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Saturday, March 23, 2024
Pic(k) of the Week: Double sonata
Framed in a window,
Boccherini, as the sun falls,
Dreaming a double sonata.
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Saturday, March 16, 2024
Pic(k) of the Week: Winter speedwell
Look down! Tiny blue winter speedwell blossoms have popped up, low down, in large numbers, seemingly overnight. So small, so unassuming, and, yes, some might say, so weedy.
Lanier Gardens Park: Avondale Estates, Georgia, USA. 24 February 2022.
I've so often walked
My clothes became muddied; I probably received bemused glances from motorists passing close by this tiny strip of streetside greenspace. But there I lay, taken aback by these blossoms' miniature elegance: flowers for a fairy's garden.
Veronica persica —commonly known as birdeye speedwell, common field-speedwell, Persian speedwell, large field speedwell, bird's-eye, or winter speedwell— is a flowering plant in the plantain family (Plantaginaceae). It is native to Eurasia and is widespread as an introduced species elsewhere, including North America. The short-stalked leaves are broadly ovate with coarsely serrated margins, and measure one to two centimeters (0.4 to 0.8 inches) long. The flowers are roughly one centimeter (0.4 inches) wide and are sky-blue in color with dark stripes and white centers.— Wikipedia.
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Saturday, March 09, 2024
Pic(k) of the Week: Laurel Creek waterfall
Evergreen mountain laurel trees ring small Laurel Creek as it cascades into the (slightly) larger Stephenson Creek.
Seen alongside (that is, clambered down from) the Flat Rock spur of the Arabia Mountain PATH trail in the Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve: DeKalb County, Georgia, USA. 27 February 2024.
Note to self: Return in spring, when the mountain laurel is blooming.
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Saturday, March 02, 2024
Pic(k) of the Week: Winter's spring fling
Saturday, February 24, 2024
Pic(k) of the Week: Trees can look spectacular without leaves
Winter trees can sing even without their leaves...and joyfully in black-and-white.
Rockdale River Trail: Rockdale County (Stockbridge), Georgia, USA. 2 February 2024.
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