My A-Z posts this year are based
on my garden – flowers, animals, the birds and the bees, butterflies - with a
bit of poetry thrown in. For some letters I am expecting to cheat somewhat
– wishing they were here.
Zed
“Thou whoreson zed! thou unnecessary letter” (King Lear. Act 2 Scene 2, Line
68)
Z
- Zinnia
Like many I am pleased to get to ‘Z even
although I have no flowers in my garden beginning with ‘Z’.
So I have chosen Zinnia as a flower we
could grow if I went out and bought some bedding plants. Hopefully they would
look like this - eventually,
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| Bunch of Zinnias |
I do not know of a bird or butterfly for
‘Z’ so I guess Zinnia will have to be my swansong this year, unless you will
accept this:
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| Zebra Plant (Calathea zabrina) |
I have never seen a plant like this and I don't think that we will ever see a real zebra in our garden.
The garden theme has taught me just how
much we take for granted and how many things there are that I have still not
photographed.
Finding poems connected with my posts has
taken me down avenues that I had never been down before, Hope you have enjoyed
what I found as much as I did.
My special thanks to everyone who has
commented. I know many others have visited my posts as well – thank you for
that.
Photos:
- Zinnias - Drilnoth - Public domain
- Zebra Plant - Cliff from Arlington, Virginia, USA - CC BY 2.0 (upload Magnus Manske)
