The Open Peony
One day it was closed up tight, the next, a magnificent burst of open peony. The poor stem got too long and is now bent, heavy with flower.
The Open Peony
23 June 2009
Quiogue, NY
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- wildwhb: was excited to see the first egret of the season today! April 3, 2010
- wildwhb: saw the family of deer in the Aspatuck/Griffing/Brook Rd triangle park. October 4, 2009
- wildwhb: saw a hummindbird by the post office yesterday. September 10, 2009
- wildwhb: is going whale watching! August 16, 2009
- wildwhb: spent an hour near sunset at Tiana (bay side), photographing plover. August 8, 2009
- wildwhb: had the pleasure of seeing Jungle Jack Hanna speak and meeting him afterwards. July 19, 2009
- wildwhb: has an acrobatic dragonfly coming up. July 8, 2009
- wildwhb: saw a glossy ibis? April 28, 2009
- wildwhb: took the beautiful-weather opportunity today to snag some photos of what's starting to bloom... April 27, 2009
- wildwhb: saw an osprey lazily circling the duck pond. April 24, 2009
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The Open Peony (Part II) « Wild Westhampton
July 10, 2009 at 6:07 pm
[...] All a part of that thing the Lion King calls the circle of life. The same peony as before. [...]
The Peony in Decay « Wild Westhampton
July 13, 2009 at 7:19 pm