• flowers,  Plants,  quotes

    More Flowers

    “Courage is not only the willingness to face uncertainty but to embrace it, to collaborate with it.” David duChemin 

    Another image taken at the CSU Experimental Gardens. We have had overcast skies and a lite rain for the past few days. This brings cooler temperatureS and higher humidity, so this morning I’m wearing a jacket. Forecast is for the same weather the next four days. 

  • flowers,  Plants,  quotes

    A Day at the Gardens

    A Day in the Gardens
    A Day in the Gardens

    “I don’t believe in an outside agent that creates the world, then walks away. But I feel very strongly there is an intelligence at work in every flower, in every blade of grass, in every cell of my body. And it is that intelligence that, I wouldn’t say created the universe. It is creating the universe. It’s an ongoing process.”

    Eckhart Tolle
  • flowers,  Plants

    Closed for the Night

    Closed for the Night
    Closed for the Night

    Plants that tuck themselves in for bedtime exhibit a natural behavior known as nyctinasty. Scientists know the mechanism behind the phenomenon: In cool air and darkness, the bottom-most petals of certain flowers grow at a faster rate than the upper-most petals, forcing the flowers shut. I’m not sure what this flower is but I encountered a dozen of them along a raised garden on a late evening walk. All of them were closed. I may have to revisit these flowers to observe and learn more about them. Hope everyone has a super awesome weekend!