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Category: Flowers

Alluring orchids
Flowers~Story Garden

Alluring orchids

Which came first, Bogart or the books? I really can’t remember, but Raymond Chandler has been a fixture in my life since I was a teenager. The 1970s British paperback of his novel The Big Sleep (first published in 1939) featured a still from Howard […]

October 25, 2018
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Social Botany
Edible Plants~Flowers~Poetry~Story Garden

Social Botany

  SOCIAL BOTANY   politics is the authoritative allocation of values in society David Easton   Our nasturtiums, jalapeños, radishes would morph more savory were politics master gardening. Patient curious egos know temperate watering, care with weeds and pests, fertilizers, how best to harvest our […]

August 28, 2018
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A Marigold of Mother
Flowers~Story Garden

A Marigold of Mother

A Marigold of Mother As far as I recall, my mother has been planting tagetes [marigold] every Summer in Sardinia. On top of the cupboard, there is a little jar full of their seeds. I can picture her reaching for them, early in the morning […]

August 13, 2018
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Blåsippa
Flowers~Story Garden~Trees, Forests, and Woods

Blåsippa

Hypatica nobilis syn. Anemone hepatica En härlig vårdag i april, solen skiner och snön har precis smällt bort. Vi tar oss ut till barndomens blåsipps-backar – dessa som brukar vara blåa av sippor – och mycket riktigt, så även denna vårdag. En yster liten vårbäck slingrar […]

July 25, 2018
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“A Genealogy, Mostly Plants”
Edible Plants~Flowers~Story Garden~Trees, Forests, and Woods

“A Genealogy, Mostly Plants”

“A Genealogy, Mostly Plants” By Pamela Banting I was born and raised in a place that takes its name from its trees. The name of the village in central northwestern Manitoba is the direct translation of the Swampy Cree name for the area, Wuskwi Sipihk, […]

May 31, 2018
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California in my (Western bleeding) Heart
Flowers~Snapshot Story

California in my (Western bleeding) Heart

To live in Sweden in May is to experience a veritable explosion of blooms: with nearly 20 hours of sunlight, each day something new is blooming while something else fades away. Yesterday this bright pink plant caught my attention because it so resembled the Western […]

May 27, 2018
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Flowers
Flowers~Snapshot Story

Flowers

What struck you about this plant? — This plant captured my attention because it’s yellow and I like yellow. Where did you find this plant? — This plant was growing in my Nonna’s garden.Does the plant remind you of something or someone? — This plant […]

May 27, 2018
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Where can a plant take you?

  • A Trace of Chamomile: Marian Hedwig Mülberger’s Spring Flowers
  • Of bugs and brothers
  • Gooseberry
  • Michele’s Fig Tree
  • Alluring orchids
  • The Blacker the Berry, the Sweeter the Smile
  • Les tomates de mon grand-père Paul
  • Of Healers and Weavers: Bayabas
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