Our Watercolor Journal Group met
in the Larkspur Community Gardens today.
This very tall Century Plant got my attention.
My friend, Miriam, tells me she sees visible
growth every time she comes to tend her plot.
Right now, it is about 25 feet tall.
A very large black bird sat and allowed
me to paint him this morning.
Miriam put some garlic cloves into her plot
and this is what is happening.
We are not sure if a flower follows the
opening of this bud.
The inside of the open pod is intricate
and filled with small berry like buds.
C.S. Lewis once wrote,
"God's magnificence is seen in
His attention to the smallest detail."
His attention to the smallest detail."
This is what I thought about as I was up close
and personal with this intricate "bloom".
3 comments:
Lovely, Elizabeth...and lovely quote, too.
I'm glad you get to visit a garden considering your organic one at your home is down for rebuilding. Nice job on the century plant.
I love your garden sketches, Elizabeth, and how nice of the bird to sit there for you.
In our weekly farm share (we subscribe to a Consumer Supported Agriculture share) we received some of the garlic flower buds. They are called garlic scapes and they are edible. I read that they are quite mild, but ours were very garlicky and hot.
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