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asakiyume ([personal profile] asakiyume) wrote2009-04-02 10:16 am
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the spears of spring, take two

The new green grass is rising up, like those dragon’s teeth soldiers, spearpoints first:

Now the green blade riseth

If the grass is the victor, what is the vanquished?
Easy: last year’s jack o’lantern:

last year's jack o'lantern

I set it at the edge of the swamp, left it to stare into the swamp, after Halloween was over. And now only its outermost skin remains; it’s reduced from three dimensions to almost two--from sphere to circle. The blue thing is the candle stump, and to the right of that is the remainder of the woody chunk of stem that you use to lift the jack o’lantern lid up.

So, sometimes it seems like a battle, but other times it seems like there’s an alliance between decay and new growth. Behold the alliance fortress:

ancient fortress



[identity profile] core-opsis.livejournal.com 2009-04-02 03:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Aw...the pictures didn't show up....but I wanted to say that I've always left the jack-o-lanterns on the porch railing, and the squirrels eat them....

[identity profile] inspirethoughts.livejournal.com 2009-04-02 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Aaw! I could see them. Oh! Please do post them...I loved the Jack-O-Lantern one.

[identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com 2009-04-02 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
They're back up again :-)

[identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com 2009-04-02 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Try now! I re-uploaded...

[identity profile] inspirethoughts.livejournal.com 2009-04-02 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep...and they are awesome. :)
sovay: (Lord Peter Wimsey: passion)

[personal profile] sovay 2009-04-02 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay. These make me happy.

[identity profile] dark-phoenix54.livejournal.com 2009-04-02 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I love the way you look at things. You live in an enchanted world, and your blog allows me to see into it, for which I am thankful!

[identity profile] core-opsis.livejournal.com 2009-04-02 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Now I can see them--I really like the alliance fortress--these make me think YES! to life on this planet.

[identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com 2009-04-02 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm glad--me too.

[identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com 2009-04-02 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! I'm happy to be a window into these places.

[identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com 2009-04-02 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Me too!

[identity profile] a-soft-world.livejournal.com 2009-04-03 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
It really does look like a fortress! good find :)

[identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com 2009-04-03 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks!

[identity profile] asakiyume.livejournal.com 2009-04-03 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm very glad to be able to share--and yes, walking on grass after a rainy night is like taking a drink through your feet :-)