I was the high bidder in an online daylily auction, and today my prized shipment arrived in the mail.
The fans were wrapped in damp pages of the sports section from the May 27, 2007 edition of the Sioux Falls, South Dakota Argus Leader, which raises several puzzling questions: Why is my letter carrier so grumpy? With what will we wrap things once the presses stop and the last physical newspaper is printed? Why wasn’t this five year old paper recycled already? Inquiring minds seek answers. In vain.
What’s Blooming: Almost-a-pomegranate.
Every year this plant produces several dozen gauzy orange crêpe de Chine flowers, and every year the fruits drop just as their hypanthia begin to swell. But it is a favorite of the hummingbirds - a small compensation for its lack of productivity.
What’s Blooming: Almost-a-cucumber.
What’s Blooming: Almost-a-tomato.
Thanks for all of the kind replies y’all have sent regarding the Sandy Bottom photos. They have come in a rush, so I have to thank you in the aggregate. I wish I could do so individually.
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Scenes from Sandy Bottom: This dragonfly just emerged from its nymphal skin, and its wings have not yet hardened. The exuvium can be seen clinging to the top of the reed stem. In Newport News, Virginia.
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Scenes from Sandy Bottom: Calico pennant dragonfly (Celithemis elisa ♀), in Newport News, Virginia.
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Scenes from Sandy Bottom: Calico pennant dragonfly (Celithemis elisa ♂), in Newport News, Virginia.
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Scenes from Sandy Bottom: Grasshopper, probably in the Melanoplinae subfamily (spur-throated grasshoppers). In Newport News, Virginia.
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Scenes from Sandy Bottom: “Yellow patches” mushroom (Amanita favoconia), in Newport News, Virginia.
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Scenes from Sandy Bottom: Wheel bug (Arilus cristatus, immature nymph), on robin’s plantain (Erigeron pulchellus). If asters are blooming, it must be summer! In Newport News, Virginia.
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