My grandmother called many flowers “posies” and she popped into my head when I was looking at this image. She would have been horrified at the Alligator, but happy with the posy.
Alligator and Swamp Sunflower
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston, SC
October 18, 2021
“Ring around the rose-y.
Pocket full of posies.”
Paz
“And they all fell down”