A gloriosa lily

...my red flowered passion...the gloriosa lily, also called the fire lily, is, unfortunately, poisonous...

Shalwar Kameez

My favorite approach to clothes - comfort, glory, flexibility and ultimate good sense...not to mention excellent sparkle and color potential...too bad shalwar kameez are not indigenous to my culture...

herbes du maquis...

Sugar stack!

Google results for searching "sugar stack" :)

Peridot green...

peridot green as a color is far superior to any old boring emerald green...

Green orchids...

...must be having a georgia o'keefe moment...this one is from this website source...

green icebergs, not lettuce!

Flappers!

(From Wikipedia...) The term flapper in the 1920s referred to a "new breed" of young women who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered "decent" behavior. The flappers were seen as brash in their time for wearing makeup, drinking hard liquor and smoking tobacco. right on, ladies!

Harvest moon

Meeting J has inspired me to re-connect with the skies, albeit slowly. My granny always referred to the phenomenon of the large moon on the horizon as the harvest moon, but I now realize that this may be only an autumnal occurrence. Nonetheless, my muse of the moment after the glorious harvest moon sighting over the harbor of my city two nights ago.




An ancient haiku:

the Full Moon
promenading the pond
the whole night through
-- Basho

And a new haiku:

I have swallowed
the autum stars
and I’m still hungry
--john stevenson

Japanese hot pot

The weather cools significantly, I need internal warmth. This food will do it - especially at my favorite place for it in my city...I don't know these people (internet image pirate that I am), but they are sitting where I would like to be right this minute! Best part is after cooking all of the meat (lamb!) and veg and eating them is the drinking of the spicy and meaty broth...