allium

in the flower garden at McKarren Park.

my old garden

Hollyhock

Solomon's seal

Central Park

yellow lady's slipper

in Central Park

Wood poppy

by a stream, Short Mountain, TN.

violet...

growing in the rocks below a glacier.

Psychopsis papilio

(update: looked at the tag with my orchid, which identifies it as "Onc. Mendehall 'Hildos'". Let's ignore the capitalization of the species name, "mendehall". The genus was originally lumped in with Oncidium, but most recent sources I've seen concider Psychopsis a separate genus. I don't have access to a good guide to the different species of Psychopsis but will discuss it in more depth as I find out more about this lovely genus.)

out my window...

heartbreak

farmers market, etc.

I went to the farmers market and came home with two books(The Strand is dangerously close to Union Square); an ukulele, tuner, and how-to-play guide(so is The Guitar Center); tomatoes, carrots, romaine lettuce, lady apples, strawberries, blue berries, a sweet basil plant, Empress of India nasturtiums, a pink ivy geranium, and a pint of hazelnut crunch icecream. I did not buy the Psycopsis papilio orchid that I wanted to buy; this was not restraint, but rather a matter of the physical limitations of my arms.