Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
Help me out here… the picture above. I’m thinking…. scary, Phyllis disagrees.
(while you mull over the question of how scary might cultivated nature be, (or, if one were so inclined), one might object to that description, cultivated nature. If, in fact, it is cultivated, can it truly be considered natural?)
But I digress. This is the Ten Things of Thankful bloghop. The theme is ‘gratitude’ and it is hosted each week by Kristi. If you would care to, join us here and share your experience with the group. It’s fun and beneficial and everything. And…and! there is no penalty for…. prose that might raise an eyebrow in an English class. Below is testimony to the fact that the TToT is about good intent more than good writing. lol
1) Phyllis. (so, you think she is anthropomorphizing them cute, uniform, steady-eyed, cornfield sentinels, staring at the passing cars, envious of the non-rooted lifeforms?)
2) Una (she is so grounded in the here and now, she would enjoy the colors, note the uniformity and make certain neither of us get…too close.)
3) Hypo-grat*: Summer is slipping away with every morning that we wake up to a silent window air conditioner. There is a smell of new shirts and tissue papers in the air.
4) the Book of Secret Rules (aka the Secret Book of Rules) because, come on! How many of the countless other grat hops permit (nay! encourage) hypo-grats?
5) Yard project complete until the ferns die and I can see what deadwood might be hidden ‘neath their Paleozoic fronds.
6) The Case of the Missing Starr Chapter 10 this week. (I’m quite proud of figuring out how to have the blog display the chapters as would a book (not natural for ‘latest is first’ format of WordPress), so you will need to scroll down to the current chapter if you’ve been following our serial.
7) something, something
8) THIS SPACE AVAILABLE (This week, from all the deers and rabbits and other fauna, (both heard in the night and imagined), ‘Thanks! Phyllis… loved the garden and the apple trees.’)
9) technology. the better to cast virtual bottles with digital messages onto the imaginary seas of the blogosphere.
10) Secret Rule 1.3. [“…I[f] you know that you have ten Items, at least at the point of completing Items Seven and Eight, the (fact) of the approaching Item 10 is a valid Item for inclusion in List; tradition and practice (ibid. Wakefield Doctrine; sub chapter: BoSR/SBoR et al).. as the last entry.”]
*hypo-grat: (according to the BoSR/SBoR), it is to cite, for inclusion in a TToT list, a person, place, thing or event that evoked a feeling of ‘oh, damn! Unavoidable or not, this isn’t all that good’. It is incumbent upon the writer to express and otherwise convey to (the) Reader that the (writer) is not blaming the [cited] event, occurrence place, thing or what-are-they-doing-here person for binding the (writer) to any particular emotional state, attitudinal outlook or non-linear assumptions due to any implied power, ability, right or nature to force said bad mood upon the writer.
music vid…if for no other reason than we approaching ‘return to school’ season. (in New England it is still geared to Labor Day)
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Gotta agree with Phyllis. Sorry. Of course, my backyard is filled with wild sunflowers, so I might not be the best judge. Your photo looks like the flowers are all in the classroom, listening attentively to the teacher. My backyard looks like they are all at recess, running all over the yard. LOL.
‘Every which way’ as the saying holds… lol
Kristi, hahaha
Oh, not scary at all! You’ve seen too many horror movies, I fear. I haven’t heard Red House in AGES and forgot just how jazzy Hendrix could be. As always, I loved your post and laughed out loud. Hypo-grats to you!
lol. (totally brings back the days in the dormitory)
I pass this field in twice a day. In the morning, their little faces are lighter brown as if not sure about the pending day. At night they seem down right grateful for the day that they were a part of.
Wonderful, wonderful, especially about the A/C. We are longing for the day when we won’t need ours for a while.
mixed feelings here on that… about to get winter-cold until next July
Well…I *would* have called in last night were it not for my aunt calling at 8:07 to talk family matters and then my uncle, separate from her, calling at 8:37. But I will try to call in soon! Miss you and the Doctrine – yes, I’m grateful. :)
That photo. I can see “both sides” – invasion of the sunflowers, slowly but surely, like a slow-moving glacier, destroying everything in its path with beauty? I can see it. But I can also see the beauty in the curated scene, with the colors of the rainbow, juxtaposed with the wild trees and iridescent sunset…I can see the other side of that beauty, too.
In any case, I hope you’ve had a great week. Me? Sure. I’m planning this peace rally and wow…it’s an interesting ride. :P
I love the photo of the bed of sunflowers. Not a bit scary to me.
Congrats on the completed yard project!
Summer isn’t quite ready to slip away here. In fact, from the forecast for Tuesday, it is just revving up its motor.
Maybe the dark trees behind the sunflowers add a little bit gloominess.
Yay for completed yard projects!
Yes, we can learn a lot from dogs where living in the moment is concerned, and I am sure Una takes good care of both of you as well!
Have a great week ahead!
I’m still trying to figure out what I should do for a follow-up project. We have a few months before it becomes too cold to work outside.
Una does enjoy her pack.
Quite vividly beautiful!
Yes, very. (The sunflowers are Phyllis’s photo on the way home from work)
Ya had to go an put that suggestion in my head….scary??? lol Perhaps a beautiful tree in front of those sentries instead of a tree stump…A marvelous picture nonetheless!
I’m really enjoying the Case of the Missing Starr!
Sunflowers…scary? Why scary? Does it look as if they’re invading or something?
I do prefer apple trees, but I know that makes people such as yourself think of autumn and winter to follow.
Love No. 9 on this list too.
Hey, Kerry! long time no vidi*
The unblinking gaze of the field of sunflowers… just a touch creepy**
I can’t help it… the temperature is already getting non-comfortable… ah well, it has been a summer.
Yeah, me too.
* obscure movie reference from a time when your parents were young…
** based on the other comments, only me and, partially Cynthia