{"id":189853,"date":"2026-06-26T20:21:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T01:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/?p=189853"},"modified":"2026-06-26T20:21:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T01:21:50","slug":"recent-snapshots-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/recent-snapshots-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent snapshots &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_189846\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189846\" style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Silene-Platycodon-II.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Silene-Platycodon-II-442x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-189846\" srcset=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Silene-Platycodon-II-442x640.jpg 442w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Silene-Platycodon-II-708x1024.jpg 708w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Silene-Platycodon-II-768x1111.jpg 768w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Silene-Platycodon-II-1061x1536.jpg 1061w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Silene-Platycodon-II-1415x2048.jpg 1415w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Silene-Platycodon-II-1200x1737.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Silene-Platycodon-II.jpg 1769w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 85vw, 442px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-189846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Silene regia,  Platycodon &#8220;Hakone Blue&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8230; mostly from the garden.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_189845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189845\" style=\"width: 521px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Platycodon-Hakone-Blue.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Platycodon-Hakone-Blue-521x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"521\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-189845\" srcset=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Platycodon-Hakone-Blue-521x640.jpg 521w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Platycodon-Hakone-Blue-833x1024.jpg 833w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Platycodon-Hakone-Blue-768x944.jpg 768w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Platycodon-Hakone-Blue-1249x1536.jpg 1249w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Platycodon-Hakone-Blue-1666x2048.jpg 1666w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Platycodon-Hakone-Blue-1200x1476.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 521px) 85vw, 521px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-189845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Platycodon &#8220;Hakone Blue&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Balloon flowers are easy from seed and can bloom their first year, as can <em>Silene regia<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_189847\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189847\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Silene-regia-I.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Silene-regia-I-640x415.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"415\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-189847\" srcset=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Silene-regia-I-640x415.jpg 640w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Silene-regia-I-1024x663.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Silene-regia-I-768x497.jpg 768w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Silene-regia-I-1536x995.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Silene-regia-I-2048x1326.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Silene-regia-I-1200x777.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-189847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Silene regia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_189848\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189848\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Silene-regia-II.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Silene-regia-II-640x633.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"633\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-189848\" srcset=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Silene-regia-II-640x633.jpg 640w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Silene-regia-II-1024x1013.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Silene-regia-II-768x760.jpg 768w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Silene-regia-II-1536x1520.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Silene-regia-II-2048x2026.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Silene-regia-II-1200x1187.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-189848\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Silene regia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_189852\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189852\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Phemeranthus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Phemeranthus-640x507.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"507\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-189852\" srcset=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Phemeranthus-640x507.jpg 640w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Phemeranthus-1024x812.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Phemeranthus-768x609.jpg 768w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Phemeranthus-1536x1218.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Phemeranthus-1200x951.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Phemeranthus.jpg 1772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-189852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phemeranthus parviflorus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The tiny blooms of <em>Phemeranthus parviflorus<\/em> are open for only a few hours in the late afternoon and evening, so they&#8217;re useless for bedding, but they might fit well in a rock or crevice garden.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_189843\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189843\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Asclepias-tuberosa-Gay-Butterflies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Asclepias-tuberosa-Gay-Butterflies-640x557.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"557\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-189843\" srcset=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Asclepias-tuberosa-Gay-Butterflies-640x557.jpg 640w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Asclepias-tuberosa-Gay-Butterflies-1024x890.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Asclepias-tuberosa-Gay-Butterflies-768x668.jpg 768w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Asclepias-tuberosa-Gay-Butterflies-1536x1336.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Asclepias-tuberosa-Gay-Butterflies-2048x1781.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Asclepias-tuberosa-Gay-Butterflies-1200x1043.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-189843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asclepias tuberosa &#8220;Gay Butterflies&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Asclepias tuberosa<\/em> also often blooms its first year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_189849\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189849\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Snowy-Apparition-II.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Snowy-Apparition-II-640x408.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"408\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-189849\" srcset=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Snowy-Apparition-II-640x408.jpg 640w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Snowy-Apparition-II-1024x652.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Snowy-Apparition-II-768x489.jpg 768w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Snowy-Apparition-II-1536x978.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Snowy-Apparition-II-2048x1304.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Snowy-Apparition-II-1200x764.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-189849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hemerocallis &#8220;Snowy Apparition&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The daylilies are at their peak right now.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_189842\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189842\" style=\"width: 472px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Artist-Etching.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Artist-Etching-472x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"472\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-189842\" srcset=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Artist-Etching-472x640.jpg 472w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Artist-Etching-756x1024.jpg 756w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Artist-Etching-768x1041.jpg 768w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Artist-Etching-1133x1536.jpg 1133w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Artist-Etching-1511x2048.jpg 1511w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Artist-Etching-1200x1626.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Artist-Etching.jpg 1889w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 85vw, 472px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-189842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hemerocallis &#8220;Artist Etching&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_189850\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189850\" style=\"width: 387px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Supergirl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Supergirl-387x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-189850\" srcset=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Supergirl-387x640.jpg 387w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Supergirl-618x1024.jpg 618w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Supergirl-768x1272.jpg 768w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Supergirl-928x1536.jpg 928w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Supergirl-1237x2048.jpg 1237w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Supergirl-1200x1987.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Supergirl.jpg 1546w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 85vw, 387px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-189850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supergirl and Krypto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The place I live is allegedly the real &#8220;Smallville,&#8221; Superman&#8217;s home town. Every June there is a &#8220;Smallville Festival&#8221; here celebrating comic books and related cultural matters. This year&#8217;s festival was smaller than usual, with less cosplay than I expected, but at least there was Supergirl.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_189851\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189851\" style=\"width: 579px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flag.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flag-579x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"579\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-189851\" srcset=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flag-579x640.jpg 579w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flag-926x1024.jpg 926w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flag-768x849.jpg 768w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flag-1390x1536.jpg 1390w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flag-1853x2048.jpg 1853w, http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/flag-1200x1326.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 85vw, 579px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-189851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Braille flag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I spotted this flag near the festival site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; mostly from the garden. Balloon flowers are easy from seed and can bloom their first year, as can Silene regia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[692,22,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-botany","category-photo-gallery","category-whatever"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-No9","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189853"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189856,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189853\/revisions\/189856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}