not-quite Journaling, 22
Nature
is art you can eat.
10/21/2021: I photographed this grape because I
thought it had super cool markings. While I was cropping said
photo, I noticed that if I turned it 90 degrees clockwise the markings looked
like a happy fish (top photo); and 270 degrees clockwise (bottom
photo) made the fish look slightly irritated. In the original
photo (3rd photo here), the fish can look happy or
irritated depending on the viewer’s perspective.
succulent—
a tiny
garden
near
my bed
10/25/2021: Outside, the weather is gloomy and most people are
gloomier… so it’s nice to grow a bit of brightness inside.
irresistible,
how
she refuses to follow
no
drum but her own
11/4/2021: My faucaria tigrine (tiger jaw) plant has
decided to bloom after what seems like forever. According to what I’ve read
about this thorny member of the Aizoaceae family, they bloom from autumn to
early winter. Blossoms open around midday and close in the late afternoon. But
my tiger jaw’s bloom seems to have missed the
memo, because she opens from very late evening to past midnight. I love a
blooming rebel.
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for our 2nd Friday Writings, over at the Poets
and Storytellers United blog, Rommy invited us “to
use a subject we studied in school as inspiration”. Agriculture was one of my
favorite subjects, in middle school. Although I didn’t exactly write about what
we used to do for class (plant a garden, tend it for most of the schoolyear,
delight in the fruits of our labor…), my love for plants and gardening is
partly a direct result of those classes.
I love a flower that blooms in her own sweet time. My kinda garden! And I like the changing perspective with your grape!
ReplyDeleteWhat's not to love about a wild bloom, right!?
DeleteYour tiger jaw flower is AWESOME! I've never heard of this plant before.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard of it until I got it. Now I have two. On year 3, the mother plant divided. I wonder if the daughter plant will take 7 years to bloom too.
DeleteWhat a fun little succulent - I love its' little tiger teeth.
ReplyDeleteI know, right!
DeleteAgriculture in middle school sounds like fun!! Love the yellow flower too!
ReplyDeleteIt was fun! It was one of the things I missed most when I came to the US for high school. No garden. :-(
DeleteNothing makes me happier than seeing a new recruit to the " curly rebel" party :D XXX
ReplyDeleteOur numbers are growing!
DeleteSoon, it will be the Season of the Curl! 😁
DeleteAll lovely. Above all I'm enchanted that you have a book called 'teeny tiny gardening'.
ReplyDeleteI love that book. It shares the most wonderful gardening ideas for small spaces.
Deletethe tiger jaw flower looks awesome.
ReplyDeletei am bad at gardening. i tried to grow chili and basil (hopefully for the kitchen) but without success. No chance to taste the fruits of my own labour. :)
You killed basil? Your black thumb is very powerful. It's really hard to grow basil. Do you use a lot of garlic? If you do, and appreciate the taste of garlic greens--just like garlic, just a tad milder--is a excellent (and super easy) plant to grow on the windowsill.
DeleteNice find with the grape. That flower is amazing. Have a very nice day.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I hope you have a lovely week, too.
DeleteI have never seen one of those tiger jaws before. Quite remarkable. You must be a good gardener.
ReplyDeleteI like to think that plants can feel how much I love them, so they grow for me.
DeleteInteresting find. Good Friday
ReplyDeleteMuch💛love
Thank you, Gillena.
DeleteI love a plant that shows its teeth! It's a cutie. And of course I am a huge fan of that curl poem, but being an obviously curly girl I may be biased. <3
ReplyDeleteBiased? Nah! Not one bit.
DeleteThe succulent near your bed is my favorite … I have grapes in our fridge … must check for markings! Happy weekend, Magaly … to you and Piano Man.
ReplyDeleteI'm quite fond of them, too. It's nice to open my eyes and see something pretty and green. I hope you have a glorious week.
DeleteWonderful!
ReplyDeleteirresistible,
how she refuses to follow
no drum but her own
Thank you.
DeleteI have such a terrible black thumb that I can't even grow succulents properly. Everything I try to grow dies. I'm better with silk plants.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the photos of the grape. Slight changes in position can cause big changes in perspective!
I have a friend who has the loveliest garden she makes of cloth. I can't sew like she does and she can't grown anything, so we live vicariously through each other's gardens.
DeleteIt does look like a fish! I like the idea of an irritated fish.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flower. Succulents and cactus have the prettiest flowers.
A living curl is a lovely way to put it.
I was all excited giggles when I saw the little fat fish! And you are so right, some succulent's flowers are out of this world pretty!
DeleteI am the living curl... is a delight to me. And reminds me of these old love poem lines from the 80s written for my husband.
ReplyDeleteDoes his hair curl in loops
luring you close
like a crooked finger
gestures, “Come here?”
Did you eat that grape?
That's a beautiful poem, love the vivid imagery.
DeleteAnd of course I age the grape! 😁
Thank you for sharing, Magaly. Seeing that yellow on a gloomy day would have to brighten up your world.
ReplyDeleteYour thoughts of resistance with a dash of rebellion is refreshing.
Thank you, JM.
DeleteYour hands are gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteSo are your paintings—especially the shade of the backgrounds.
I love this line: “I love a blooming rebel.”
Also this one: “I am a living curl.”
Thank you, psyche. The paintings are the work of my super talented friend Gina Morley. She has a touch for the surreal.
DeleteIt takes meticulousness to see a fish on your grape. And indeed, its mood seems to change with each angle. :)
ReplyDeleteIt's always lovely to read about your garden. Btw, agriculture was one of my favorite subjects too, at secondary school. But nowadays, my fingers seem to go green only with outdoor plants.
Anyway, keep growing that bit of brightness inside! It's cold and dark outside.
Maybe I look at my fruit too closely, lol! And I suspect that we'll both keep the bright going.
DeleteThank god, there's someone else who doesn't fit quite right in society's garden either!
ReplyDeleteSo say we all.
Deleteoh, thats pretty cool, nice trick photography magaly! i'll bet grape-fish are a lot easier to feed =)
ReplyDeleteGrape-fish are super easy to feed to oneself, indeed.
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