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Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Whats blooming March 24th


"Every civilization carries the seeds of its own destruction, and the same cycle shows in them all. The Republic is born, flourishes, decays into plutocracy, and is captured by the shoemaker whom the mercenaries and millionaires make into a king. The people invent their oppressors, and the oppressors serve the function for which they are invented." Mark Twain, Eruption




These are strange times, but I'm great full for a garden and greenhouse full of flowers. I can escape around the world with a trip to the greenhouse, This week we journey to the Isle of Corfu in the Ionian Sea, to the Southern Mountains of Turkey, and down the coast of Syria to Lebanon. 


Fritillaria ionica

Fritillaria latakiensis

Fritillaria acmopetala
I enjoy going out in the late evening and catching the last moments of sunlight before dusk, filtered through the greenhouse film it makes a gentle backlight that I've found really shows off the colors that are hidden on a bright sunny day.

The weather has been interesting, hail, sun, rain, sun, sleet, sun, groppel, sun, that kind of a week for a Spring Break in Oregon. I've lived here a long time and I've found that if there is one thing you can count on is that it will not be sunny and warm during Spring break in Oregon. Probably for the best since we are sheltering in place to avoid the Covid-19. Not gonna say much about that, other than I have plenty of time to blog now.

Cheers,

Mark
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