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Everyone have a good Mother's Day?

Fisheye view of a foxglove, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

Pitcher plants in bloom

So, should I read anything into this? Mom and I go to the botanical garden on Mother's Day and my two favorite flower pictures are of a foxglove, the plant which so frequently appears in murder mysteries as the strychnine vector, and the blossom of a carnivorous plant. I was especially taken with the pitcher flowers, which I'd never seen in bloom before. They're so alien looking with the shield thingy in the center. Mom took a lot of flower photos (in lieu of taking cuttings) (which she has done there before). She's been really psyched with the flower photography since I showed her how to put her little point-and-shoot camera in macro (flower) mode.

As you can see, the weather was unreally beautiful. Perfect for eating brunch outside in the shade (except that a bird pooped on Mom). Perfect for a garden walk. Perfect for Oz hiding in the kitchen all afternoon and making chicken gizzard stew.