Saturday, July 11, 2009

In which the variety and loveliness of the common clover flower is revealed


In this morning's Washington Post, someone asked the garden columnist, Joel M. Lerner, the following question:

Can I have an environmentally safe lawn that looks good without using products that will harm the Chesapeake Bay? The clover was nice a couple of months ago but is now sprouting white tops, which attract bees.
The answer given was, essentially, clover looks nice and bees are good.

So, later in the afternoon, I took the camera out into the backyard and got down on my belly in the grass to check it out for myself.





Friday, July 3, 2009

In which I start again, with lower expectations and a different take on personal privacy and the World Wide Web

When the mind wanders away in meditation-- as it does, again and again-- you just start over, again and again.

In that spirit, I'm starting again here.