One of the greatest pleasures in my life is to watch things grow. The top photo is the first harvest of peppers. These would make a great painting I think. The bowel is one that I did hand building clay, glazing and firing.
The next two photos are my day lilies - they finally are blooming after two or three years off and are being generous with their blooms!
Then, the orange tree has finished blooming and the tiny oranges are coming on - I'll be alert this year and spray them with an oil to keep the bugs away and buy a tent for them so the birds won't peck them.
Sex, sex, everywhere. I find it amazing and awesome that God created us with so much connection to the earth's plants - the soft folds of flowers, the alert pistol of the plant - all for reproduction...and I dare say, our viewing pleasure. I think of Georgia O'Keefe, master painter of flowers, out there in the dessert, painting even skulls and bones with a softness and visual allurement.
I watch the blooms on the squash plants and the cucumbers begin to form into the vegetable. I'm thinking too, as well, God made those not only for pleasure, but for purpose - like we are made - I wonder if they experience pleasure in their reproduction and growing?
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I would have a lot more pleasure if spring would just arrive already so I could get my seeds in the ground!
LOL, Coyote - I wax eloquently or at least try about spring and a good deal of the country is struggling out from under the snow...sorry...
Beauitful pictures! You live with such luxurious greenery.
I love it too, to watch seeds grow into plants, especially flowers. It is amazing to see how strong a seed is, and when a little bit of sun comes to the garden...whoooaaaa life begins!
I have never wondered about plant sexuality until now. It will consume my thoughts for a couple days. Poor Bill will need your apologies. :D
Say It: OMG - have you ever heard of a Canadian poet name Lorna Crozier? She has a whole set of poems on the sex lives of vegetables! I'm not kidding.
Beautiful photo's. I love those yellow flowers, They are just wonderful.
First, I love the title of this post.
Second, the photos are gaze-worthy, over and over.
Third, the text was eloquent, fresh, thoughtful and I enjoyed it very much.
Love this post.
Your question? I just don't know. :)
You guys make me laugh, but then you must have laughed reading the post too.
Somewhere in my old archives I have pictures of huge boulders in Wyoming an they are certainly suggestive imagery - Dinners said he knew after see those where smaller rocks came from.
Does this mean our minds are in uh, interesting places?
Right now I am looking out of my study window at the palms - wondering what kind of reproduction they are up to? Hmm, maybe I'll post the pic...
Coming back to this post after a few days just to say that I LOVE the bowl under the peppers.
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