes and chipmunks…and me when I call them to come in.
It was much bigger this morning.
I am going to keep an eye on this sneaky slime mold.
No telling what it plans to do.
I think I can outrun it.
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‘Little Much’ Shows Up
I was very excited to find ‘Little Much’ amongst the ‘Persian Berry’ patch this afternoon.
I try to separate out the slow-growers.
I thought I had lost this lovely lilac and white bearded iris.
What a nice discovery on an otherwise strange day.
I hope it is a sign not to lose hope.
I am struggling with my other blog and book.
I want to drop it all until the fall.
I am the FLOWER after all!
Flow movin’ slow.
Azalea Aflame
This is one plant that Mr. Flower and I both love.
We picked this one out together, actually we got two.
The one closer to the house does better because it gets more attention.
Gibraltar is its name.
It looks as though aflame.
When the sun hits it in the morning, it glows.
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Immortality
This iris bloomed for the first time on Easter morning.
It will continue to bloom periodically all summer and into the fall.
It is only about two feet high, so should be planted in the middle of a bed
instead of the usual back row of hybrid bearded iris.
It is easy to grow, elegant and deer resistant.
Bearded iris, Iris germanica ‘Immortality’.
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