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Asters.  More specifically, these are Eurybia divaricata, or white wood asters.  They flower in mid to late summer and early fall and are, to some, a symbol of patience.  It takes approximately two years for an aster to flower fully, as this one has.

This was the second plant I had in the City.  The ( Read more... )

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--where I dropped--

[...only to disappear in a buzz of white noise. It gives way to a video feed featuring the too-close face of one Justin Pendleton, although he may not be recognizable as such. The typically fastidious boy is ( Read more... )