Category: seasons

flowers, haiga, haiku, photography, seasons

Lilac, 2026-05

Posted on by Mellow Curmudgeon
“Lilac” bush
might not bloom “lilac.”
Names mislead.

 
 

The color called “lilac” in CSS is a light purple, with equal amounts of red and blue.  (The buds on this bush were a magenta, with a good deal more red than blue.)  Eleven days later, this bush was almost done for the year.  It looked like the flowers had indeed been lilac when fully open and were fading to lavender and then white.

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growing old, photography, seasons

True-Blue Mailbox Blues

Posted on by Mellow Curmudgeon
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Fresh from the store, I was medium blue
with a touch of gray and a ton of confidence
that the mail would be safe from the weather.
 
I shrugged off decades of sun, rain, and wind.
I never flinched when the snow thrower hurled
slush laden with road salt and grit.
 
My pitted outside is the palest of blues, but
my door still swings wide and shuts tight.
My inside is still me, still medium blue
with a touch of gray and a ton of confidence
that the mail is still safe from the weather.

Blues ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #368

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