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Today’s series of three photos below were taken in Coney Island in 2017 when San Geraldo and I had flown to New York to visit the Kid Brother. It was our first visit the year after my mother died. We had arrived the evening before, were terribly jet-lagged, but still got ourselves out of bed in the morning to meet The Kid Brother at IHOP (International House of Pancakes) for breakfast. I could barely hold my head up. The Kid Brother is not big on physical contact (and that’s putting it mildly), but I know when I can get away with it. Especially for a laugh.
I chose the photo above because I thought the flowers went well with Chuck’s polo shirt. It was taken in the gardens of agriculture Saturday. It’s called Veronica persica (my new drag name). It’s commonly known as birdeye speedwell (among other names). The flowers are tiny, perhaps 1 cm (0.4 in) wide. These were barely noticeable in the weedy grass as I cut across to get a close-up look at something else. I tread carefully. I always do. If only!
La serie de tres fotos de hoy que aparece a continuación fue tomada en Coney Island en 2017, cuando San Geraldo y yo volamos a Nueva York para visitar al Hermano Menor. Fue nuestra primera visita el año después de la muerte de mi madre. Llegamos la noche anterior, estábamos terriblemente cansados por el desfase horario, pero aun así nos levantamos temprano para encontrarnos con el Hermano Menor en IHOP (International House of Pancakes) para desayunar. Apenas podía mantener la cabeza erguida. A El Hermanito no le gusta mucho el contacto físico (y eso es decir poco), pero sé cuándo puedo salirme con la mía. Sobre todo para reírnos un rato.
Elegí la foto de arriba porque pensé que las flores combinaban bien con la camisa polo de Chuck. La tomé el sábado en los jardines de agricultura. Se llama Verónica persica (mi nuevo nombre de drag). Se la conoce comúnmente como verónica de persia. Las flores son diminutas, quizás de 1 cm de ancho. Apenas se notaban entre la maleza mientras cruzaba para ver de cerca otra cosa. Camino con cuidado. Siempre lo hago. ¡Como si fuera tan fácil!
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Those photos of you and the Kid Brother are adorable!
Bob,
They make me smile.
Veronica is nice, but I see you more as a Birdeye Speedwell. Remind me to give that name to something. Did someone say pancakes… 😋😋😋
Wickedhamster,
I like the poetry of Veronica Persica. Chuck loves the pancakes. Jerry loves the syrups.
… beautiful pictures, but I still see Chucky as a young child who used to follow me around at camp Kiwi💜
Josephine,
I can’t help but picture him that way. He adored you!
Those ARE beautiful pictures of you and Senor Hermanito. Would that be correct? Whatever. Kid Brother does love the IHOP, doesn’t he? Well, who doesn’t?
Senora Luna
Señora Luna,
Señor Hermanito might be incongruous but i suppose it would be grammaticallyncorrwct. Good job. And yes he does love the IHOP.
Wonderful pictures of you and KB. I had a friend decades ago, his name was Joe and I often wonder whatever became of him but anyway, he found and adopted the rattiest looking, really ugly little dog that he just adored and named Ruby Begonia. A perfect drag name.
Ellen Abbott,
I love it. Flip Wilson: “Do da name Ruby Begonia strike a familya note?”
Great pictures of you and Chuck. When he looks away, as if he really likes this but isn’t supposed to. I love the speedwell color. We have a lot of tiny flowers like this here, too. Flowers in/on the grass, familiar.. Boud
Boud,
You describe it perfectly. Yes, the embarrassed smile is an indication that he likes it.
Aww, I love seeing Chuck’s smile when you’re around 🙂
Judy C,
I do, too. I can usually get one out of him.
Speedwells are the most lovely teeny-tiny flowers – we used to see them a lot when I was a child in Wales, but I haven’t seen any here in London for ages. And they compliment those charming photos of you and KB perfectly… Jx
Jon,
I don’t think i had ever seen speedwells before.
What GREAT photos of you both! You can get away with anything, I see.
We had ‘Birdeye Speedwell’ at former house and here as well. Very pretty.
Jim,
Not anything, but i do get away with quite a lot. I know the boundaries, too.
Great photos and great drag name. 😉
Kelly,
The photos make me smile. The drag name has a bit of the literary in it.
Oh my lands….. I had all but forgotten but birdeye speedwell. When I was young we used to have it all over the place, it was so pretty and you’re right the flowers were so tiny. I don’t know if my dad treated the lawn or what he did but I haven’t seen it in years. The only place I see it around here anymore is in the park over at the edge of the wood.
Mistress Maddie,
I had never heard of speedwell. So beautiful… and tiny.
What a lovely and fun vertical triptych of you and your brother, Scoot! Those little blue flowers remind me of forget-me-nots.
Tundra Bunny,
I love the series of photos. They always make me smile.
I think that this may be the first time I’ve seen the kid brother, as a grown-up, without his hat.
Kirk,
Oh there have been photos. But it’s not common. I often tell him to remove his cap in a restaurant and sometimes for a photo so it doesn’t shade his face.
Great photos of you and the Kid brother, so very nice.
larrymuffin:
I smile every time I look at these.