Musings

Today, I found a few bees…one hiding in this yellow bloom…

…and one strolling about on this pink fleur.

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Did a family walk this morning, and escaped the threat of raindrops, against the odds. We found these flower spikes; I do not know what they are, but am attracted to the range of colors related to white, green, and grey-purple.

Late in the afternoon, we discovered that the tops of Midtown buildings were…obscured. We returned home safely, despite street after street of traffic.

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I just want to note that “leaves of three” sometimes is kudzu (say: kooood-zoooo), which causes no dermatological upset (that I am aware of).

Speaking (writing?) of leaves, this is my invented spinach lasagne with bison meat-sauce, and cheese. Made a small container of a non-spinach version for the Vitamin-K-sensitive among us.

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Plants sometimes offer us a chance to see a same-time time-lapse. Here are the petals just emerging from the flower-center.

And, here on the next plant, the petals have grown out already!

This musing brought to you by a stroll to the library.

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I don’t remember seeing sweet peas in ATL before…so exciting. But most of the plant had moved beyond blooms and was festooned with pods.

This is some kind of yucca, I’m guessing a landscaping variant. The whole spike was in bloom, but not photogenic, so you just get a side branch.

The rain really had passed by the time I got going, and the plants looked so fresh and the air smelled fine, but the gardenia notes had temporarily disappeared.

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I came around a corner on my neighborhood wander and was eyeball to…whatever with a giant orange roll of tubing. The Guru says this will carry Giggle (not its real name) fiber. Wonder when they’ll turn it on.

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Superbly nice spring day, very cool, especially after temps up to the 80s earlier this week. That got Mr. Window-man fired up (I think the coolness was the trigger), and he opened windows here and there, and a nice breeze wafted through the house…bringing the lovely scent of the front-garden gardenias throughout all rooms.

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Not sure why the rider would choose a mirror helmet, but it is fun for those in the vehicle behind waiting for the light to change.

I liked the lines of this building, but thought the columns a bit small in diameter, and the lighting fixture a bit…light for the overall aesthetics. Maybe that’s me, however….

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I think of the “natural” color of a rose as light pink. However, strong colors like this red are fetching….

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The gardenias are blooming! [Sorry that you have to imagine its heavy scent.]

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