Wound weal wale, No. 2.
Tag: Phoenix
Wound weal wale, No. 1.
All of the photos in this series are of bark scars on foothills palo verde (Parkinsonia microphylla), at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
Wound weal wale, No. 1.
All of the photos in this series are of bark scars on foothills palo verde (Parkinsonia microphylla), at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
Lines to an Old Sweetheart
Once fondly lov’d, and still remember’d dear,
Sweet early object of my youthful vows,
Accept this mark of friendship, warm, sincere,
Friendship! ‘tis all cold duty now allows.
And when you read the simple artless rhymes,
One friendly sigh for him
―
he asks no more,
Who, distant, burns in flaming torrid climes,
Or haply lies beneath th’ Atlantic roar.
―
Robert Burns (1786)
Lines to an Old Sweetheart
Once fondly lov’d, and still remember’d dear,
Sweet early object of my youthful vows,
Accept this mark of friendship, warm, sincere,
Friendship! ‘tis all cold duty now allows.
And when you read the simple artless rhymes,
One friendly sigh for him
―
he asks no more,
Who, distant, burns in flaming torrid climes,
Or haply lies beneath th’ Atlantic roar.
―
Robert Burns (1786)
Exfoliating bark on palo blanco (Mariosousa willardiana), at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
These are for Christian Augustin, whose wonderful Broken Skin photo series explores the textures, patterns, and colors of bark and rust and ruined paint.
Exfoliating bark on palo blanco (Mariosousa willardiana), at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
These are for Christian Augustin, whose wonderful Broken Skin photo series explores the textures, patterns, and colors of bark and rust and ruined paint.
Gila woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis). Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
Gila woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis). Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
Northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos). Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
Despite their sweet songs mockingbirds are notoriously ill-tempered. This bird looks exceptionally severe and judgmental.
It’s my caption. I can anthropomorphize if I want to.
Dithyramb 