more + more delights {15}

above: damselfly; stock photo

My favorite outside-y thing these days is stepping into that tall grass I told you about. (Here.) (Thank you your strong support of my enedeavor!)

We stopped mowing it last July. By late fall, it was inches over my ankles. Now, it’s feet past. And the wild asters are up to my waist.

Except when it’s wet, I like to wander through and…inventory. What’s new? What’s different? What was never here before? What didn’t I notice here before? The light green sensitive fern. Slender citrine forktails, a damselfly. Sugar maple shoots near the big stump.

Yesterday morning, the grass just about dry from the stormy, night I glimpsed something here.

And it was this! A columbine.

Which might not mean anything much –except to Colorado friends + readers.

I parted the grass and got a little hit of love, out of nowhere.

This one’s all white. The Colorado state flower, widely known and recognized there, is white + lavender. But this surprise in the grass, a columbine nonetheless.

Delight! For sure. And sending some love right back…

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Wishing US readers a meaningful Memorial Day — and a happy week-ending to all.

I’ll open the link party Tuesday, May 28, for our monthly One Word Check-in — I hope you’ll join us! ‘Til then…♥