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Civility Via the Cosmos (Flowers, That Is)

  

Category:  Photography & Art

Via:  a-macarthur  •  10 years ago  •  17 comments

Civility Via the Cosmos (Flowers, That Is)

My butterfly garden is moving towards peak AND TODAY I ACTUALLY GOT TO PHOTOGRAPH SOME BUTTERFLIES! I'll post some of those pix later today.

For now, these Cosmos flowers are so beautiful, I decided they deserve a page of their own.

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A. Macarthur
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link   seeder  A. Macarthur    10 years ago

If these don't make you feel good you have my deepest sympathy.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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link   Buzz of the Orient    10 years ago

They do deserve publication - very beautiful, and yes, they do make me feel good.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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link   seeder  A. Macarthur    10 years ago

I see what kind of ugly, dumb shit is going on on NT and it angers me, makes me sad, and more importantly, makes me consider staying away.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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link   Buzz of the Orient    10 years ago

I sure as hell know what you mean, but don't let the bad guys win.

 
 
 
Cerenkov
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link   Cerenkov    10 years ago
I'm not familiar with these. Where do they grow?
 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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link   seeder  A. Macarthur    10 years ago

Cerenkov,

They grow wild in habitats similar to other members of the Daisy Family; other varieties are pink, white and violet. These for some reason, are ignored by the deer who visit my property regularly while any of the other colors they eat with vigor.

When the flowers go to seed, I collect the seeds and plant them in the following spring.

 
 
 
Cerenkov
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link   Cerenkov    10 years ago
Cool! Maybe yellow ones taste bad.
 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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link   seeder  A. Macarthur    10 years ago

Either taste or smell or both.

Here's another variety I photographed it the first day it opened. A day later it was chewed off of the stem.

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Cerenkov
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link   Cerenkov    10 years ago
Very nice!
 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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link   Buzz of the Orient    10 years ago

That's really interesting. The colour may be a sign that there is something different and upalatable about that specific breed of the genus, recognized by the deer.

 
 
 
Kavika
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link   Kavika     10 years ago

Beautiful flower Mac.

Good thing you don't have elephants in your back yard, they eat anything that's yellow.Smile.gif

 
 
 
One Miscreant
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link   One Miscreant    10 years ago

If these don't make you feel good you have my deepest sympathy.

As long as there is some good in the world, there is hope.

 
 
 
KatPen
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link   KatPen    10 years ago

Beautiful flowers. A Mac. First thought was "daisies"! Such a bright shade of yellow, my favorite color. Bright gold and orange, too. You're a natural at photographing nature! (HA!) (But you are!)

 
 
 
Robert in Ohio
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link   Robert in Ohio    10 years ago
A MacAs usual beautiful picture
 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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link   seeder  A. Macarthur    10 years ago

Many thanks for the kind words.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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link   seeder  A. Macarthur    10 years ago

Unlike in "Nature," the preponderance of vital "nutrients" in the Global Economy, are manipulated by the "big trees" to the detriment of the "plants" in the "understory."

Without a healthy "understory," in time, the "big trees" will no longer be sustained by that "ecosystem."

In Nature, Ecological Niches are crucial to the survival of an ecosystem.

Anecological nicheis the role and position a species has in its environment; how it meets its needs for food and shelter, how it survives, and how it reproduces. A species'nicheincludes all of its interactions with the biotic and abiotic factors of its environment.

The greedy bastards collectively called "Organized Wealth" or, "The Criminal Rich" (by Teddy Roosevelt), are orchestrating a race to the bottom.

Greed kills.

But I do appreciate the way your (Rush's) metaphor -- wrongheaded though it is -- made me think (of a rebuttal/response).

As for a "union", the UNITED STATES is one

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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link   seeder  A. Macarthur    10 years ago

Actually, the moral is that the only way to make up for the inherent inequities of the inferior is to chop down the superior.

That isn't justice, it's sacrilege.

In your poem, yes but as a metaphor, it's not an apt comparison to how trees, ecosystems and nature endure; in fact, Mike, ultimately, both in nature and in the world of human shortcomings, the "canopy" needs the "understory," not in a subservient way, rather, in an equitable, give and take manner.

Further, the inequities and disparities lead to conflicts and even war wars the "big trees" call for, and, wars in which the children of the "understory" DIE, AND DIE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE VERY INEQUITIES THAT SENT THEM TO DO SO!

Good conversation.

 
 

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