Tuesday, 31 July 2018
Title refers to our current weather pattern, of course. We’ve got moisture trapped around us, coming down from this afternoon on for a while…off and on.
This morning was clear and I got out. Never noticed this herb-planted driveway before. Note black cat lounging back near the garage; wouldn’t look at me.
Monday, 30 July 2018
The ripening pine cones must just have hit the tasty point for the squirrels, as underneath this pine tree was a litter of pine cone detritus and naked, gnawed cone cores.
Sunday, 29 July 2018
I got a tune-up from my genius neighbor today (thank you thank you), focusing on what I would call the central arch muscles—in relatively subtle ways. The new motions I’m working on involve some interesting moves with the “good foot” to enable the “healing foot” to stretch and strengthen. At the red band level.
This is what progress looks like a year from surgery! Yay and yay!
Saturday, 28 July 2018
Started thinking about Verona today. Discovered it has had five major lines of expanding city walls…of all things.
Friday, 27 July 2018
I found this giant yellowing leaf in the sidewalk planting by that house a few blocks away whose people turned the lot next door (after a tear-down) into a garden (nice extra greenspace for the rest of us…). I forget what the plant is. Leaf is maybe a yard across….
This is what I think of as a small hibiscus bloom. Some are salad-plate sized, but this one is only about three inches across. Retro.
Thursday, 26 July 2018
I’m such a sucker for new vocabulary words. I like those adopted from another language. And I sometimes have a soft spot for technical/specific vocabularies. Today I came across this term for a particular leaf vein pattern: campylodromous. Of course, when I did some research, it turns out there are a whole suite of vein pattern classification-names that I don’t remember seeing before. Not that useful, but descriptive terms, yeah…soft spot. [Details: see Wkeepee here.]
Wednesday, 25 July 2018
What circuits are crossed up in my brain that I’m thinking that time is stopped (dog days of summer) and cycling (azaleas are blooming again) simultaneously?
Tuesday, 24 July 2018
My hypothesis is that the Kroger buyer who nabbed these very expensive ceramic grimaces has already been…fired? sequestered? downsized?
And how to store????? After the holiday AND until the holiday! After all it’s JULY!
Monday, 23 July 2018
Watching John Turturro’s character, from Queens and with a dead tooth, get treated like crap on 1994 movie Quiz Show in favor of the nice-looking guy from a good family.
Sunday, 22 July 2018
Low-rent musings today: light through colander.
And light on tile.
See, nothing earth-shaking.