Sunday, November 22, 2015

Jimson Weed in gardens gone wild in Brooklyn


sometime in the early 2000's
i brought soil and plants i dug up from my family's place in virginia to my street garden on leonard and meserole in brooklyn. strangely, there are two such cross sections.
i loved that garden and it was prolific, all flowers, being in the brown zone and all.
when i left one year, and it just grew wild, it came up full of jimson weed. datura. by the studio door. 
yes datura by the door
datura by the door
datura door
daturadoor
datura por su amor
datura tura dor
hallucinogenic
wild moon flower 
by the door

Monday, August 10, 2015

banana flower in Colombia

prettiest pink       unfurling       flowers        to fruit       exquisite 

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Aloe light

The Botanicas in Colombia have remedies for various illnesses as well as plant charms for dreams, hopes and desires. These plant liasons also posses the powers of poetry as the light emanates from an aloe....