This morning, as I staggered along the footpath that runs steeply down one side of Max’s garden, I noticed that the Erythronium ‘Pagoda’ had come into flower. This glorious sight heralded a big fat face-aching grin which didn’t leave my fizog for rest of the day. I love spring. Especially when the sun shines brightly all day long. Today I am counting my blessings, I am a very lucky lass.
Off The Edge Gardening 
I’m not looking at your photos! You made me buy a better camera. Now if I could just work the damned thing ……. (Staggered? The morning after the gin before?)
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I never try to work them out. Ignorance is bliss!
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I’m with john—I bought a new one too. I am on page 11 in the manual.
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As long as I know how to change the setting to macro, charge the battery and download the photos I am quite happy! I am a simple gal. 😉
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The little manual (smaller than a postcard) that came with my camera only has 14 pages in English and 5 of those are “declarations of conformity” with another 5 telling me how to attach the lens cap and insert the battery and memory card. The most informative bit was a link from which do download the full manual. That’s nearly 400 A4 pages, all in English. I need a dictionary to understand it. I mean, why call “photos” “still recordings”?
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Crazy!
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My online manual is just as small as the paper one. I’m very excited to get to page 12.
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Thine Erythronium is not seeking WAR (what is it good for) or adulation, perhaps a peaceful
moment of propagation, spontaneously, at the moment, bright moment, deep in times past, peacefully unnoticed.
Thank You
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Quite, and so beautifully put. An example to us all. Thanks
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One of my very favourite plants. There are several native species here. They abound in our local Garry oak meadows and rock outcroppings. Spring is full of wonderful sights!
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I would love to see them in the wild, I am think you have painted them before, am I right? I was thinking of you yesterday, looking at my camas picture. x
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Yes, you are right. It’s just about time to have another go at them, I think.😊
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I think so too!
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They are a lovely plant to have. In my garden the slugs also thinks so, I have lost most of them.
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I liked your comment, but I didn’t like your comment, if you know what I mean. Bloomin’ slugs, grrrrrrr!
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Spring does that I think, it makes us happy and grateful. Two things definitely worth being.
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I love spring too, I wish time would slow down, this is the best time of the year and beauties like your Erythronium make me smile too.
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Yes! I was going to say that time needed to slow down too and then I started thinking about it and wondered if we could cope with this excitement for too long. Us weirdy horties anyway. The Others might get a bit miffed waiting. OK, let’s give it a go, who do we need to contact? 🙂
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