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Rockefeller Center
Manhattan, New York
21 June 2013
Tag Archives: purple flowers
Purple flowers, Broadway Mall at 118th Street 1
Purple megaphones
trumpet beauty
Manhattan, New York
19 August 2012
Purple flowers, Broadway Mall at 111th Street
Is the purple disappearing up the stem?
Or growing down to cover the stem?
Or something else?
Manhattan, New York
19 August 2012
Purple flowers: with thanks to all the Sams out there
From The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers:
Faramir: [to Frodo and Sam] My men tell me that you are Orc spies.
Sam: Spies! Now wait just a minute!
Faramir: Well, if you’re not spies, then who are you?
[they remain silent, Faramir sighs and sits]
Faramir: Speak!
Frodo: We are Hobbits of the Shire. Frodo Baggins is my name and this is Samwise Gamgee.
Faramir: Your bodyguard?
Sam: His gardener.
When I came into possession of the Shire near the Hudson, it was under renovation. Serious renovation. Tuck pointing. Roof repair. April 20 marked my first view of the Shire without scaffolding.
With the scaffolding gone, landscaping work has begun. Today, I noticed several of my neighbors digging in the dirt, spreading mulch and fertilizer, watering, and planting.
It reminded me that many purple flowers grow freely in the wild. Others require the patient tender care of gardeners.
A day early, in honor of Sam Gamgee, my neighbors at the Shire near the Hudson, and gardeners everywhere, I offer purple flowers from the Shire:
Shire near the Hudson
2 June 2013
Purple flowers, Staple Mills Amtrak Station
A purple thicket appears on one side of the
exterior waiting area at the station
Richmond, Virginia
18 August 2012
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Purple flowers, Virginia Museum of Fine Art 3
Against a field of green,
some petals appear,
others wait in anticipation.
Richmond, Virginia
16 August 2012
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Purple flowers, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 2
Inside people enjoy art;
outside a butterfly enjoys the flowers.
Richmond, Virginia
16 August 2012
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Along the Graybeard Trail 