But that orange-y brown makes them seem more like autumn.  I don’t recall seeing this variety last year.  They are very perky.  I have to keep myself from picking them.  Don’t think I’m allowed.

“Perky orange-y brown but yellow spring autumn-looking flowers.”  It is unlikely that that phrase (not quite a sentence) has ever appeared before in the English language.  Isn’t language, and syntax especially, quite marvelous?

Today’s ocean blog, brought to you by Carlsbad flowers and linguistics.  Thank you.