Saturday, August 14, 2010

Orange Unfurling

I love this blossom! Just took this photo a little while ago in my neighbor's vegetable garden, on a stop on my walk. I went back uphill to get my camera to capture its intricate unfurling. It makes me want to draw.

From Walt Whitman's "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry":

The glories strung like beads on my smallest
sights and hearings, on the walk in the street
and the passage over the river.

-- Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)

And a perfect thought -- why not? -- from Whitman's "Song of the Open Road":

Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am
good fortune.

-- Walt Whitman

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4 comments:

Unknown said...

I love courgette and squash flowers. I love how they will reach up to the sky when the rain comes. They taste great as well.

Christine said...

I like that image of the blossom lifting its head up to the rain. Thanks!

Leovi said...

es preciosa, que tonalidad más delicada...

Christine said...

Thank you so much, Leovi.