On June 18th, after photographing some mountain pinks I'd been tipped off to, I stopped at nearby Cypress Creek Park and found to my pleasure that a bunch of bluebells (Eustoma sp.) were coming up. Bluebells put out distinctively shaped buds, as you see in this portrait of one with an opening flower behind it.

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For those of you who find yourselves in jobs where you feel like you're walking on eggshells all the time and can't speak openly about what you believe, here's a relevant thought from someone who lived through Soviet oppression: "In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot." ― Czesław Miłosz. (If I understand right, Polish cz is pronounced like English ch, ł like w, w like v, and sz like sh. As a result, Czesław Miłosz comes out sounding like Cheswav Miwosh.)

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