Miscellany

[muckefuck]

THE bridal wreath (a.k.a. Spiraea prunifolia) around here is gangbusters, which is nice since the honeysuckle has already run out of steam. Also, the flags (a.k.a. bearded iris, Iris germanica) are coming into their glory, especially in the courtyard of my building and on the north side of the side street just north of monshu's building.

It occurs to me that, aside from androkles's photoreportage, bitterlawngnome's seasonal portraits, and hausmeister's chopping-and-lopping reports, I don't hear much about what nature is up to around the homes of those on my Friends list. So, spill: What's blooming and leafing where you are?

MY quote for today is "Buy some Valrhona, bitch." Unfortunately, I'm not at liberty to reveal who said it, but some of you should figure it out without too much trouble.

I'M putting together a list of the Highs and Lows of Bear Pride Weekend and I don't want anyone to feel bad if his name's not on it. If I saw you, you contributed something to my enjoyment. Sometimes I feel like I pack months worth of socialisation into three or four days--a sensation I could lessen by at least getting off my ass once and a while and doing something with you local folk. Help me help myself get out more!

READING the Osage grammar is still bringing me much enjoyment. There's a lot of interesting stuff in it I'm tempted to go on about here, but it would bore everyone or look like I was just showing off. Plus, given how poorly I know the language, the chances of making grievous errors would be substantial. Still, I may yet abandon caution to talk about instrumental prefixes, funky phonological processes, and portmanteau morphemes.

Comments

[snowy-owlet.livejournal.com]

Our crap myrtle has long since stopped blooming, but the azalea keeps shoving out blossoms. It has been weeks and weeks now, which makes me wonder whether there's a body under the planting bed.

The wisteria is long done---so sad. Wisteria is one of my favorites. We're on our second round of honeysuckle, and the magnolias (not very common) are on the tail end of their bloom. It's hot as all get-out, and the love bugs are having crazy amounts of sex.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

I think you're being unduly hard on your poor myrtle! The patches near my place seem to have given up blooming, too, which seems odd--I remember the stuff by my parents' house going all through the summer.

[snowy-owlet.livejournal.com]

Oh I'm totally not---I hate the thing. I left the "e" off on purpose.