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September 22, 2008
end of summer picture post
On Saturday Oso and I went to the farmer's market-
I thought these were outstanding.
Monster maters!!! As big as your head!!
You have to love the colors.
There were flowers too and in the interest of remembering summer when it is February and everything is sleeping (as Oso says diplomatically- I say everything is dead but I am inclined towards melancholy) I give you-
Later we went to what is now one of my favorite places on earth-
Waters School Community Garden. Its surrounded by big old oak trees, and prairie plants, and smells like Ragdale prairie. At this point the plants are all overgrown and it is a big crazy tangle of living things. It hums, rustles, whispers, and clicks. If you go at night and you don't have a flashlight, the thing to do is rub the leaves and smell them and you will find- mint, basil, oregano, rosemary, dill.
Here is what I love-
These gnarly sticks that have been made into markers for garden plots.
The photos don't really do them any justice at all!
Then also I made a friend because I was less scary than the squirrels, who are entirely frenzied from the abundance of acorns and green tomatoes.
This bun was caught between me and a squirrel and didn't know which way to go. Poor bun.
Eventually the squirrel ran off and the bun went on her way.
We saw some of the last gasps of strawberries-
And these really nice morning glories-
I'm not sure what these were but I thought they were pretty-
Around the perimeter everything is engulfed in purple and yellow flowers.
And happy, happy wildflowers.
Posted by pippypippy at September 22, 2008 03:55 PM
Comments
The dark orange flowers are nasturtiums.
Posted by: Riin at September 25, 2008 07:14 AM