See Previous | See Next This week there is less and less ice in my front garden, revealing the patiently waiting greenery of creepers underneath. And the dry brown in the back garden is showing the new green of young iris leaves if you poke beneath last year’s old, withered ones. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years, we do seem to be balanced now between snow and ice, and new spring buds poking their way up, with either iris…
Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory This is Installment 10 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! Previously… And she will arrow toward it. She will meet it at that place they all must come, now that the beacon has called them. And as she…
See Previous | See Next As ever, early spring in Colorado is very brown, and while that squirrel sitting in that fence/bush/hedge thing is cute, that whole brown-and-barren ambiance (often minus the cute) is very much what my whole garden looks like right now (and for large swaths of the year). But, if you look closely, there are green things getting ready to poke their heads up – or in the case of these hens-and-chicks, emerge directly out from under…
Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory This is Installment 9 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! Previously… And then, all at once, the starlight within her cries out, seems to take a deep breath in, while the star-black sky beats down at her, shouting. …
See Previous | See Next This week we had a blizzard, and now things really feel like spring. More hidden garden nooks are showing (very) tentative green beneath the new-melting snow. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years there are other hints of new growth, reassuring that actual spring probably really is on its way. Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years gives us more buds but also lots more snow. March may mean spring coming soon, but in Colorado…
So…I would like to sometimes write posts about art that I think is super awesome, because there are so many super-awesome things, and we should shout about them when we think of them so that more people can know about these awesome things! Unfortunately, this will not be one of those posts (though I will try to balance things out a little with some shout-outs). This post, unfortunately, is going to be more plaintive. Why don’t I love steampunk? Really. …
Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory This is Installment 8 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! Previously… And so the third-returned scout dives free of the peak to fly home. Home, home, home. Her stick-thin bones may barely hold her, but it will be…
See Previous | See Next This week it’s definitely still February. There was some snow mid-week, but then things also melted enough that I can start to count the buds on my earliest hellebore (also called a lenten rose – one year with very particular weather, this particular hellebore started blooming for Christmas). Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years we see this is the time of year to feature hellebore buds, though based on the timing, this year’s been…
Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory This is Installment 7 of this year’s SSCS. If you want to start at the beginning of ‘Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory’, go here! If you want to know what the heck an SSCS is, go here! Previously… Now, when the wind howls upward, the heart of the beacon trembles, and shudders, and beats its first beat. And the cold, desert wind is forced to…
See Previous | See Next This week we’ve had another thawing cycle (though my front garden is in such deep shade you wouldn’t know it from that side of things – see front vs back in the two pictures above). Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years though there are still lots of pictures that have snow in them because a) here in Colorado the snow mostly comes later in the winter season and b) we’re entering the time of…