posted April 14, 2014 03:53 AM            

Up from an old rootstock:

posted April 15, 2014 07:22 AM            

Me!

posted April 17, 2014 04:13 AM            

So simple and elegant.

I love walking out my door.

posted April 19, 2014 01:06 AM            

Though it really looks more like this:

posted April 20, 2014 02:46 AM            

Christ has ARose.

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Love,

posted April 21, 2014 11:12 AM            

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Originally posted by Ellynlvx:
Very sweet.

What are they?

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I honestly have no idea. They tend to grow around here naturally, and I've found them in the Olympic National Forest as well.

They're very tiny, and no scent. But so perfect, and bright!

posted April 21, 2014 12:11 PM            

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Originally posted by Ellynlvx:
I catch my breath everytime I am struck by sight of this one.

So simple and elegant.

I love walking out my door.

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Now this one is full-blown, and it has this pregnant green center giving it a certain substance and presence.

The miniature red sprays below it abundant in their tight-bud state.

Alluring.

This you're not gonna believe.

My Ebb-Tide is less than a foot tall, been in the ground from the top of this Thread page,

AND IT ALREADY HAS A BLOOM.

It hasn't been fertilized, by the way.

I'm Trippin'.

posted April 21, 2014 12:22 PM            

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Just finished "There is a Tide."

Will start another Agatha Christie tonight.

That one was in my Agatha Christie boxset (movies) but under a different title.

Oh, ha!

They just went a little farther along in the quote

"Taken at the Flood."

(Quoting)
There is a tide in the affairs of men

Brutus:
There is a tide in the affairs of men.
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
On such a full sea are we now afloat,
And we must take the current when it serves,
Or lose our ventures.
Julius Caesar Act 4, scene 3, 218–224

Brutus and Cassius are discussing the final phase of their civil war with the forces of Octavian and Marcus Antonius. Cassius has been urging that they group their forces at Sardis and take advantage of the secure location to catch their breath. Brutus, however, advocates heading off the enemy at Philippi before Octavian can recruit more men. Brutus's main point is that, since "the enemy increaseth every day" and "We, at the height, are ready to decline" (lines 216–217), he and Cassius must act now while the ratio of forces is most advantageous. "There's a tide in the affairs of men," he insists; that is, power is a force that ebbs and flows in time, and one must "go with the flow." Waiting around only allows your power to pass its crest and begin to ebb; if the opportunity is "omitted" (missed), you'll find yourself stranded in miserable shallows.

(End Quote)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcCGstwovTY

"Can't Get it out of my Head"
(Electric Light Orchestra)

Midnight, on the water
I saw the ocean's daughter
Walking on a wave's chicane
Staring as she called my name

And I can't get it out of my head
No, I can't get it out of my head
Now my old world is gone for dead
'Cause I can't get it out of my head

Breakdown on the shoreline
Can't move, it's an ebbtide

Morning, don't get here tonight
Searching for her silver light

And I can't get it out of my head
No, I can't get it out of my head
Now my old world is gone for dead
'Cause I can't get it out of my head

Bank job in the city
Robin Hood and William Tell
And Ivanhoe and Lancelot
They don't envy me
Sitting 'til the sun goes down
In dreams the world keeps going 'round and 'round

And I can't get it out of my head
No, I can't get it out of my head
Now my old world is gone for dead
'Cause I can't get it out of my head

Jeff Lynne- in response to his father's lack of faith.

(Sabian for the Day)

LIBRA 17
A RETIRED SEA CAPTAIN WATCHES SHIPS ENTERING AND LEAVING THE HARBOR

It's time for quiet recollection. You may feel that the stormy, unpredictable emotional life is something you can leave behind - you can opt out. But like the sea captain, there will always be the frustration in the desire to return. An objective and calm understanding of life's experiences is available now.

Memories and peaceful contemplation. Writing one's memoirs. Being a spectator rather than a participant.

The Caution: Copping-out, escaping from reality. Relying on past experiences.

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posted April 21, 2014 08:56 PM            

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Originally posted by Ellynlvx:
They remind me of the Shooting Stars, but I think they're different.

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I feel very silly...I think they're Forget Me Nots, hahahaha.

Well...I've never seen them before, until we moved closer to the mountains, except in the Olympic National Forest.

posted April 23, 2014 06:04 AM            

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Love,

posted April 23, 2014 09:22 AM            

It has not been a particularly warm or cooperative Spring this year, I have to say. But that's part of living here, I suppose. Some years are just like that. I should be grateful that we're not looking at snow!

But we got the lawn mowed, cleaned up the garden border quite a bit, and dug out the middle for a strawberry patch.