Musings

Actually, we haven’t been having rain, but the heavy dew has been satisfying most plants. I found it interesting that the dew on this cobweb was all on the bottom, I guess pulled through the mesh by gravity.

The cool mornings continue, and, despite concerns about introducing allergens, we open the windows and turn on window fans to move that coolness inside. After all, that dew also means there’s more mold and whatnot, especially compared to the dry years we’ve had recently. [BTW, the US drought monitor now shows us as merely “abnormally dry,” which is a huge change. And, while we’re thinking about this, Lake Lanier’s levels are holding, for the most part, considering the season.]

The expanding foam insulation we got upstairs as part of the TreeFix seems to be keeping the house temperate, and, of course, since the walls are better sealed, we have fewer insects getting inside—their vertical highways are now closed….

Lifting my eyes from the horizontal world (I walked in the woods too much as a kid, I fear, so I watch my feet excessively), I almost missed this orangutan watching from a tree. I wonder if the idea to perch him/her here came from a child or an adult….

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Our unbelievably cool overnight weather continues, meaning walking is quite tolerable even leaving at 7 am.

We visited with our neighbors last night and found out that his favorite hike in this area includes travel on the MARTA train for a stop to avoid a stretch that’s unpleasant for walking. I love that idea!

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Cool overnights mean lovely, delightful mornings in the mid- to high-60s. So pleasant!

I caught the great blue heron (Ardea herodias) resting on the Lake Clara Meer island, the first time I’ve spotted him/her there.

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I suspect it’s a rental unit, but still I think I’d remove this tidbit of natural history from my window….

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Skyline today.

Skyline yesterday, about the same time.

Oh, what a difference twenty-four hours makes!

Note that the dew covering Dixie was heavier yesterday….

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With the improvements to the BotGarden/Park, I guess they’ve adjusted the security patrol, too.

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Piedmont Park’s refurbished natatorium, main outdoor pool.

While we were walking, we tentatively decided that a natatorium was most likely an indoor pool—the thinking went that the suffix “-ium” referred to a place of…whatever—think auditorium, aquarium (terrarium, not so much).

Turns out that the dictionary says that a natatorium is a swimming pool, especially one that’s indoors—but that’s not a requirement.

This kind of misunderstanding is a result of learning vocabulary from listening and from written usage, and not from study of the reference materials.

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There’s been enough rain around here lately that the fungi spores in the bark on the playground down the way are reproducing. Delicate little umbrellas, aren’t they?

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You may not be a joiner, but this still might be the organization for you. It was formed in 1853, before the Civil War, and apparently is still extant.

In the pre-automobile days, horse thievery called up the furor of the good people of Bentonville, Ohio, tucked away on State Route 41 in Adams County, and trustees of the Bentonville Anti-Horse Thief Society paid a fine bounty of $10 for the capture of a thief or a stolen horse, which was split among the captors. The money came from dues paid by members.

Now that horse thievery has diminished, the organization is more of a social club, with an annual banquet held the last Saturday of April each year.

Note that behind and below the sign and the flag is a white sculptural outline of a man on horseback, lit by tiny lights, one assumes, at night. (Sorry, it’s too oblique to see in this photo.)

Yeah, we went through Bentonville yesterday, but it was too interesting not to post….

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They call him “Big Boy;” I call him “Bun Boy.”

How had I missed until now that the Big Boy statues have a slingshot in the back pocket?

Note: for those into details, this is really a Frisch’s Big Boy….

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