In honor of Bloomsday, June 16
IV.
The morning of December 16, 2004 is cold. Henry Flower sees this through his kitchen window, pausing in the middle of scrambling breakfast for his wife Moira, who was still in bed: a bright clear blue through the trees, though it was only 8 a.m. Still, implacable, its substance invisible, [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Flower in Ulysses: Stuck in the Middle
Posted in As Obliquity, As Symbol, tagged Bloomsday, James Joyce, Ulysses on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Big Friendly Flowers
Posted in As Kind on June 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sunflowers are impressively large. They are probably one of the few flowers–hollyhocks being another–that can frequently be taller than you are–sometimes much taller. These members of the aster family are fast-growing annuals and perennials; some of them can reach 15 feet.
If you are used to seeing sunflowers growing in rows or bunches at the back [...]
