Charlie Brown Amaryllis Day 9

The last bud is getting ready to bloom....I have the plant staked up with 3 knitting needles & I would not have been surprised to find it on the floor this morning! Enjoy today's progress. And here's hoping for some of that sweet afternoon light in the next few days!


the last bud



the whole shebang

Charlie Brown Amaryllis Day 8

Much the same as Day 7. See here to refresh your memory if so inclined.
Cheerio!

Charlie Brown Amaryllis Day 7

This morning....


Tonight...

Charlie Brown Amaryllis Day 6

What a difference a day makes indeed!

just for 2/14/08

Waterfall & heart rock formation at Watkin's Glenn

XXXIV (You are the daughter of the sea)

You are the daughter of the sea, oregano's first cousin.
Swimmer, your body is pure as the water;
cook, your blood is quick as the soil.
Everything you do is full of flowers, rich with the earth.

Your eyes go out toward the water, and the waves rise;
your hands go out to the earth and the seeds swell;
you know the deep essence of water and the earth,
conjoined in you like a formula for clay.

Naiad: cut your body into turquoise pieces,
they will bloom resurrected in the kitchen.
This is how you become everything that lives.

And so at last, you sleep, in the circle of my arms
that push back the shadows so that you can rest--
vegetables, seaweed, herbs: the foam of your dreams.

Pablo Neruda
Translated by Stephen Tapscott