Orchidaceous.

Early purple orchids bloom in the woods about half a mile from my home. Each one is unique and lovely so I stitched together a collage of their purple and pink spires in an attempt to capture something of their vivid intensity, even on a dull day.

No connection but you might like to follow the daily installments of  Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner starting today with Jeremy Irons reading the first few verses. A whole host of celebrities from the sphere of arts and culture will take their turns with the rest of the long poem which has pertinent things to say about suffering and solitude.