Bedlam Farm Blog Journal by Jon Katz

12 May

Bedlam Farm Journal, Sunday, May 12, 2024. We Went For A Wildflower Walk On The Farm! Success…

by Jon Katz

This afternoon, we went for a wildflower walk in the hills and woods behind the farm. Maria loves to look for wildflowers and is great at spotting them. I love them; they are beautiful things, and I’m hooked on photographing them. A lot haven’t come out yet, but she put together a lovely bouquet.

Zinnia and Fate came along; Zip surprised us by following. He shows up wherever we are.

It was a lovely, cool, and cloudy day; we both loved it. I can’t wait to take some pictures; they add a beautiful new dimension to my photographs.

What a great place to live.

Picking some wildflowers

Guess who came along into the hills to help?

 

A kiss for Lulu when we got back.

12 May

Birdsong, A Meditation, With Zip

by Jon Katz

Zip and I were sitting on the back porch, watching the raindrops, when Maria came by to show me this video she had taken in the back pasture. It captured the sound of a beautiful country creek and the dozens of birds singing their morning song. The birdsong is lovely.

This video is a personal treasure, a glimpse into Maria’s vibrant life in the forest. It’s a world of beauty that most of us rarely get to see. I couldn’t resist sharing it with you.

 

Video by Maria Wulf

11 May

Flower Art, Sunday, May 11, 2024, When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloomed, A Photographer Jumps

by Jon Katz
In the dooryard fronting an old farm-house near the white-wash’d palings,
Stands the lilac-bush tall-growing with heart-shaped leaves of rich green,
With many a pointed blossom rising delicate, with the perfume strong I love,
With every leaf a miracle—and from this bush in the dooryard,
With delicate-color’d blossoms and heart-shaped leaves of rich green,
A sprig with its flower I break.” –
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed, Walt Whitman.

Maria was kind enough to pick me some lilacs from our blossoming  Lilac bushes; I was enchanted by their beauty and power. Here are four pictures I took. More to come. They speak for themselves.

See you tomorrow; this is my sign-off.

 


 

 

 

 

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