Jeremy and Cornelius

(Originally posted on the website Heron Flight)

There are two spiders living on my rose bush now. I’ve named them Jeremy and Cornelius.

Oh… you think THAT is weird? Well, what would you name the spiders living on YOUR rose bush? Don’t even say Charlotte and Wilbur! What? You don’t have a rose bush?? Ahhh… there’s the root of the matter!

Jeremy was the first to take up residence on the rose. That’s why he’s named Jeremy. Cornelius moved in just over the past few days. That’s NOT why he’s named Cornelius. There are other reasons for his name, which I won’t get into here, seeing as YOU don’t have a rose bush and wouldn’t understand.

My apologies to those of you who DO have rose bushes.

Do you have spiders too??

PRESIDENTS

(Originally posted on the website Heron Flight)

PRESIDENTS

Kneeling roses disappearing into
Moses’ dry mouth
Breaking into Fort Knox stealing
Our intentions
Hangers sitting dripped in oil
Crying freedom
Handed to obsoletion
Still you feed us lies from the tablecloth

Everybody’s going to the party
Have a real good time
Dancing in the desert, blowing up the sunshine
Everybody’s going to the party
Have a real good time
Dancing in the desert, blowing up the sunshine

Blast off!
It’s party time
And we don’t live in a fascist nation
Blast off!
It’s party time
And where the fuck are you?
Where the fuck are you?
Where the fuck are you?
Why don’t presidents fight the war?
Why do they always send the poor?

From “B.Y.O.B.” by System of a Down

Watching Things Grow

(Originally posted on the website Heron Flight)

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Arissa wins.

Her sunflowers were the first seedlings to sprout.

My zinnias and love-lies-bleeding came in for a close second and third.

One of the simple, basic joys of human existence is watching things grow.

THE RED ROSE OF JERSEY DAILY PHOTO

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(Originally posted on the website Heron Flight)

I’ve started a new daily photo project. This one is called “The Red Rose of Jersey.”

We recently moved, hence the reason for not having time to write much of anything for a while, and now have a nice front porch and sidewalk area that we do not have to share with obnoxious neighbors as the case was formerly. So we started a “bucket garden” with tomatoes, peppers, cilantro, sunflowers, marigolds, zinnias, bells of Ireland, love-lies-bleeding (Oooooooo!), and more.

I picked out a rose plant, American Beauty variety. As it is not much more than several stalks sticking out of the soil and a few bunches of leaves, it should show many changes as it grows. A perfect photographic subject!

This time I am using Arissa’s camera at a large pixel setting mounted to a tripod. This will give the photos a more consistent look and quality. I will post a small version of each photo on the site along with a link to the larger version for anyone who wants to see more detail.

My last daily photo project, A YEAR IN ONE PLACE, lasted for, uh, well… a year. I’m not sure how long this photo project will last. Maybe just for the season until the last leaf falls from the plant in autumn? Maybe through the winter and into the summer of next year? Until there is no longer enough server space on the internet to hold all the pictures? We’ll see…

So… with that little introduction, here begins the Red Rose of Jersey project.

Click here to go to the photo gallery.