Musings

This evening, while we were driving through neighborhoods liberally decorated with lights, Santas, reindeer, and snow-people, I realized that of the several hundred houses I had seen that were showing the holiday spirit, none had a manger or three wise dudes. Which surprised me.

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Is this a PopCulch reference I don’t know?

Now, this I could figure out without the signs, although they make the situation unambiguous.

Found a dime today, and no pennies. Am I coming up in the world?

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Today when I was out and about I was musing on perspectives. Not my line-of-sight straight ahead, but the myriad Other Ones. Like down a wall, encrusted with moss and lichen. I may have posted a version of this before; apologies if it’s a repeat…current moist conditions mean the moss is So Green. Is that a metaphor for a life-goal? So-Green, I mean….

Backstory: under the influence of some fine Firesteed Pinot Noir from the Willamette Valley. Thnx Martha. So yum.

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You can see the frog sitting on the lilypad amidst the bullrushes. What you can’t see is that this not-an-ornament is the topper for a set of wind chimes. Love the remnants of green paint.

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Lots of rain last night during the dark hours. Still quite moist when I walked mid-day. Sun peeked out late in the afternoon; uplifting even to look out through the windows although I didn’t really get out and make Vitamin D.

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Infrastructure 😉 at Ponce City Market….

Glass incorporated into the paving material in Old Fourth Ward Park near the kids playground.

The two cents? I found two cents last week, and also this. Are the Fates indicating something? Not sure….

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Glorious sunshine again today; we are so lucky. I saw more cherry trees in bloom, poor things.

Over at the pool at the Old Fourth Ward Park, I noticed that the bald cypress are growing knees. These are still wee buttons, but another tree has knees that are around 8–10″ high.

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I remember seeing these giant (apparently) blown ornaments in outdoor displays before, but this year I’m seeing more of them. Striking.

I like them, but don’t want any.

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Clever decorating. Love the bow.

Horse or mule? I think the latter.

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A misty morning means this hosta bloom sports mini-jewels.

This household fields a pair of (TWO!) Tesla sedans (purchase price maybe $150K? total). And keeps them in an open carport right next to the sidewalk, so we all know about them. The left one leaves workdays, but the black one is usually parked.

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