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doubtful knight’s spur

May 17, 2012 | No Comments
doubtful knight’s spur

I’ve set myself the project of identifying the plants in the alley– so today we begin with: Rocket Larkspur Consolida ambigua (synonyms: Consolida ajacis; Delphinium ajacis; Delphinium ambiguum) Family: Ranunculaceae (ra-nun-kew-LAY-see-ee) Genus: Consolida (kon-SO-lih-duh) Species: ambigua (am-big-yoo-uh) Larkspur belongs to the buttercup family - Ranunculaceae. “Larkspur flowers are almost as complex as the Orchids,” according to the flower expert. “Larkspurs ...

life

life! an anthem!

May 7, 2012 | No Comments
life! an anthem!

Anthem. It’s got a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? Confident. Upbeat. If not outright optimistic. Full to the grinning brim with bravado and tally-ho! O, blow ye buglers, it be mine Anthem. Animato – vivo – presto! Just now I was busy doing the odd bit of tidying up and happened across a pretty sorry view behind ...

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for love of a park

Apr 28, 2012 | No Comments
for love of a park

Last weekend in honor of Earth Day I captained the cleanup effort out at our sweet little neighborhood park. About ten or so neighbors came out to lend a hand with spreading mulch and planting annuals in bare planters. A few months ago I started volunteering as park steward, which basically means picking up litter ...