Still spring in mid May!

post #490
           So many of us are appreciating this year's extra long Appalachian spring.
          
           I've felt compelled to document even more of this season than I usually do because there's no way in today's world to guarantee the vitality we are currently squandering. I want the beauty I perceive to be something we all share, preserve and enhance.    

           I realize that so much of the essential work on behalf of Mother Earth is not taking place as much as it needs to happen.  It's hidden behind the chaos of the global coronavirus tragedies.  Yet the longer the science of the atmosphere is denied, the greater the cost of digging us out of the resulting damage to our air, water, food sources, and nature's needs. What if we insist on education classes for all ages devoted to envisioning possibilities for the earth and figuring out how to achieve them? Vision 101, for everyone.

chives in J and R's garden

creative retreat in the yard, with some shade and access to the wifi from the house (for calling a friend) during time spent being #healthyathome for T, who's now nine.

I'm always crazy about the greens as the leaves go through their "adolescence.

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last moments before the rains beat down these flowers

two views from a single vantage point

one single purple iris

surrounded by many white ones, along side of my shed, totally neglected by me.

        
          This potted plant was left on my porch a year ago, after I had broken my foot. I still don't know who "done the deed"! Nonetheless, I have managed to keep it alive! And yesterday, still in the house due to late frosts, it produced this blossom!  So, my beauty, welcome to this world filled with the unexpected.  
          Be safe, everyone, be kind, for the sake of others, especially those keeping us alive at great cost to themselves. So please do the social distancing, to help other humans, and, as always, love a tree.