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Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Tears of rage, tears of grief

"The size of a misfortune is not determinable by an outsider's measurement of it but only by the measurements applied to it by the person specially affected by it. The king's lost crown is a vast matter to the king but of no consequence to the child. The lost toy is a great matter to the child but in the king's eyes it is not a thing to break the heart about."
Mark Twain

Deeply saddened to learn some family members suffered terrible losses of homes and possession's in the fires that raged through Santa Rosa, California this weekend, nothing that I can write can make it better or ease any suffering. Glad that no one got badly hurt, and knowing the constitution of the California family members, they will rebuild bigger and better then before.




Crocus cartwrightianus 'Marcel'
The autumn crocus species bloom progresses, the rain is returning this afternoon, so while I moved a few of the pots into the greenhouse to get them to open a bit better, I wasn't able to get much in the way of photo's because they seemed to want to stay closed. I did manage to get a pretty good video of the honey bees absolutely destroying a Crocus mathewii plant for whatever pollen or nectar it could provide. I think they know that winter is coming.


More seasonal color 

Lows in the 40's, and partly cloudy with rain in the forecast.

Mark
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