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Amy Cowen's avatar

Love the “Photo at the end of the day” poem -- and the lines of the dumpster photo. Beautiful-- “If fairies danced on these roots, which would they choose?What do roots tell you about senescence (old age) or resilience? Or resignation?”

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Fran Gardner's avatar

Thanks for appreciating what I’m trying to do.

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Catherine Sanborn's avatar

And of course you know the buddleia plant was named after Rev. Adam Buddle. It is very. Common in Ireland but I don’t think it’s considered invasive. At least it does attract butterflies. Our truly dangerous invasive is Japanese knotweed.

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Fran Gardner's avatar

Yup, it’s an invasive weed in Oregon, too.

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pippinpippin's avatar

I love that sense of the invasion... a peaceful one! I felt in your verse that the coming of fall was also an invasion of peace, a surrender, but inevitable and even benevolent.

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Fran Gardner's avatar

Lovely words! thank you!

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Dishkitty's avatar

I love the information about the moon. I've started paying closer attention to the lunar cycles over the last year or so, but I didn't know much about the blue moons. 😀

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Sue Cauhape's avatar

Our soil and climate here in Nevada challenges any gardener, probably because we have preconceived notions of what we want to accomplish. Some plants grow okay: catmint, day lilies, black-eyed Susans are in all the gardens, large and small. Daily water, mulch, care and prayer. Meanwhile, the wild things blow in on the wind, take root everywhere, especially where you don't want them, and flourish against all weeding and poisoning efforts. Noxious? Invasion? Oh yes. Beautiful in their defiance and resilience. Most definitely. They should all be named the official State Flowers.

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