I Heard a Fly Buzz. . .

Autumn Agapanthus (Lily of the Nile)

Acanthis, Recovering from the Heat

This poor guy died to the ground a few times this summer and fall when it got so dry and hot.

Belvi Queen 2

Not so sun bleached, appreciative of some rain.

Blooming Now — Birds of Paradise

Baltimore

The rooms, above. Below, our initials & Violet's pawprints in the concrete near our old house on W. 34th St.



The historic Domino Sugar plant and the Fell's Point pier where we got hitched. Below, standing in the spot on the pier where we said "I do."



Last, water taxi, Inner Harbor.

Belvi Queen

From Sans Souci Nursery near Baltimore to my Austin garden and then to my garden here in Califronia, this is the first of the oft transplanted iris varieties to bloom, third flower.

Coo-coo for Carrion Flowers

Noticed that flies act totally mesmerized and/or doped up as they hang out on/in the carrion flowers. It's really weird to watch them. We must have looked mesmerized and/or doped up ourselves as we stared.