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The cosmos have been blooming since early July and are still going strong.
You can see pink milkweed seedpods in the background.
Plein air sketch of the cosmos flowers in our garden. In my new Fabriano Accademia A5 spiral pad, which I was overjoyed to find on ebay. I love this paper for sketching! It takes a fairly wet wash, much better than most cartridge paper. Sketch is 5x6in.
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Cosmos, a self-seeding annual adapts easily to hot, dry locations and does well in poor soil. There are over 20 known species of this flower family 'Compositae'.
Spanish priests grew cosmos in their mission gardens in Mexico. The evenly placed petals led them to christen the flower "Cosmos," the Greek word for harmony or ordered universe.
Cosmos bipinnatus is native to Mexico and southern USA, an annual it has long stem flower-heads that are coloured pink to lavender in the wild. I will never forget as kids we took an annual train ride to the sea, and along the train tracks were millions of Cosmos, most were pinks and whites , then you would get the odd rare dark red flower and then it would start again with pinks and whites. It belongs to the daisy family, (Asteraceae)
Oh, it's such a perfect day
I'm glad I spend it with you
Oh, such a perfect day
You just keep me hanging on
You just keep me hanging on
Just a perfect day
problems all left alone
Weekenders on our own
it's such fun
Just a perfect day
you made me forget myself
I thought I was
someone else, someone good
Lou Reed. (RIP)
Cosmos 954 Debris
c. 1978
Art. no. 1988.1334.
Canada Science and Technology Museum
University of Ottawa, HIS4135
Trevor PIllon
Rebecca Rich
Simon Whitehouse
This is a piece of debris from the nuclear-powered Soviet satellite Cosmos 954. It was recovered by ground search just west of Baker Lake, in present day Nunavut. It is a non-radioactive, partially melted carbon-steel plate which formed the dome of the "stovepipe," a metal cylinder likely designed to contain the satellite's electronics equipment.
The material construction suggests the "quick and nasty" nature of Soviet space technology at the time. Lacking advanced materials which would allow for lighter, more efficient designs, Soviet engineers compensated with larger engines and, in this case, nuclear fuel.
Cosmos is one of my favorite flower.
いつもコスモスの時期になったらウキウキしながらカメラ持ってでかけるはずなんですが、今年はもう疲れちゃって．．．。
余裕がないといくら好きなお花でも思うようには撮れないのですね。悲しい。