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La pescata di stanotte

Watchmen by Alan Moore, illustrated by Dave Gibbons and colored by John Higgins

Soon the serviceberries (or one of their million other names (why does it have so many names? (my theory is that it is because if has edible fruit, that fruit has never been commericalized, had pretty flowers (but not so pretty as to be planted widely), was widespread (but not abundant)))) (clearly my parantheticals have gotten the upper hand here (ach, there I go again)) will bloom, like this Amerlanchier laevis.  A solid spring bee plant, visited by many, but never taken to the prom by any one bee species.  Plant it if you have a lot of shade,(or just want something lovely) pretty much anywhere that supports spring native bees.  The berries taste yummy too (perhaps we need to come up with some mystical healing power developed by indigenous shaman (like the goji berry thing) to really get this plant off the ground).  OK, I am going to stop the march of the parens now.   Photo and specimen by Helen Lowe Metzman.    

Fish, Napoli feb’18

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