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writing ʜᴏʀʀᴏʀ ꜱꜰ ꜱᴘᴇᴄꜰɪᴄ | cats | gardening |
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🌱 Garden views, April 2023.
Distance view of a Japanese-style bridge over a pond ringed with trees. A stone lantern stands on a grassy spot punctuated with large rocks in the foreground. Photo is altered to sepia. A small bed of mostly Iris cristata/ dwarf iris. Photo is altered to sepia. A stair of large stone flags that leads through a small copse of Phyllostachys nigra/ black bamboo. The sun streams in from upper left to lower right to illuminate the various textures. Photo is altered to sepia.
November 13, 2023 at 5:56 PM
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🌱 Danaus plexippus/ monarch on Buddleia Chrysalis™ Pink ['Balchryink']/ butterfly bush
Cute compact pink form of butterfly bush, about 1-1/2' tall. Still flowering in October!
A monarch butterfly on a pink flowering butterfly bush. Its wings are spread and the sun casts shadows upon them from the surrounding foliage. Monarch with folded wings on pink flowering butterfly bush. The black and white border of the wing is particularly pretty. Monarch on pink flowering butterfly bush. The sun is bright and you can see the butterfly's wing patterns through a small green leaf. Monarch butterfly with partly open wings on pink flowering butterfly bush.
October 28, 2023 at 4:09 AM
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🌱 Syringa 'Penda' Bloomerang®️/ reblooming dwarf lilac [Syringa × 'Josée f. × unknown hybrid m.; 'Josée' herself is [S. meyeri × (S. pubescens ssp. microphylla × S. p. ssp. patula)]. Spring features larger more pinker panicles; those in late Summer-Fall are smaller & purpler. Blooming now z7! 💜
Small vividly medium-purple panicle of lilac flowers. Not as fragrant as common lilac, Syringa vulgaris, or with quite the same fragrance, but Syringa 'Penda' is a nice possible choice for z7.
October 17, 2023 at 1:06 AM
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🌱 Eastern black swallowtail/ Papilio polyxenes asterius (Stoll) finally alights on a red dahlia/ Dahlia parvibracteata (Saar & P.D. Sørensen) so I can take her picture. 🦋
Black swallowtails, pipevine swallowtails, and monarchs, as well as many bees favor this nonnative to my area single dahlia.
Eastern black swallowtail with her tongue unfurling coming in for a landing on a red dahlia with a bright yellow center. Most of the butterfly is sadly out of frame, but it is funny seeing her tongue sticking out. Eastern black swallowtail on red dahlia with her wings open. View is from above and shows the characteristic double row of pale yellow dots on the forewings. Another view of the eastern black swallowtail on a red dahlia, this time with her wings near vertical, viewed from above. Eastern black swallowtail viewed sidelong with her wings spread which shows the characteristic double row of orange spots on her hindwings.
October 11, 2023 at 3:09 AM
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If you want there to be F&SF fiction mags, we need to do something now, while Amazon is removing their support. Check out one mag's website today and support them, if you have the means. Or just RT this if you can't, because the situation is pretty dire.
October 3, 2023 at 1:32 PM
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🌱 Passiflora 'Inspiration' is a lovely tetraploid cross by Dr. Roland Fischer of US native P. incarnata × the Brazilian P. cincinnata. It is hardy to at least 40F, and may regrow from the roots at colder temperatures. Carpenter bees swarmed the flowers. 🐝
Passiflora 'Inspiration' flower viewed from the side and some foliage. The flower has reflexed dark purple sepals, very frizzled filaments, and raised reproductive parts that look like a whirligig. Passiflora 'Inspiration' flower with 3 large carpenter bees crawling on it. The flower is very large, about 4" dia. There are several flowers also that are just beginning to open. Passiflora 'Inspiration' flower viewed from above. Close up of the center of a Passiflora 'Inspiration' flower.
