Good morning. š«āš
1 July 2025
Isn't it a bit annoying when someone complains about how old they areāespecially when you're twenty years their senior? Or maybe the word Iām really looking for is ancient. š You can only get ancienter from here⦠wait, is ancienter a word? It must be. Spell check didnāt protest.
Anyway, it just occurred to meāthere is a point when you stop getting older. But letās not dwell on that this morning. Happy thoughts, happy thoughts.
Speaking of age, I remember my great-grandmother. I only knew her as a very old woman, bent and slowed by arthritis when I was a small child. But I have a photograph of her as a young woman, dressed in elegant Edwardian style, complete with hat. She was truly beautiful.
We forget thereās always more to a person than what we see.
āThe afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.ā ā Robert Frost
āOld age is always fifteen years older than I am.ā ā Oliver Wendell Holmes
#morning #flower #aging #photography #photo

8 Comments
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
So⦠what type of flower is it?
Swede1952@universeodon.com · 2 pts · 1y
@SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
It is a cornflowerāCentaurea cyanus. You can find a complete description of the image in the ALT Text. If you're on a computer just hover over the image. If you're on your phone, it's a bit more difficult, but if you press the ALT in the lower right corner a menu should come up - select Show Image Description. Cheers!
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Ah, I just needed to click/press the image to expand it, thanks!
I planted some of these in my wildflower mixes iirc!
Swede1952@universeodon.com · 1 pts · 1y
@SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world šš
NickSchwanck@aus.social · 1 pts · 1y
@Swede1952@universeodon.com Yes, this is a pet annoyance for me. Some little late-twenties git saying "oh, I'm old, I'm gonna be thirty".
Frankly, you're still a child. Shut up.
Swede1952@universeodon.com · 1 pts · 1y
@NickSchwanck@aus.social š
cobalt123@beige.party · 1 pts · 1y
@Swede1952@universeodon.com Iāve always known them as Batchelorās buttons! Grew up near Chicago and thatās what we all knew. Many families grew them because they grow from seed easily and need no tending. Beautiful!
Swede1952@universeodon.com · 1 pts · 1y
@cobalt123@beige.party
Apparently, thatās one of several common names the flowers are known by.