Here are some photos that were taken over the past day or so.  Flowers fascinate me.  A blossom is an extravagance of form, and splendor of light, — in the service of reproduction, more life.  The first grouping of photos were taken in the backyard.  Some of the flowers were inherited when we moved into the house, and some I planted myself.  The concluding images come from a walkabout on Sunday, — the Art Fair in Geneva, and then along the River Walk adjacent to the Fox River in Batavia. 

There is a wildness and beauty to every blossom.  When contemplating a fragile flower, a most exuberant display lasting for a few days, sometimes I ask myself, “WTF am I doing here?”  Existence is a mystery,     — all that we have learned as humankind is but a scratch of the surface.

Yes, yes, yes !  There is definitely a song to guide us, to hold true to ourselves, true to the earth.   Right Now by Van Halen.

Right Now

By Van Halen

Don’t wanna wait til tomorrow,
Why put it off another day?
One more walk through problems,
Built up, and stand in our way ,ah
One step ahead, one step behind me
Now you gotta run to get even
Make future plans, don’t dream about yesterday, hey
C’mon turn, turn this thing around
Right now, hey
It’s your tomorrow
Right now,
C’mon,it’s everything
Right now,
Catch a magic moment, do it
Right here and now
It means everything
Miss the beat, you lose the rhythm,
And nothing falls into place, no
Only missed by a fraction,
Slipped a little off your pace, oh,
The more things you get, the more you want,
Just trade in one for the other,
Workin so hard, to make it easier, whoa,
Got to turn, c’mon turn this thing around
Right now, hey
It’s your tomorrow
Right now,
C’mon, it’s everything
Right now,
Catch that magic moment, do it
Right here and now
It means everything
It’s enlightened me, right now
What are you waitin for
Oh, yeah, right now

[Solo]

Right now, hey
It’s your tomorrow
Right now,
C’mon, it’s everything
Right now,
Catch that magic moment, and do it right,
Right now
Right now, oh, Right now
It’s what’s happening?
Right here and now
Right now
It’s right now
Oh,
Tell me, what are you waiting for
Turn this thing around

Lyrics by Sammy Hagar