F2tY isn't so much thrilled about cleaning as really detesting messy environments.^[1] I have my little detestations, and one of them is random blank pages. If I were more honest I would simply accept that there would be blank pages, or pages used for things that didn't work out—this one was supposed to be some sort of a master index, a function currently taken over by the index and tag pages—instead of feeling compelled to use them.

Purple loosestrife—a beautiful garden escapee now considered a major invasive. 22aug2010 f3.2 at 1/60sec zuiko 50mm macro, E620 olympus body

In a perfect world, I would've found some images that predated the 1jan10 creation date, but those earlier images have been rather thoroughly mined, and I quite liked these, which, judging from other images in the directory, were likely shot in Grand Rapids, MI, which I happened to be visiting that day.

feral pea plant, f.2 at 1/250th, around 7pm.

I love photographing pea flowers because they have such intriguing shapes, decorating with curling vines, not to mention the intense hot-pink colour. When the blossoms are fresh, they have a lovely iridescence, like very fine dew: perhaps the moisture in the translucent cells is what gives them that sheen.

Another shot, f2.5 at 1/250sec.

I generally walk into town several times a week, and one of the little pleasures are the pea plants growing along the fence of a neighbor whose yard abuts the church parking lot I cut through on my way. I have admired, photographed, even drawn these flowers many, many times over the years.

page originally created (for something else) in 2010; photos also from 2010; the two put together w text in 2018; finally posted 13apr20.

Unless otherwise noted, text, image and objects depicted therein copyright 1996--present sylvus tarn.