Palm Valley, evening
A walk with the family on a very humid evening in the Botanic Gardens. I passed by the trunks of the tall Coryphoid palms and gazed into the beautiful palm valley and ached. The pain was beautiful.
Talipot in fruit
Corypha umbraculifera has the biggest inflorescence of any flowering plant. Jen and Joshua provide scale. Just in case Matt wonders why he is not there; he was sound asleep in my arm, head on my shoulders. A couple of months ago it was flowering; see photo by Ladybug and another shot of it by blog newbie ChengPuay in Inertia is a sin.
Some nice sayings
“If thou lovest, thou shalt be loved” - St. Francis of Assisi
“Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for he shall enjoy everything.” - St. Francis of Assisi
“Flattery gets you everywhere” - Ajahn Brahm, in “Opening the Door of Your Heart And other Buddhist tales of Happiness”
“Let’s not celebrate mediocrity” - Otterman
“Wisdom begins in wonder.” - Socrates
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