To me, this looks like a woman in robes with her arms up, standing on the back of a flying dove. Her face gleams white under her cowl and her yellow heart is exposed
See Cee’s audacious blue orchid HERE.
Squash Blossom
Hard to herd and hard to wrangle,
growing in a clustered tangle
here beside my kitchen stoop,
good as fritters or in soup.
Squash blooms don’t merely do their duty
as a thing of sun-filled beauty.
Their life as flowers fades in haste.
Best to enjoy them as a taste!
(Or, if at growing things you’re feckless,
just enjoy them as a necklace!)
Lone Mountain Squash Blossom necklace. Image “borrowed” from internet.
This passionflower is the major element of a mural by Lori Truly on the front of the Machima vegan restaurat in Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico. I’m not a vegan, but I go there because it is one of the best restaurants in town.
Here is the rest of the mural:
jdbphoto
I love these zany blooms. I once knew the names of them. If you do, let me know.
Are you ready for Christmas? In Mexico, Poinsettias are springing up all over. Ready or not.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 