Posted in Backstory, travel, tagged Bailey's Harbor, blue, coral, fossils, grey, Lake Michigan, metal, orange, rambles, rings, rust, sand, shoreline, stakes, Wisconsin on 4 September, 2012| 1 Comment »
…there’s a public access to the water, in between several owned properties. And along the rocky shoreline, I was able to find some fossilized corals and a few younger [relatively] bits of the past.
The orange-ness of the rust isn’t well-captured here. The blue-greys of the aged metal don’t come through quite right, either. But you get the idea, I hope…
Posted in Gardening, My brain, tactless observations, tagged agaves, aloe, amber, blue, brown bottles, details, distractions?, exhibit design, grasses, green, haworthia, lava, lava fields, Philadelphia Flower Show, rebirth, reclamation, recycled glass, recycling, rocks, sand, thyme on 13 March, 2012| 2 Comments »
I’m at the Philadelphia Flower Show. Orchids everywhere. Three-storey volcanos with cascades of purple blossoms and laser shows. Model turtles covered in succulents. Elaborate garden party displays.
What am I staring at?
The ground recycled glass in the “plant life reclaims a lava field” exhibit:
Step back a bit:
And then:
Rethorykal Questions 