31 August 2025

 

Hosta 'Paul's Glory' 31 August 2025

This old man who has had too much to think is constantly thinking in two languages and comparing and contrasting expressions.

Today in my scanning plant obsession and compulsion, I have been using hostas that have fall colouring on their leaves.

Since I started scanning my plants around the summer of  2001 I may now have over 4000 of them. While I started with the idea of plant accuracy I am not getting artsy. In Spanish the translation of “a one trick pony” is “el mismo perro pero con diferente collar” which translates to ‘the same dog with a different collar”.

Thinking about these fall hosta leaves I now believe that as lovely as they look I am accurately depicting their transformation which just happens to be beautiful.

I will have to wait for the winter to see what else I can find of that same dog.