Today I learned that the neglected ficus that I’ve barely kept alive for … nearly 15 years, is a member of the fig tree family, and apparently it can fruit? It’s been acting weird this year, I think because our preschooler loves watering it. 😃 I saw a tiny flower on it earlier in the spring and then suddenly there are a couple of bunches of these tiny green figs growing on it.
Are they edible? How big do the grow? Do they contain viable seeds? So many questions!
… and then KABOOM – purple flowers in every direction.
I keep going back to alliums as subjects – this is one caught in the moment right before the pod erupts and it becomes a big purple firework. I love the way the flowers are clustered and packed, ready to reach out in every direction.
I was all excited to discover monarchs on the same flowers as the bees, but they were very very hairy – turns out they’re Painted Lady Moths. Ah well – they’re orange and that’s cool! 🙂
We have a bunch of sedum plants in the front yard that produce nectar that bees love, so every year I hide in the bushes like a paparazzi and snap pictures of them going about their business.
Georgia O’Keeffe supposedly once quipped: “I hate flowers – I paint them because they’re cheaper than models and they don’t move.”
