Thursday, 21 March 2019
Took today’s nifty new device on my walk. Discovered I have to stop to see much (otherwise jiggle jiggle can’t-focus very well)…which triggers my walk-measuring device to pause…which is not what I’m supposed to be doing when I’m Out Walking. Next time I’ll venture out other than when I’m Out Walking—and see more! Great light-gathering capability!
This section of the gutter harbored a thick windrow of petals. So pretty.
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
Last week, it was leaf-blowers. This week it’s air-hammers and saws. And these guys. See the post on the ground on the other side of the street (by the far orange cone)? I saw that a week ago and thought, hmm, new post somewhere. And, when I saw these two bucket trucks from down the street, I thought: aha, that new pole is going up! But…………………no! Will revisit this street tomorrow and see what the fix-it status is.
In other news, the first volleyball practice I’ve seen this year here. Two groups!
Some trees are blooming…
…and some are not. [There wouldn’t be that skinny shadow if there was more vegetation on those branches.]
Tuesday, 19 March 2019
Found my first dogwood with open blossoms*! Probably they’ve been open for a couple of days, and I just found them…the tree is not in my usual area for roaming.
I also found a small bush of small azalea blooms of large pinkness. Cute, ¿no?
* I was mentioning the other day that I hadn’t found any open buds, yet. Problem solved.
Monday, 18 March 2019
This was not predicted. We went AGAIN, for the third day in a row, OTP, that is: outside the perimeter. This time for high-quality veggies…and other stuff. No plans to go OTP tomorrow. Seriously. Might get an affliction or something if we did…. Today’s adventure, however, was all electric—gas engine never came on…shows how short a distance OTP we went (not even a tenth of a mile).
More tree blooming documented…plum or cherry, I believe. Saw dogwoods with swelling buds, but no open blooms (in this neighborhood). And that’s the botany-bloom report.
Sunday, 17 March 2019
Been seeing these Dandy robustus (not their real name), but today’s the first I noted them in full seed-puff spheres. Not this one, however….
And so the circle-cycle of the seasons rotates another notch.
For the second day in a row, we ventured outside the perimeter, shopping this time. At one of those hunter-fisher-outdoor-y (and overpriced, IMHO) places. With kayaks against the front wall. So ornamental. So yellowy-green.
Saturday, 16 March 2019
Parked train.
We ventured out toward the ’burbs to a civic center to see model train layouts and the miscellany that vendors bring to such shows, table after table of tracks and trains and fake trees, and fake all kinds of landscape and small town elements. [We managed to not buy anything. Yay!] I did see a snack-baggie of scale model coal for $5. Wonder if the vendor bought it as “fake coal” or as some kind of generic project plastic granular sand or something….
Somehow, I managed to photograph this carnival ride that wasn’t even in a diorama. Somehow, it seems more interesting….
Friday, 15 March 2019
We started off with the black drink (not the Ilex version—duh!), shared with our lovely guests who were passing through from Pair-eeee (whatta time change!) en route to the Athens of Georgia. Glad they stopped over with us….
Sometime later…. With the fennel sprouts, we waved gubbbbb-eye….
Okay, I gotta give you a flower-cluster, too. Brilliant azaleas.
Instead of catching the week’s-end summaries and cogitations late afternoon via ray-dee-oh and tee-vee, we launched a mooooo vee, “Boyhood,” geeze, amazing…wonderful…much better than “news” about shootups and shootouts and DC-capital games and cancer and yikes!
Thursday, 14 March 2019
Somehow I got the weather prediction wrong yesterday—the line of storms is due tonight. Here are more tree-blooms that will be damaged.
Today was the third day in a row reaching the 70s (whew!), and I admit that after I got going on my walk, I began looking for a bit of shade—first day of the year I can admit/report that!
I believe this is a Lady Banks rose; it’s a vine, as you perhaps can tell. The blooms are small for roses, perhaps an inch across. Delicate.
Found several azaleas beginning to bloom today. This white specimen shows small buds, large buds, and open flowers. Lovely!
Wednesday, 13 March 2019
Tried my fave bison meatloaf tonight in the new range; loving the convection oven! Still have to fine-tune my understanding of how the convection-y part works…. More fun menus ahead!
Botanist’s daughter’s evening report: redbud buds and blooms may not survive tonight’s weather without becoming ragged or dropping. [Sigh.]
Tuesday, 12 March 2019
Dunno which bulbs these are…as in, I forget….
Dunno what kind of car this is…as in, I never knew. British and right-hand drive, though!