Tag - in-bloom

 
 

IN BLOOM

ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Dec 17, 2008
Ichigo (Strawberry)
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Dec 3, 2008
Hiiragi-nanten (Mahonia)
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Nov 19, 2008
Isogiku ("Silver and gold" chrysanthemum)
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Nov 5, 2008
Shibugaki (Persimmon)
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Oct 15, 2008
Akebi (Chocolate vine)
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Oct 1, 2008
Balloon vine
Whither does he make his way?Only where the autumn winds blow The little pilgrim!
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Sep 17, 2008
Fig
Across the sea a land there is,Where, if fate will, men may have bliss, For it is fair as any land: There hath the reaper a full hand, While in the orchard hangs aloft The purple fig, a-growing soft.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Sep 3, 2008
Blackberry
He roves, half-indolent and self-employed, To rob the little birds, Of hips and pendant haws, And sloes, dim-covered as with dewy veils And rambling bramble-berries, pulpy and sweet,Arching their prickly trails Half o'er the narrow lane.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Aug 20, 2008
Calabash or Gourd
The neighborhood was a poor one, chiefly of small houses. Some were leaning precariously and there were "evening faces" at the sagging eaves.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Aug 6, 2008
Sunflower
Ah Sunflower, weary of time, Who countest the steps of the sun; Seeking after that sweet golden climeWhere the traveller's journey is done;Where the Youth pined away with desire,And the pale virgin shrouded in snow, Arise from their graves, and aspire Where my Sunflower wishes to go!
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Jul 16, 2008
Flax
It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wint'ry sea; And the skipper had taken his little daughter, To bear him company.Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax,Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds That ope in the month of May.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Jul 2, 2008
Evening primrose
Although I am sure That he will not be coming, In the evening light When the locusts shrilly callI go to the door and wait.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Jun 18, 2008
Spiderwort
In the dew of little things, the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Jun 4, 2008
Lavender
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Oct 25, 2001
Nogiku (Wild asters)
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Oct 18, 2001
Chikarashiba (Fountain grass)
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Oct 11, 2001
Waremoko (Great burnet)
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Oct 4, 2001
Hototogisu (hairy toad lily)
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Sep 27, 2001
Hagi (Bush clover)
ENVIRONMENT / IN BLOOM
Sep 20, 2001
Higanbana (spider lily)

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