Don's Blog NWP#1 Trip of a Lifetime 8-19-17

Monday after the eclipse I am going on a voyage through the fabled North West Passage. Since the early 90's I have gone on many arctic canoe expeditions with my son Lee. Several including the the Coppermine and Horton Rivers have ended at the Arctic Ocean. I will be going with a friend, Dan West, on an expedition ship, Le Boreal,

from Greenland through the NWP to Nome, Alaska. We will be able to take zodiac rafts to the tundra and be able to hike and explore.

I am more than excited to be able to see The Land from the ocean side. As you can see the trip spans the continent.

Flower fir the Day - My Flower for the Day 8-18-17

This is my Flower for the Day. We were married 56 years ago this afternoon

in St Louis. What was she thinking?

Flower for the Day Brown Eyed Susans 8-16-17

There is nothing more pleasing and comforting than a healthy stand of brown eyed susans.

You can count on them.

Flower for the Day Surprise Lily 8-14-17

Surprise lilies have bloomed for the last 2 weeks. We usually miss them as we are in Colorado at 

bloom time. We got to stay home this year and they are a treat. They are also called magic lilies an

naked ladies.

Lycoris squamigera  is in the amaryllis family. I think it deserves a more ethereal name.

Flower for the Day Verbena 8-9-17

This is my current all-time favorite. Verbena is a very old plant.It has been associated with 

divine supernatural forces.In ancient Egypt it was called "tears of isis".In ancient Greece it was

dedicated to Eos Erigineia, goddess of the dawn.

I like how it swings on a long stalk in the wind and sends it volunteers throughout the garden.

Flower for the Day Verbena 8-9-17

This is my current all-time favorite. Verbena is a very old plant.It has been associated with 

divine supernatural forces.In ancient Egypt it was called "tears of isis".In ancient Greece it was

dedicated to Eos Erigineia, goddess of the dawn.

I like how it swings on a long stalk in the wind and sends it volunteers throughout the garden.

Flower for the Day Milk Weed 8-8-17

This milk weed is a volunteer in one of the field circles. The butterflies love it.

Can you name the bug? 

Don's Blog Fun at the Lake 8-4-17

Its always an adventure at the lake. Recently I hung up our elderly hammock for Jan as 

I had done for many years. Unfortunately she said, "It didn't hold me."  The worn out rope 

broke and down she went surprising her  and injuring her beautiful bottom. I had not tested it.

Not good.

Flower for the Day 8-2-17 Ginger

Here are some ginger plants that were a gift from a friend form Honolulu.

They wintered inside. The question is whether they will bloom. We shall see.

Flower for the Day Ironweed 8-1-17

Ironweed (Vernoniae) is a beautiful purple color and you know 

I am partial to purple. Sometimes I feel empurpled.

Pithy Empurpled Writing

Magniloquent words of   an empurpled writer.  Where lofty, yet showily expressed   words make details brighter.     Concise, rhetorically composed   words made solely for an effect.  Causing pithy comments to draw   a picture, for readers to connect.     The complexion and pigment of colorful   words then meld into a spectral light.  Blended with the authors passion  for the topic, causing both to ignite.  ....     Smooth white sands   blow across the dune  Distant notes from a   banjo floats into a tune.     Ancient ironweed graces   the desert with vibrant color  As sunset beckons for twilight  to be evenings romantic caller.     Beach peas and daisies grow  between cliffs of living stone   Stand embellished fig trees  on seeded winds were flown.   .....  Written with a shimmer of color  floating on an iridescent feather.  Titillates the plateau of ones senses  on aromatic breezes of white heather.     first three have definitions to words in each stanza  center three stanza's and last are examples of   expression relative to the first three.    Carole Cookie Arnold  2009