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Some of the bulbs still thrive in the hallway but one had faded away and so I took its drying blossoms and placed them in a bowl and tucked them in the fridge. This morning, as with the rose, I photographed the results.  This morning’s light was less intense then on the day I shot the rose but it was bright enough.

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in a recycled carry out container grows pea sprouts that are quite tasty with tomatoes and hummus.  In the gold goblet, upland cress is hopefully germinating.  Their sprouts from a previous harvest were quite fine on smoked salmon.  And I think in the clay pots I planted some combination of sunflowers and a spicy mesclun mix.  The sun shines on them bright so we’ll see what happens next. And, meanwhile, outside and down below, that same sun shines intense on a landscape covered in ice and snow.

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… they grow in their small vessels upon a short bookcase that’s filled with cookbooks and related food literature.  It has been a joy to try photographing their leaves, from different angles, in this morning’s bright winter’s light.

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Ivy growing well in a couple of mugs next to the kitchen window.

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I simply wondered, what would happen if I froze the petals?

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I do not think it was forgotten after the Yankee Swap ended and all the dinner guests had departed. I’m pretty sure she left the rose in the glass on purpose to sit upon the kitchen table. Since it took up so little room I left it there to see what time would reveal.  And as is sometimes the case, time revealed great beauty.

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Two new posters available in my Zazzle shop. Just click on the image for more information on availability. The first image is of spicy cress sprouting in a shell I found on Revere Beach. The second image is of clover, a “weed” I recently learned is edible, so in a little clay pot it now grows next to my other herbs.

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