Irises (Iris germanica?) in Woodbine Park on the first day of June. © BCP 2010
Since this website is supposed to be about what is wild in our city, I guess you could say I am cheating a bit here. The irises above, after all, aren’t wild. They are the work of the wonderful gardeners that keep Woodbine Park looking its best through spring, summer and fall.
I decided to post this picture anyway, just because I thought the brilliant flowers looked liked purple jewels against a jade backdrop.
Don’t get me wrong. This being June, there’s a smorgasbord of wild things exploding around us right now to photograph. Perhaps too much wildlife for me — or at least for my computer. I have taken so many pictures (without doing the recommended clean-up operations) that my poor computer has indigestion. Or much, much worse. I had my first-ever occurrence of the grey screen of death last night, which I am told heralds VERY BAD THINGS for my computer. We’re talking fatal error.
So, I’m posting this picture just because I like it and because it could be my last for a while. If there are no new posts in the next few days, you’ll know why… A dead computer means no website until I get a new computer or get the problem solved.
There’s a certain irony involved, I guess, in that it takes a huge amount of digital technology and computing power for me to celebrate that which doesn’t have to be plugged in to be perfect just as it is.
Wish me luck.
© BCP 2010
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