Day 230: Surely at some point in the history of pirates and privateers, there must have been a "Black Barlow," but if so, I have been unable to locate any history associated with that name. Even so, it seems fitting that this columbine should adorn the garden shared by extension with my seafaring alternate persona, Morgan Corbye. Perhaps some day, the fictional Capt. Corbye will find herself in waters dominated by Black Barlow (the temptation is strong to work him into a cameo role at the very least, perhaps more), but for now, his sails are raised well above those of the other more pedestrian columbines in the sea, dark and ragged and yet supreme. Whose name did this "Black Barlow" purloin? Why, none other than that belonging to Charles Darwin's granddaughter Nora, who hybridized several Aquilegia cultivars which now bear her name in some form or another. "Rose," "Blue," and "Bordeaux" are just a few in the Barlow series. Somehow I can't imagine Capt. Corbye going sword-to-sword with "Pink Barlow," though.
It would be amusing if you could write a story about Black Barlow and work Nora into it. I know the time periods don't overlap, but it's fiction, right?
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