peonies
They're here! Peppermint ice cream on a long green stalk.
Most gentle of flowers, blatantly sexual, yet so demure, like the bustling bloomers of a 19th century sorority.
The Valerian is scenting the breezes, and the Lady's Mantle is blooming.
There are finally green tips and small leaves appearing on the Rose of Sharon, which until the middle of May looked like a dead stick.
The Raspberries and their rough cousins the blackberry brambles are in full bloom, keeping the bees busy, and getting stocked up for the Fourth of July.
Possibly related, an enormous ant landed on my bed last evening as I read...
Landed or just strolled on over and put three feet on the side and pulled the other three over.
I scooped him up in the Sierra Club magazine and dispatched him to the outer darkness (through the front door).
Leaves one somewhat sensitive to minor tickles for some time after.
And wondering if his friends are likely to come looking for him.
