Good morning. šŸ˜«ā˜•šŸ˜ƒ

Good morning. šŸ˜«ā˜•šŸ˜ƒ

1 July 2025

Isn't it a bit annoying when someone complains about how old they are—especially when you're twenty years their senior? Or maybe the word I’m really looking for is ancient. šŸ˜‚ You can only get ancienter from here… wait, is ancienter a word? It must be. Spell check didn’t protest.

Anyway, it just occurred to me—there is a point when you stop getting older. But let’s 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 there’s always more to a person than what we see.

ā€œThe afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.ā€ — Robert Frost

ā€œOld age is always fifteen years older than I am.ā€ — Oliver Wendell Holmes

#morning #flower #aging #photography #photo

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8 Comments

SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (3 replies)

So… what type of flower is it?

Swede1952@universeodon.com · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

@SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world

It is a cornflower—Centaurea 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 (1 reply)

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 šŸ˜€šŸ‘

NickSchwanck@aus.social · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

@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 😁

cobalt123@beige.party · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

@Swede1952@universeodon.com I’ve always known them as Batchelor’s buttons! Grew up near Chicago and that’s 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, that’s one of several common names the flowers are known by.