I am half sick of shadows," said The Lady of Shalott

Alfred Lord Tennyson - " The Lady of Shallot

I try to make the poetry titles match up with the content. I haven’t a clue about this one. It's a famous poem, perfect for reading aloud. Only Robert Service is more read aloudable. (I've been working on a Robert Service/Dr Dre mashup.

“There are strange things done in the midnight sun

      By the men who moil for gold;

The Arctic trails have their secret tales

      That would make your blood run cold; Bitch-

The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,

      But the queerest they ever did see

Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge

      I cremated Sam Muthfukin’ McGee.)

Plants play an important role in the Tennyson the poem. Crops in the field are used to describe the passage of time. Mostly though, I love that line “ I am half sick of shadows.” Indeed.

Hey look! There's a Mule and his Minions up on that hill

Tree Peony Action. .

There is a fine grower in New Jersey who named his nursery “Peony’s Envy”. Beautiful facility.

Alliums - I never paid much attention to these until a few years ago when, on the same day, two completely different, unrelated people referred to allium as “Dr Seuss flowers” - one an 8-year-old girl, the other a 70-year-old man. After that I figured, “Man I need to check these alliums out!”

This is unbelievable. I want these so bad. “Night Sky” petunia - I had seen pictures, but never in person. Krogers had them . They are pretty terrific!

Amazing things are happening with the clematis collection.

That's all the room these substack bastards have for me - have a great night!

Barncat says “ Bye!”