#cypress flower

[tanuki-kimono]

Dazzling antique furisode (probably a bridal one, or kakeshita), with busy and colorful goshodoki (all season flowers and ancient Heian court items). The hina-ningyo (dolls) are so cute!

[blooming-lenses]

junper

2024/08/10

[mrs-trophy-wife]

[geopsych]

Red cypress vine, Ipomoea quamoclit, beginning to bloom on the porch rails.

[daughterofchaos]

Tile detail of the Cypress Tomb in Pakistan, built in the 18th century for Sharf-un-Nisa Begam

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[inthecityofgoodabode]

November 2024: Rainy Saturday Quest

My old friend just where I left him for what seems like ages:

Someone left water bowls in The Wasteland for the demon dogs of the plains of Antioch:

Man in a funny hat on a quest. Ironically, the same man in a funny hat sent him on the quest:

The quest - we had three minnows left from our last fishing trip. Given the forecast, they weren't likely to survive until our next chance to fish so the only right action was to walk into the wild & release them:

Here is the spot I chose. I've seen wild minnows here so hopefully they will find a home among the wildlings:

It came home with me. Hopefully to propagate:

This is within walking distance of our house:

It might not be the deep wild but it is close enough:

As if sprouting from the footsteps of some Fae creature:

I've said it before...:

But I'll say it again, magic is where you find it in this world. You just have to open your mind & allow yourself to see it:

Looking back on where I'd been:

[a-c-e-t-y-l-e-n-e]

Guadalupe River

[0wlbot]

Shots from the only not man-made lake in Texas

[firstlawcedarprairie]

Cypress vine on the roadside

[bigpappahope]

Flowers and a tree

[tanuki-kimono]

Sugary sweet hues for this furisode with goshodoki (all seasons flowers mixed with ancient court items patterns): you can especially see here regal blooming botan/peony, genjiguruma/ox cart wheel, and hiôgi/cypress fan. The obi has huge butterflies, with perfectly complimenting colors.

[nncastle]

The cypress vine is a magnet for hummingbirds.

[mrs-trophy-wife]

[anskupics]

Spiraea japonica — Japanese spiraea

[sunshinesrain]

[lacedisc]

White Cypress Vine Flower🤍⭐