#Meadow-rue

[flowerishness]

Thalictrum (meadow-rue)

Meadow-rue is a member of the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. Unlike other members of the buttercup family (such as, delphiniums and clematis) meadow-rues don’t have petals. Some meadow-rues are wind-pollinated, others are insect-pollinated and many species swing both ways, whichever method is more convenient.

The fluffy things that look like petals are actually long stamens (the male part of the plant), in the center is the pistil (the female part) and she’s handing out the nectar as per usual. But by dispensing with petals, pollinators get right down to business - no need for pretty clothes for this genus. Meadow-rues come in white, yellow, pink or pale purple and produce conspicuous dense inflorescences.

[faguscarolinensis]

Thalictrum flavum ssp. glaucum / Yellow Meadow-Rue at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

[ethans-liver]

[moon-mirage]

Deep in the meadow, under the willow

A bed of grass, a soft green pillow

Lay down your head, and close your sleepy eyes

And when again they open, the sun will rise.

Here it's safe, here it's warm

Here the daisies guard you from every harm

Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true

Here is the place where I love you.

[vandaliatraveler]

Summer has arrived, and with it, the single greatest proliferation of life in Central Appalachia. This is the time of great, ostentatious wildflowers, one more showy and resplendent than the next, each competing with the other for the swarms of pollinators that have emerged to drink from the earth's sweet nectar pots, find their mates, and plant their eggs in the all-too-brief span before their whirring energies have faded into oblivion. At no time do I feel more connected to life's urgent, relentless pulse than in the electric heat of summer; the rich meadows, bogs, streambanks, and hedgerows are my temples and the tiny creatures that come to them to feed and renew their kind are the only intermediaries I need to realize true spiritual peace and joy.

The photos above are from a late afternoon bike ride on Deckers Creek Trail.

[summerwages]

ghostly apparitions..

[semioticapocalypse]

Robert Walker. Dinosaur, Dismantled. Flushing Meadow Park, New York. 1965

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[epifaniacintilante]

Here it's safe, here it's warm

here the daisies guard you from every harm

Here your dreams are sweet

and tomorrow brings them true

Here is the place where I love you

The Hunger Games (2012)

[sovksluv]

marauders moodboards

𖤐 . back to moodboards .

𖤐 . girls

𖤐 . boys

𖤐 . houses

𖤐 . schools

𖤐 . ships/couples

𖤐 . marauders

[killacharacterbingo]

Sung To Sleep Forever

Based on this scene from the first Hunger Games movie. In it, Rue has been fatally wounded and is going to die. Nothing can be done about it, it is unavoidable. Her final request as she dies in her friend Katniss' arms is to hear her sing one last time. The song in question, Deep In The Meadow, is also known as Rue's Lullaby.

Your characters will have to deal with witnessing a loved one die for this prompt, as well as fulfilling a final request. It doesn't need to be specifically a lullaby, or to be sung to sleep one final time, but a request will be made of the surviving characters.

[lovepersevering13]

I’m not awfully talented but I am awfully bored

[faguscarolinensis]

Thalictrum flavum ssp. glaucum / Yellow Meadow-Rue at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

[mlobsters]

Here your dreams are sweet And tomorrow brings them true Here is the place Where I love you

drawing video here

[rurpleplayssims]

[vandaliatraveler]

Photos above are from a trip into the mountains yesterday. I managed to get out to Lindy Point in the Blackwater River Canyon before the overlook was swarmed with sightseers (top two photos). The rhododendron is blooming now - the drive in from Blackwater Falls State Park is magical this time of year. As it descends through the canyon, the Blackwater River transforms into turbulent whitewater, but just above the canyon, where it turns out of Canaan Valley (5th photo down), it's a gentle, serene stream perfect for floating. I also tried out some different trails in Yellow Creek Natural Area and Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge. The lowbush blueberries are ripening now - a sweet little snack to improve the hiking experience. :-)

[babbletaels]

The anticipation for how the songs will sound in tbosas is bringing me back to how utterly disappointed I was with the movies version of deep in the meadow back in 2012. Literally the worst song adaptation I had ever heard.

Anyway, here's a much better take on it that I was obsessed with back in 2013, in my brain it's the canon melody for the song and I've been looking for it for like ten years and finally found it!