Thursday, 11 October 2018
Silvery fish. Sooooo gorgeous. [We didn’t buy/eat.]
Mystery machine. Vanilla flavor, we read on the packaging. [We didn’t buy/eat.]
What we did eat, at another location—mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Did I say (write) mmmmmmmmm? Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Wednesday, 10 October 2018
The Hubby had some man-shopping to do at the HumDepoh, so I took advantage of their AC and wide aisles to get some rain-free steps in. Win-win!
For a few moments, I went through the garden center (outdoors! can’t do that at IKEA!), and in the back I looked up and saw a huge water tank, filled from rainfall piped down from the roof! Great corporate decision to use that precious liquid that otherwise would go directly in the sewers on the garden center plants. [Well, then some of it goes in the sewers, but not all.]
I suspect that tank is full. We’re getting good rain from outer bands of Michael, and have been off and on for a while. Fortunately for us, the worst weather will be south of us. Whew!
Tuesday, 9 October 2018
Been watching the Michael wind-up with concern for loved ones south of us. What is the experience of marine fish in the middle of the ocean when a hurricane goes overhead? Do their little piscine hearts go pitter patter?
Monday, 8 October 2018
Lamb bacon. I didn’t know it existed. Now I know it’s tasty. Especially with sweet potato, in an appetizer/small plate at the Five & Ten (sometimes Five and Ten). Lovely, celebratory evening. Thanks, everyone.
Sunday, 7 October 2018
When I was a kid and first encountered the term “horsefeathers” in a book, I could not fathom what they might be, since I knew what horses looked like. For unknown reasons, I next thought of horsetails. Horsetails did not help. Our Universal Friend Goooooo likens horsefeathers to hen’s teeth, but of course OUFG was nonexistent when I was a tad.
Keeping with the repeating visuals theme: institutional small glass tiles. Pretty pretty.
Saturday, 6 October 2018
Spider web art with large water droplets. Contrast with yesterday’s.
Sunset view from our shower. A geometric view.
Apologies for the InstaGraham-style post….
Friday, 5 October 2018
I got down to the sidewalk and no farther as there was a work crew setting up on our street, and the fellow driving this truck was quite concerned that I understand they’d be interrupting life on our street for a while. Something about a gas line going through the sewer pipe. I couldn’t quite figure out how that could be changed by opening up one square of the sidewalk, but didn’t hang around to ask and hear the answer. Yay for infrastructure improvements.
On my mosey, I found these spider webs festooning this ground cover in an artful way. Yay for arachnid aesthetics.
Later I found this holiday still life. Beware begonias? With spiders? Yay for creativity in outdoor decorations.
We went downtown to do a bit of business with the state, and waited at a stop-light with a great view of the capital’s gold dome. At the state office, we learned that a contractor had taken over their computer system so it was “down” and I could not transact my biz. I’ll try again Tuesday, as Monday is a holiday and they aren’t open on Saturdays. Yay for government work schedules.
Thursday, 4 October 2018
Today’s theme: clouds. And blue skies.
Some with god-rays.
Even uncrowded clouds.
And an especially colorful one at dusk.
Over and out from the southern zip code.
Wednesday, 3 October 2018
I decided the theme for today’s post would be lakes, although we skip a whole lot of the day…still, I have to start somewhere!
So, the first lake must be “our” lake, although this is a shot from yesterday since it was raining or drippy all morning, not good for photography at all.
Then, a Great Lake. Michigan. Chicago is way off to the right if you follow the coast, and keep following it.
I think of the Bridge as the dividing line between Lakes Michigan and Huron. I don’t know if geographers agree. Don’t much care, truth be told.
Note that by sunset we had left the rain and overcast behind. Yes, sunset over, hmm, soybeans? some row crop.
And now, the Guru says, we are in the promised land. Not for long; we’ll leave tomorrow.
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
My figuring last night was right on the money when I decided to lay the fire in the wood stove ready for setting aflame in the morning. And the morning was indeed cold, and the wood stove staved off the chill. Wood heat is radiant! And I think it sucks the moisture right out of my skin. [Where’s the hand cream?]
The Guru took Droney for a spin. Here’s the color developing in the Grove. It used to have white birches in the mix, but they’ve died. My bro, the tree guy, says for the most part the birch seeds need a fire to trigger them to germinate. [Another fire reference for today.]
Took my last private, unhurried walk on the beach. These shells have been deposited/revealed lately. I don’t know if they are from a die-off in a relatively short time, or an accumulation. I’ve never seen a clam die-off, so I’m guessing somehow they’ve accumulated.
As to the barberry fruits, they mostly full orange, with the merest hint of the orange-red to come. That’s the barberry berry report for this evening.