As we neared the top of Leopold Point off of Lower Butterfly trail in the Santa Catalina mountains, these beautiful Rusby’s primrose wildflowers seemed to jump off the rocks. — Images by kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Rusby’s Primrose At Leopold Point 1 comment
Capturing The Moment — Desert Evening Primrose 7 comments
Desert Evening Primrose
I grow
in the bajadas
alone rocky slopes
pushing aside
dry gravel
in search of sun.
No rain
shortens my growth,
hastening
my buds
to open early
in the cool
of the evening,
closing by
mid-morning.
I am
a primrose,
oenothera primiveris
by name.
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Capturing The Moment — Night Primrose, Sphinx Moth & Love’s Sprite 2 comments
Cutleaf Evening Primrose — Image by kenne
Primrose: Love’s Sprite
Love blossomed in the darkest night
Morn’s gilding beams to spite
Night Primrose preened by tender blight
As Sphinx Moth, soft tips caress; sugary nectar slight
Perfumed aroma doth prating, intoxicated courtier incite
Glazed petals with dewy fans stream delight
Golden cup a succouring armchair from which passions alight
Delicate, cream veil eclipses pallid, stolid moonlight
With availing breeze your dreamy parasol on Cupid’s wing takes flight
White-lined Sphinx Moth Getting Nectar from Dakota Mock Vervain — Image by kenne
Becoming is Superior to Being 