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Flower for the Day Cosmos 9-28-26

> > There was a tall plant in the front yard that I didn’t recognize. It is a cosmos bush/tree. I have never seen > one so tall. >  > > I was going to cut it down but then I saw the buds and on it. One has bloomed. Strange what rain will do. >  > > The pants are always teaching me what iI don’t know. > > The Mystery of Incarnation > > Its when we face for a moment > the worst our kind can do, and shudder to know > the taint in our own selves, that awe > cracks the mind’s shell and enters the heart: > not to a flower, not to a dolphin, > to no innocent form > but to this creature vainly sure > it and no other is god-like, God > (out of compassion for our ugly > failure to evolve) entrusts > as guest , as brother, > the Word. > > Denise Levertov > > > >

Flower for the Day Cosmos 9-28-26

There was a tall plant in the front yard that I didn’t recognize. It is a cosmos bush/tree. I have never seen one so tall.  I was going to cut it down but then I saw the buds and on it. One has bloomed. Strange what rain will do.  The pants are always teaching me what iI don’t know. The Mystery of Incarnation Its when we face for a moment the worst our kind can do, and shudder to know the taint in our own selves, that awe cracks the mind’s shell and enters the heart: not to a flower, not to a dolphin, to no innocent form but to this creature vainly sure it and no other is god-like, God (out of compassion for our ugly failure to evolve) entrusts as guest , as brother, the Word. Denise Levertov

Flower for the Day Sharpwing Monkeyflower 9-25-26

> > > >> >> >> Flowers are a rare treat these waning days. This sharpwing monkeyflower (Mimulus altus) is as rare as its name. >> I found it in a creakbed several weeks ago. It is an herbaceous native eudicot perennial. >  > > It has a t <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bilabiate>wo-lipped corolla. The strange name comes from its winged stem and the arrangement of the upper and lower lip petals suggesting a monkey’s face.The two-lipped corolla is borne from 5 mm pedicels from the upper leaf axils. At the center, or throat, of the corolla is a yellow region surrounded by a band of white. The yellow beard guides pollinators towards the flower. The upper lip consists of a pair of lobes that fold backwards to the side and the lower lip has three rounded lobes that spread outward and serve as a welcoming platform for pollinating insects. >  > > I see the ‘platform’ but am having a little trouble seeing the monkey face. > > my mind empties, > > my heart opens, > > my spirit soars > > Richard Wagamese > > >

Flower for the Day Sharpwing Monkeyflower 9-25-26

> > > Flowers are a rare treat these waning days. This sharpwing monkeyflower (Mimulus altus) is as rare as its name. > I found it in a creakbed several weeks ago. It is an herbaceous native eudicot perennial.  It has a t <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bilabiate>wo-lipped corolla. The strange name comes from its winged stem and the arrangement of the upper and lower lip petals suggesting a monkey’s face.The two-lipped corolla is borne from 5 mm pedicels from the upper leaf axils. At the center, or throat, of the corolla is a yellow region surrounded by a band of white. The yellow beard guides pollinators towards the flower. The upper lip consists of a pair of lobes that fold backwards to the side and the lower lip has three rounded lobes that spread outward and serve as a welcoming platform for pollinating insects.  I see the ‘platform’ but am having a little trouble seeing the monkey face. my mind empties, my heart opens, my spirit soars Richard Wagamese

Don's Blog First Day of Fall

> > Well the weather finally broke after 6 weeks of alternating heat alerts. It rained on my dead and > dying plants. This is what we have been seeing. > The deer in the front yard are just walking by the dead flowers. >  > > The black-eyed Susans did fine even in the brutal heat. >  > > The mushrooms are beginning to come out. >  > > he fruit of the blackberry lily is in its glory. >  > > And my hoya bloomed again inside. >  > > Gravity continues to win. > > Here is an offering by RWE from Katie. > > Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. > > He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety. > > Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. > > Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt, crept in. Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day; > > begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense. > > This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays.