Carpe Diem #1783: Eggplant

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when the time has come

for planting a new garden

can I grow eggplant?

~Cie~

Visit the Artist

Ghost Town Grover Sez:

"Why the heck do they call it an egg-plant? It's a plant, but it ain't an egg, and it don't grow eggs or lay eggs neither!"

Visit the Artist

Cactus Clem Sez:

"Ornery, maybe y'all oughta put out a nest so's yer eggplant will have a nice place to lay its eggs. Or do ya think maybe we oughta build it a coop like fer chickens?"

Visit Ghost Town Grover, Cactus Clem, and the Ornery Old Lady at the Grover Hotel

Read more of Ornery's poetry

Carpe Diem Field of Flowers: Baneberry

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withstanding extremes

a plant may make its debut

within my garden

~Cie~

Notes:

I am seeking plants suitable for Zone 5. They need to be able to withstand both heat and cold and not be too thirsty. The Baneberry seems like a possible addition.

Carpe Diem Field of Flowers: Yarrow

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like yellow yarrow

I am plain, scrubby, and rough

my beauty unseen

~Cie~

D'Verse Poets Open Link Night #246 + Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #91 Renga With (hineri) Sonora Desert

Beach Mouse

1. 

among dune grass

silver bleached logs

and a perfect day

among dune grass

if you blink, you will miss it

mouse peers from its home

silver bleached logs

blasted by sand, wind, and rain

beauty in harshness

and a perfect day

if perfection does exist

found in solitude

Image by Pexels from Pixabay

2. 

overcoming rocks

a stream of cacti

slowly spreading

overcoming rocks
taking root in barren soil
resilient plants

a stream of cacti

clandestine water vessels

ride the desert wave

slowly spreading
seeds take root across the dunes
carried on the wind

Teddy Bear Cholla

3. 

desert ways

branching all over

cholla cactus

desert ways
arid, harsh, unforgiving
to some, blessed home

branching up to the sky
reaching up to greet the sun
rooted deep in earth

cholla cactus
spines sparkling like gems in sun
don't try to pick me

Image by Mike Goad from Pixabay

4. 
alone and asking
to be touched
teddy bear cholla

alone and asking
thirsty for the rain to fall
the sun still beats down

to be touched
is a desire that ceases
when touch is cruel

teddy bear cholla
with spines that appear silky
not truly cuddly

Image by katja from Pixabay

5. 
writing
desert poems
pencil cholla

writing
salvation or damnation
release, obsession

desert poems
love the look of the desert
but can't stand the heat

pencil cholla
plucking a spine for a nib
words scrawled with my blood

Image by StockSnap from Pixabay

6. 
desert sunset
cholla cactus sticks
to the light

desert sunset
with night comes blessed coolness
nighttime desert song

cholla cactus sticks
daring passerby to touch
its tempting needles

to the light
shining from the moon above
nighttime creatures sing

~Jane & Cie~

Notes:

The "sleighs" of the Troiku in this Troiku Hineri were written by Jane Reichhold (1937 - 2016). The spiky Horses of the Apocalypse were wrangled by me.
I've been doing Troiku all month. These were supposed to be Renga. Yes, I know, I am bad at following instructions and I suck at my job. In other news, water is wet.

Troiku Challenge 2019: Day 18: Ancient Cypress

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ancient cypress

leaning over the light

at sunrise

ancient cypress

tell me how the world once was

when you were just small

leaning over the light

I think of the great legends

of gods and heroes

at sunrise

standing so strong and so tall

living monument

Jane & Cie

Notes:

The "sleigh" of this Troiku was created by Jane Reichhold (1937 - 2016). The three heroic horses of legend were wrangled by me.

Blue Monday + Ruby Tuesday: Red and Blue

Photo copyright The Real Cie. You are welcome to use it, but please credit me.

Click to enlarge. Photo taken at Denver Botanic Gardens on 13 May 2019.

They Were Flowers Once

Copyright August 18, 2018, by The Real Cie

Bit of a cheat--this tree flowered in the spring, and now the flowers have become crab apples. I'm not ambitious enough to try canning them or any such thing. Perhaps the fine crow which was scavenging trash from the median will enjoy some of them.

I'm not always awake in the early morning, but I don't sleep well. I had been taking a low dose CBD/THC edible to help with insomnia and leg cramps, but haven't been able to afford it in a while, so I just deal with the insomnia and hope for no leg cramps. I don't like the way prescription sleep medications make me feel. I find that a lot of the time the "cure" is worse than the problem itself. I would never set foot in a doctor's office if I didn't have this wreck of an endocrine system to deal with.

Honestly, I'm glad to see the first signs of fall. I'm hot all the time anyway, which makes summer complete misery for me. Sorry to all you folks who like summer. It's my turn!

~Cie~

Prompt:

Cee's Flower of the Day

Feel free to use any of my images--just credit them back to me!

Ode to the Corpse Flower

The pungent Corpse Flower resides in the hothouse at the Denver Botanic Gardens

I jumped into the crowd

That hurried swiftly past

Don't stop and smell the Corpse Flower

Its scent will kick your lily ass

~Cie~

Notes:

We were supposed to take cliche phrases and "turn them on their head."

I used "go against the grain" and "stop and smell the roses."

The Corpse Flower is a real plant. You can't make this crap up.

The Corpse Flower is not an actual Lovecraftian horror. BUT IT COULD BE!

30 Days of Haiga 2014: Day 30

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Original Photo:

Copyright: server / 123RF Stock Photo

Vintage Verse:

Aurora Hylton

Palate-Pleasing Photoshop Manipulation:

Cie Cheesemeister

This concludes our thirty day Haiga journey.

Thank you for joining us.

Cheers!

30 Days of Haiga 2014: Day 4

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Original photo:

Copyright: mikekiev / 123RF Stock Photo

Verse:

Eleonora Usher-Rigby

Photoshop manipulation:

Cie Cheesemeister

Wordless Wednesday: Wild Rye