Sunday, July 17, 2011

Transformation

or The Many Faces of Arugula

I have been playing hide-and-seek with words for several hours now, and I finally have to admit that the words have won.  They are off in the brain-fog somewhere, and I have no idea where to find them. So here instead are some photos of bolting arugula, making its hey-presto! transformation from big hairy monster


to Tiffany-lamp wonder


to weed.


Don't think it isn't magic.

14 comments:

  1. Isn't it beautiful how the plants transform themselves from seed to flower and back to seed again much like a butterfly transforming. Lovely

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  2. Tiffany lamp - it takes magic to see that, and capture it.

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  3. Amazing. Thanks for watching so closely and sharing it with us.

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  4. I say 'magic!' What a transformation! I have those word fogs as well....

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  5. Magic? Absolutely! Love your photographs and have been there with the brain cramp myself!

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  6. Your words described the transformation perfectly. Wonderful and magical - yes!

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  7. Stacy, you're a garden blogging wordsmith! Try saying that 3x. Even when your words are few.

    Many thanks for the link to Pearled Earth. I think indeed, it was the plant that Patricia commented about.

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  8. Maybe, I transposed the gerund. You're a gardening blog wordsmith! Either way, it's intended to be complimentary.

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  9. gorgeous captures. I would not have known those were arugula flowers. I have put them in salads, but never looked that closely. Yum

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  10. Amazing once again! I have never seen the flowers of the arugula. I love the "lamp". I've been suffering with brain fog lately also... I can't blame it on the heat like so many of you can:)

    Blessings,
    Elaine

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  11. Cheers, everyone, for your comments--thank you!

    Girl Sprout, who knows where gerunds belong in these modern times? Either way, thanks for the kind words. (I'm not sure 3x through is possible without an adequate warmup first.) Glad the link seems to have been for the right plant.

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  12. Just wanted to let you know that I enjoyed this post so much I linked to it in the blog carnival (Berry-Go-Round) I'm hosting this month over at Beyond the Brambles!

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  13. Those photos were so amazing that I actually gasped!

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  14. Kate, that's so kind of you--thank you! Goodness, what a lot of work you put into the carnival--beautifully done.

    klbrowser, wow. Thank you!

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