another purple surprise, this time a variety of a popular culinary delicacy, sometimes called stinking rose, occasionally combined with this purple or white vegetable

as we prepare dinner this evening, we are struck by the beauty of this humble vegetable which originated in Peru

The tibouchina (urvilleana, I think) has been blooming again since returning to the solarium. The velvet purple petals fall and leave behind such photogenic pistils and stamens held in furry paws.

a fallen leaf on the back step

like a letter from a long lost lover

what stories of its journey in these lines?

< A productive six hours in the studio. Now back home with a nephew who's just arrived on a short annual vacation from his teaching job in Korea. Tomorrow he goes on to Vancouver Island to see his parents, sister and friends. A visit as brief as the morning mist.

…too busy, too tired yet drawn to pause and enjoy the low autumn sun on the fading sedums

The giant-leaved maples have been dropping their crisp golden brown leaves for a while thanks to our very dry summer. But the sight of the first red tinges on our native vine maples of southwest BC excite me the most.

cool and drizzly after hot and dry days and nights
soft leaf on hard angular body and sharp spines
dark against light,
a hint of coming change of seasons