October 7, 2023 at 6:05 AM
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🌱 Garden center windowshopping. I did buy the world's smallest Medusa pepper. 🌶
2 large pots of horizontally espaliered Malus domestica 'Honeycrisp' apple trees. Behind are diverse other trees and shrubs for sale. A large pile of very large knobbly heirloom pumpkins for sale. A large pile of enormous turban squashes for sale. Two large wooden box containers with horizontally espaliered Acer palmatum Japanese maple trees. I did not see a label as to cv., they have normal-sized classic species shaped burgundy leaves. Photo is at an angle sidelong to show the 2 planed character better. Lots of small shrubs are beside them, and a faded mural is in the background.
October 3, 2023 at 5:58 PM
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Mercury Cougar from out of business car dealership. How I would love to take this home! 😹
Enormous cougar statue that used to sit atop car dealership, now resting on a dilapidated trailer, viewed from front. Enormous cougar statue that used to sit atop car dealership, now resting on a dilapidated trailer, viewed from side where cougar faces right. Enormous cougar statue that used to sit atop car dealership, now resting on a dilapidated trailer, viewed from side where cougar faces left.
October 1, 2023 at 9:28 PM
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When I saw this, I had visions of mega-mantises, but unfortunately prehistoric mantises were not outsized. They do date back to the Jurassic, which is still pretty impressive.
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Large methane vent painted with praying mantises and venus flytraps viewed at a distance to show path and surrounding woods. Large methane vent painted with praying mantises and venus flytraps viewed sidelong with main grouping centered. Large methane vent painted with praying mantises and venus flytraps viewed looking back at it from path to show a minor grouping.
September 30, 2023 at 11:17 PM
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Asylum headstones and marker from 1800s to early 1900s. Patients and the unclaimed impoverished were interred here. It was legal to perform autopsies upon them without familial consent until 1943.
Large marble headstone shaped like a tree stump. Near top is ornament engraved Woodmen of the World Memorial, Dum Tacet Clamet ("Though silent, he speaks"). Main central plaque engraved Quince E. Carter Born Sep. 25. 1854 Died June 30. 1915. Marble headstone with scalloped top. Engraved Lucy M. Bartlett Born May 15. 18__. Died Oct. 21. 1907. There is some additional unreadable engraving. Very weathered tall marble headstone, original shape of top is curved - indeterminate. Engraved Sophia Ann Coltrane Daughter of John & E. Coltrane Born March 28 1837 Died Sept 29 1876. Aged 39 yr. There is additional text but I cannot read it. Smaller rectangular stone marker upon ground. Engraved simply in double lined text, Annie Pendigrass 10-16-1917
September 21, 2023 at 3:22 PM
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"For not an orphan in the wide world can be so deserted as the child who is an outcast from a living parent's love." -- Charles Dickens
Little Victorian girl with winged face before a city of tall buildings, in the style of an old black & white photo.
September 5, 2023 at 1:01 AM
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Dystopiary.
Astroturf lamp before a field of withered sunflowers; ugly citiscape in further background. Astroturf lamp and sofa before a field of withered sunflowers.
August 28, 2023 at 1:41 AM
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American lady butterfly/ Vanessa virginiensis (Drury) on an echinacea flower.
American lady butterfly, viewed face forward at an angle, wings upright and slightly apart. Butterfly sits on an echinacea flower. American lady butterfly viewed sidelong with wings shut to show the underside only. The characteristic two large eyespots on the hindwing are visible. Butterfly sits on an echinacea flower. American lady butterfly viewed from behind at angle, with wings spread to show uppersides. The characteristic small white spot on the forewing is visible. Butterfly sits on an echinacea flower. Wikipedia quote re- how the Genus Vanessa got its name from a Johnathan Swift poem.
August 24, 2023 at 6:37 PM
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U are all invited to the kitty ball! Happy Caturday!
A siamese tabby mix cat in elaborate Victorian type clothing and jewellery, Victorian photo style. A black and white cat in elaborate Victorian style clothing and jewellery, Victorian photo style. A tabby and white cat in elaborate Victorian style clothing and jewellery, Victorian photo style. A young black and white cat in fancy Victorian suit and top hat, Victorian photo style.
August 20, 2023 at 2:22 AM
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In-between is a place
A young girl in an elaborate old fashioned dress viewed from behind, her hair in braids, prepares to go through a half-open door. Photo is sepia-toned.
August 17, 2023 at 10:06 PM