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garden fireworks

While the rattail is putting on its crazy little fireworks display, the Euphorbia did something we’d not witnessed before. It was super-hot last weekend — just a few degrees shy of 100° — and we kept hearing this funny popping-snapping sound all around the garden, like firecrackers past their “use by” dates. It was the Euphorbia seeds exploding out of their bracts, banging into each other in flight. Audible, projectile reseeding. Craziest thing I ever saw in the garden, and I’m not sure why we’ve never seen them do this before. I can only guess it had something to do with the heat.

toycamera on a rainy day

I’m a little bit addicted to the ToyCamera app for iPhone — in love with the engineered randomness of it — and spent a few minutes with it in the rain-washed garden yesterday. Because I also love the way Posterous handles a photo gallery, I posted a bunch of the images at my other blog. Come take a look if you like.