Cherry-glazed black lines over your eyes

[sovay]

For the first time in almost exactly a month, I got outside in the afternoon to photograph the flowering things of my neighborhood, with cameo appearances by the lilac beyond our back deck and Autolycus watching me make dinner.



The lilac in its full ornament.



Two-toned dogwood.



The windblown elm.



J.J. Abrams, eat your heart out.



Tiger lily tulips.



A cup of fire.



Like heraldic banners.



Just a very nice color of dogwood.



Brittling but beautiful.



Hot-hearted.



I didn't recognize these flowers. Their spots reminded me of pitcher plants, which they were not. [edit] They are foxgloves! Good thing we didn't eat them.



There's so much motion in trees in bloom.



Redbud!



A profusion.



Autolycus, the flower of our kitchen.

Dinner was a somewhat disrupted affair, but spatch located Busby Berkeley's The Gang's All Here (1943) on TCM. I have seen this film twice and it remains, even at small-screen size, a functionally inexpressible experience whose existence I appreciate equally beyond words.

I would like something nice to happen in the world; all the news lately seems to run in the opposite direction. It's getting tiring.

Comments

[pameladean]

Your mystery not-pitcher plants are foxgloves!

Those photos are practically divine. And Autolycus's expression just slays me.

P.

[sovay]

Your mystery not-pitcher plants are foxgloves!

Thank you! They were in a kind of climbing frame, as you can see, so I was trying to figure out if they were some sort of leopard-print morning glory or what.

Those photos are practically divine.

Thank you. I don't think the one of the elm is an especially interesting picture, but I love so much that it is thriving on our street.

And Autolycus's expression just slays me.

He is a very good cat.

*hugs*

[pameladean]

Yes, the climbing frame is a puzzle. Perhaps the plants have a tendency to flop over and the frame was repurposed for this.

The elm is very good indeed in the progression, not flowering showily but being a fine tree.

As for Autolycus, indeed, he is clearly the best cat.

*hugs*

P.

[sovay]

Perhaps the plants have a tendency to flop over and the frame was repurposed for this.

I can't remember ever seeing foxgloves in person before. I'll have to keep an eye on them and see what they do.

The elm is very good indeed in the progression, not flowering showily but being a fine tree.

Thank you. I love having the opportunity to observe it, too. It's so light-filled and shaggy!

As for Autolycus, indeed, he is clearly the best cat.

We think so! It is a title that he and his sister share. They are collectively Best.

[pameladean]

In my experience foxgloves are either impossible to grow or cannot be stopped. But most plants will flop over in some circumstances. I once actually enclosed some dame's rocket -- a very pretty non-native invasive, as I later discovered -- in some unused frames intended for peas and beans. It had fallen after a torrential downpour and showed signs of just leaving the bottom ten inches of its stem on the ground and putting a bend in the rest to make it vertical again. So gardeners might do anything, really.

We have five cats who are collectively Best, and yet the term does not seem to wear out! Cats accomplish many things.

P.

[thisbluespirit]

Well, they are at least beautiful flowers! ♥ (The last one is of course particularly fine.)

[sovay]

(The last one is of course particularly fine.)

The rarest blossom!

[cmcmck]

Stunning!

[sovay]

Stunning!

Thank you!

[umadoshi]

So much beauty! *^^*

[sovay]

So much beauty!

I can't live without the sea, but I can't live without trees, either.

[thawrecka]

Beautiful plant life and a very cute cat.

[sovay]

Beautiful plant life and a very cute cat.

I just take the pictures! The cuteness happens entirely on its own.

[sorcyress]

My therapist said my homework this week is to try and look at more flowers. Your post is helping, thank you. <3

[sovay]

My therapist said my homework this week is to try and look at more flowers. Your post is helping, thank you.

You're welcome! I am very glad.

[julian]

Daaaaamn I love these pictures. Thank you for them. (especially hot-hearted and the foxgloves, but all of them in general. Liiiight.)

[sovay]

Daaaaamn I love these pictures. Thank you for them. (especially hot-hearted and the foxgloves, but all of them in general. Liiiight.)

Thank you! And you're welcome. It was very good light.

[drinkingcocoa]

"A cup of fire" is a perfect description!

[sovay]

"A cup of fire" is a perfect description!

Thank you!

[selkie]

Do not lick the botany.

*hugs* You are the perfect friend for these and all times, and sometimes you find Bonus Walkies Digitalis!

[sovay]

Do not lick the botany.

It's true of a lot of botany.

You are the perfect friend for these and all times, and sometimes you find Bonus Walkies Digitalis.

If you need any, apparently I know where to find it!

*hugs*

[asakiyume]

What a delight--thank you so much! I loved them all. "Hot-hearted" is so rich and soft, mmmmm.

((hugs))

[sovay]

What a delight--thank you so much! I loved them all. "Hot-hearted" is so rich and soft, mmmmm.

Thank you!

*hugs*

[gwynnega]

Beautiful photos!

[sovay]

Beautiful photos!

Thank you! I have good material.

[rachelmanija]

Those flowers are exquisite and so is Autolycus.

[sovay]

Those flowers are exquisite and so is Autolycus.

We tell him so! (Excellent icon.)