genuine verdict

Loquat, originally uploaded by trekr.

A contrarian amongst fuit trees, the loquat blooms in late autumn and bears her fruit in the spring.

Wagon Wheel, originally uploaded by trekr.

“Hitch your wagon to a star” – Emerson

The Vulture, originally uploaded by trekr.

“There is a path which no fowl knows, and which the vulture’s eye has not seen”

And Malcolm Little was wrong about Capitalism amongst other things …

Hollow Oak, originally uploaded by trekr.

“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears” – Shakespeare

Empty rhetoric echoes in a hollow.

Persimmon, originally uploaded by trekr.

This Persimmon came up in the backyard. I let it grow because it was an interesting understory beneath a towering oak. And now we have fruit.

Any Road, originally uploaded by trekr.

“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” Lewis Carroll

Nicotiana, originally uploaded by trekr.

A surprising volunteer … now the search for the tobacco hornworm begins

Rose, originally uploaded by trekr.

The fruit rivals the flower