#28 · Jun 21–26 · Summer Solstice
Self-heal fades
乃東枯
Natsukarekusa karuru · Self-heal withers
Drying Prunella/self-heal seed heads among still-green meadow plants; backlit evening.
Poetic & observational
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Photographed by Michael Gebert
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