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First Moon Flower of the Summer – 4

The summer’s moon flowers continue. The seed pod matures.

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First Moon Flower of the Summer – 3

The first moon flowers of the summer have appeared. Before the end of the next day the flower hangs limp, its brilliant white marred by brown splotches.

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First Moon Flower of the Summer – 2

The first moon flowers of the summer have appeared. Each bloom lasts only one night, still bold and white in the morning, but soon a limp white ghost.

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First Moon Flower of the Summer – 1

The first moon flowers of the summer prepared to open. Late in the afternoon the buds begin to separate, revealing their twisted, silky white contents. As darkness falls the blooms open fully.

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Other Autumns

Probably late August or early September, 1961, a brand new member of the Rochelle Township High School marching band cornet section, ready for the autumn marching season to begin. Falling leaves and football would soon be in the air. This picture illustrates some comments I have previously made here. Besides the band uniform with its [...]

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The Moon Flowers are Happy

These are the plants we carried some 1,400 miles from Austin, TX, to Clarksburg, WV, in January. They’re thriving in their new home; the bees like them; not much else to say.

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The Moon Flower, Again

A storm was predicted for last night, so we forced ourselves to complete several yard tasks yesterday that would be best done before the rain came. We altered a contour in the front yard to help direct water away from the house and down into the grass below, and removed still more English ivy from [...]

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The Moon Flower

When I was a child in northern Illinois my father planted a remarkable, wondrous plant that he called a “moon flower”. It grew large, bushy, but without woody branches. In the evening the most glorious flowers would unwrap themselves, giant luminous white trumpets that seemed to glow in the dark; when looked at from the [...]

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A motto for the day

A motto that seems appropriate to my current state of ambition. Thoughts occur, but they stay simply thoughts, no product emerges, no progress is made. Perhaps not really maximum thought, but very nearly minimum output. But now it is spring, the yard is calling out for planning, cultivation, seeds. The datura that we transported from [...]

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