Peony

This is an auspicious year, the first ever with three springs. We saw sakura (and peony) bloom in Kyoto in March. In May, we watched ants chew away at our three backyard peonies. Their flashes of white and purple sadly lasted for only a few days before being beaten senseless by raucous weather. Now in Vermont on Carrie Rose, we are enjoying another batch of blooms on the first day of summer.

Jupiter, Venus and the Crescent Moon share the stage