jacob riyeff
@riyeff
translator, teacher, poet, frequenter of nature preserves, lover of very old poetry, non-tenure-track professor, benedictine oblate. ubi spiritus? ubi fruitio?
trillium peaking out last week. they're full blown for several days now. #plantwatching #wildflowers #wisconsin
a colony of mayapple in the morning sun in the old growth. #plantwatching #wildflowers #wisconsin
skunk cabbage looking _very_ different down by the creek. #plantwatching #wildflowers
fawn lily carpet at cudahy woods last week. #plantwatching #wildflowers #wisconsin
pasqueflower hanging out on #wisconsin ave at @MarquetteU. #plantwatching #milwaukee
cutleaf toothwort about to blow in sauk cty easter monday. #plantwatching #wisconsin
also, the crocuses have been kickin' for over a week. #milwaukee #plantwatching
snowdrops have been in the neighborhood for about a week! spring is happening. #plantwatching #milwaukee
'there are certain tastes, as of honey, certain humors and passions, as of the flesh. when those are either taken away or injured, notice how you feel.' —guigo of the charterhouse, meditations
1/3 "i find [dame gertrude's] image of 'the snare' particularly insightful. what looks appealing, what looks pleasing, is in fact exactly what binds and limits. if we could only eat more, drink more, sleep more, say that nasty thing about our co-worker more, binge-watch that next show more,...
ferry bluff state natural area, bees on thistle. #wisconsin #plantwatching
