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 […]

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 […]

Sliced lives; inconspicuous and dormant. Human events read out loud from timelines imprinted across dead tissues. As the skin of others gathers in these crevasses of plant history; quiet trees become silent. Until the conservator cleans off the years and awakens the giant within.   […]

The shape and the colors are beautiful. And eerie, somehow. Or is that only because I know that they capture and eat insects! I saw this plant in the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida. I would love to see one in real life.It […]