My teabag tag: “The difference between a flower and a weed is a judgment.” In fall, it hits us that wild asters are flowers. Bees go bananas for them. The bees knew all along.
Happy October. Time to gather recent photos to share. I use only my phone for photography, I’m sorry to say, so if you want to see what a real camera can do with nature scenes in my region, check out bloggers like jmankowsky and her site From My Window, here.
The first two pictures below are by Sandra M. Kelly and were taken at the Painted Rock in New Shoreham, Rhode Island.
In the Massachusetts town where I live, there are lots of painted doors, an Umbrella Arts initiative. The one pictured, over by the parking lot for two childhood homes of Louisa May Alcott (the Wayside and the Orchard House), features four kinds of poems for the four seasons.
The next two photos were taken at the Umbrella’s annual woodland art show. The theme this year had to do with getting out of balance with nature. The problem is, most of the artists thought they had to use a lot of plastic to express themselves on the topic. John and the kids and I really didn’t like all the plastic. The real-life frogs in the wetlands were fun though.
The mural off Thoreau Street has been wearing well. I wrote about its development in 2012, here.
I loved the sign at my older granddaughter’s soccer game. Also loved hearing blogger Will McMillan, Carole Bundy, and Molly Ruggles (not shown) singing at Porchfest.
In the second-to-last picture, Boston’s Post Office Square is a lovely urban oasis. And I close with shots of the boat house and the nearly dry Sudbury River in September.
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A lovely urban oasis is right! Beautiful and inviting. I hope parents take note of that sign. I have seen ugly fights at children’s games.
Every item on that list is so obvious — things no grown-up should have to be told.
All lovely. It’s very cold here, and photos of what it was like just a week or so ago is kind of creepy.
Hannah
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Well, creepy gets us in the mood for Halloween. 👻
Love these posts! The straw man on the rocker was great,loved the painted stone ,and the sign was wonderful advice! The bees… definitely are plant wise and we would be wise to follow them.
I always enjoy your comments.
And I have been trying to pay more attention to the wisdom of bees these days.