Subtitle: Bobbing in the Breeze
I told Judy I would share a Devilsbit bloom when it was fully open...so here it is! The blooms are tiny puffs of purple on very long stems...so they bob in the breeze making them hard to photograph without holding them still. I was snapping away trying to hold them still....when all of a sudden I got a little help from a friend.
The minute the bee landed on another bloom it came into focus without my thumb needing to be in the photo. Isn't it nice to have a little help from a friend!
The plant itself is pretty nondescript. The leaves are low to the ground and kind of scraggly...so not a handsome plant which is usually a requirement for being in my garden. But I love the blooms...and it's tucked in a corner garden by the the patio with all my hummingbird plants. Our tiny friends are bulking up for their migration...so frequenting the feeders and the flowers.
If you look closely at this photo just above and to the left of the fragrant flowers sign is a green hummingbird with the white neck that was feeding all afternoon as I sat outside to read...write and doodle a few days ago.
And there you can see the tall spiky...and and oh so precious Devilsbit blooms....bobbing in the breeze.
Here's the scrappy base of the plant nested and hidden among all the other plants.
Speaking of purple....here's what I was doodling....the last couple of panels in
my rainbow concertina. My goal over the next few days is to add some collage elements...either in fabric or paper before I do any more doodling or painting.
Here's a view of the whole thing.
And here's what I was rereading....and just finished.
Paul headed to Colorado this morning. He'll spend tonight with his sisters...Alyson and Liz, and our nephew Langston. Tomorrow he'll wake up to "Still the Best Morning of the Year"....the title of the Epilogue he wrote for the book. It will be the start of a wonderful week in the Wilderness of Friendship. He'll most certainly be getting a little help from his friends!
I wrote about the book here in this post: https://joyfulputtering.blogspot.com/2026/08/something-to-celebrate.html
