Musings

I mall-walked today (yes, again), yet managed to accumulate just a few (very few) steps outdoors. I found it hot and humid.

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The simple functional analysis of leaves is that they make nutrition happen for plants. The mechanism for this is evident in the green of leaves [duh: chlorophyll]. However. When plant “gamers” manipulate the leaves, uh, well, some of the green may be excised.

Which leaves (haha) the plant nutritionally diminished.

Soooooo, look at these powerful plants overcoming their genetic inheritance! Lush!

Visually, hey, lovely aesthetic juxtaposition. Which is why this composition caught my eye…. [Truth: nothing botanical in that analysis….]

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We had another late afternoon storm roll through—heavy on the wind and lightning, not so much on rain and duration. No power outage!

Dug into the archives for this very-Michigan-highway shot…. Love the Prius behind the Oldie-but-goodie.

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Yup, today’s the First Annual Turtle Day. We will only have one more full Turtle Day. Early next August. Then, we’ll just have ghost Turtle Days, Memory Turtle Days, something like that. But only one more when I will meet up with the Foot’s Surgeon.

Oh, and…tah-dah!—excellent report today. All metal is in the right place. Foot is…in the expected state. I can do with it whatever feels okay. Yay! Surgeon suggests low-impact activities over high-impact…so, swimming and biking over high-jumping and the like.

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Sometime around 4:30pm a windy, rainy storm came in. Sometime around 4:45pm we heard a crack-pop and the lights went out. And thus the AC. Of course, luckily the temps dropped with the storm.

Still, the house began to heat up. The Guru went on the GAPower website and, yup, they were aware; indicated to expect electricity back by 7:45. Then maybe 15 min later, he checked and the website indicated that action was underway…and there was no “expect electricity by” indication. Worrisome.

As it turned out, we got power back just before 8pm, so all…whew! okay.

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Yesterday morning I discovered it was a Dixie-dew day. Heavy dew…which contributes to the agricultural success of the piedmont…. However, it’s tough when it’s hot—makes it MUGGY. Seeing the same pattern this morning, I opted for indoor fun, and walked the mall. Lots of real dummies. hahaha And air-conditioning. heh

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I liked the light on the flag. [This isn’t a clever commentary on the news out of WashDC this week…month…rrrrgh.]

On the weather front, mega-super-muggy comes close to how hot and humid it was this morning…and by 9am.

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The urban scooter fad has hit our neighborhood. I can’t tell if it’s a true contribution to the actual function of the local political economy…or no. Certainly, the casual data looks like…well, they’re here and there, almost strewn “everywhere” by the time daylight arrives.

At least two brands of scooters are…hanging about mornings. Maybe they’re an afternoon/evening thing? Or perhaps I misunderstand.

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Family lunch out. MMMMMmmmm. I had skinny fish. That’s not the menu description, just the way it was served. Tasty.

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I live in a bubble, so was not familiar with the phrasing I heard applied to Apple today…it’s now a four-comma (club) company. [This has nothing to do with dependent or independent clauses, etc.]

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