It’s June. And there was fresh snow on several nearby peaks this week. Rain has been falling (falling seems a little gentle for some of the days–pelting?) at sea level for days or weeks or years. I’ve lost track.

But luckily for my own sanity, the force that through the green fuse drives the flower seems to be among us.

With Cedar in the lead, it’s been lovely to see a profusion of flowers despite the June gloom.

  • Villous cinquefoil on a cliff near a reputed sunset spot
  • Butter cup
  • Star flower
  • Bee working lupine
  • Neighborhood bird cherry
  • Shooting star
  • Lupine
  • Sugar scoop
  • Neighborhood apple trees
  • New snow on Thunder Mountain
  • Strange spiral tide streak
  • Garden prep
  • Carrot starts
  • Skunk cabbage
  • Sinkhole in the driveway
  • Hauling gravel to fill sinkhole
  • Plantain lily

The phrase “Flowers for Brains” comes from a Ryan Adams song titled “F*ck the Rain.”

Flowers for brains
Permanent sushine
F*ck the rain
All that pain... 

-Ryan Adams

I’m not sure Cedar’s caught onto the gloom. She seems to have room in her brain for plenty more flowers to go with squirrels and porkies and deer and all the things to chase and smell.

Honestly, this whole post might just be a testament to the fact that I haven’t been able to get on the water to fish. Got my boat, and the bill back, today. I’ll take flowers for brains for a bit longer.