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“Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.“
-Gerard Manley Hopkins
The above image was taken at the Exquisite Creatures exhibit at Crystal Bridges. Christopher Marley’s work shows the astonishing beauty and diversity of insects and other creatures. Enlisting help from a worldwide network, the artist collects insects for his work in an environmentally sensitive way.
What a lovely way to burn.
when wind moves wild intelligence 
all bodies speak 
catch my drift?
“Childing” is apparently one of the old botany terms used when a rose flower sprouts another flower within an already opened bloom. The phenomenon is also called “rose flower proliferation” (formerly “perfoliation”). The earliest documentation I could find on the topic is a painting by Belgian botanical artist, Pierre-Joseph Redoté. Interestingly, Redoté was a court artist during Napoleon’s time and worked for Marie Antoinette, Josephine Bonaparte, and Marie-Amelie. He found the beauty in less-than-perfect subjects: broken tulips and mutated roses, which makes a sort of weird sense, I guess, as he kept on painting straight on through the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, like nothing crazy was happening at all; it was just another day in the imperial gardens of France. C’est la vie!
Anyway, this was my first time, after years of poking my nose in hundreds of rose blossoms, actually seeing the deformation. This double blossom happened after one evening’s dip below freezing temperatures was followed by several days of 70-degree weather. I’ve read it’s a hormonal problem that causes continued cell division after the formation of the flower. This particular rose bush has only bloomed yellow until this particular flower happened. Notice the petals are tinged with pink edges in the parent flower and the child has pink variegated petals. It will be interesting to see if subsequent blooms return to their former yellow color or it the pink remains. Stay tuned!
If you’re interested in this stuff and want to learn more:
Plant Mutations in the Botanical Prints of Pierre-Joseph Redouté
Rose Flower Proliferation :: Melinda Myers
”But we have to hurry, because even miracles take a little time. I’d say the first thing you need is…a pumpkin.”
—Fairy Godmother, Cinderella
“…the shining water that moves in the streams and rivers is not just water, but the blood of our ancestors…each ghostly reflection in the clear water of the lakes tells of events and memories…”
–Chief Seattle’s Speech
Filmed alongside the Mississippi River (Memphis, Tennessee and West Memphis, Arkansas banks) and the Wolf River.
Restore, conserve, and preserve our waterways – lives depend on them.
“There are three parts to every pose” the yogi says, “getting into the pose, getting out of the pose, and the pose itself.”
It clicks just before the landing; stay present during those expansive in-between spaces.
Summer always gives way to autumn.
🎼Songlines for the Shifting Season🎶
Beautiful Boy (John Lennon)
September Song (Agnes Obel)
Under Giant Trees (Agnes Obel)
Butterfly (India Arie)
Daydreams (William Goldstein)
Deep Night Cicada (Miyama Higurashi) Marshall McGuire & Riley Lee
Dream of the Moon Flower (Tsukikusa No Yume) Marshall McGuire & Riley Lee
September (Earth, Wind & Fire)
Lose It (Oh Wonder)
Forever (Tina Malia)
Streamside (The Album Leaf)
My Little Spacebook 