Parse this
Monday, 11 March 2019
This pairing kinda confounded me. I’ve upped my walking minutes, so I can go farther afield…and in new territory (new lately, that is), I found this. I’m still pondering it….
Musings
True news
Sunday, 10 March 2019
That is a fake rock. And that is not fake news. It’s the truth.
Wind and rain the last few days have brought down so much organic detritus…including these glorious, red petals. Sorry, camellia.
Meanwhile (I would have written that before Colbert), I am discombobulated as per usual from the time change. The light outside and the clocks do not match, my spidey-sense declares vehemently.
No greens tonight, though
Saturday, 9 March 2019
Still enjoying blooming bulbs.
I do like Japanese/deciduous magnolias; I especially enjoy the dark pink ones.
Starvation food—maybe no longer appropriately classified that way, since dandelion greens now are sold at Whole Foods.
Friday! Yay!
Friday, 8 March 2019
Back in the mists of time, I read that Swiss farmers who had fields/pastures on steep slopes…
…monitored the effects of gravity, and when too much soil had crept downhill, they dug it up and moved it back uphill, so as not to lose it to the owner of the next field/pasture downhill. Farming is tough. [Moss has a relatively limited root system, so it’s almost a cheat to show the creeping soil under moss….]
In my private world of kitchen experimentation, I’m making broth from the chicken leg bones from the other day’s bake…using the simmer burner for the first time. Burble. Pause. Burble.
And for Friday fun: a yard piglet. Winsome.
Foooooood for thought
Thursday, 7 March 2019
Chew-bot is a robot goat, a Canadian transformer-like toy. As seen on “Corner Gas.”
Updates
Wednesday, 6 March 2019
Sidewalk is fixed. Opposite side is getting sidewalk break; never had one before. Wow!
First oven project: note triple decker of roasting pans! Potatoes! Chicken drumsticks! Mixed veg! (Just this one session and I’m a total convert to the convection process—everything crispier! Yum!)
Bare tree.
Blooming tree. (Different species.)
New and retro (continuing the 2018 tradition?)
Tuesday, 5 March 2019
Clo means clock. The complicated process of setting the clock on the new appliance!* Yay! New range!
NewStove’s first dish: chili! Yay! Loving the 18,500 BTU wide-framed burner. Yay!
And for a more organic photo: yucca! Yay!
* The Guru does not set the microwave; I’m tickled he will set the range. I’m also hoping he can set whatever needs to be set after a power hit, as a quick perusal of the Owner’s Manual suggests it’s more than the clock. Or maybe I read it wrong. Stranger things have happened. BTW, I’m calling the range retro because: no bluetooth. Heh.
Observations: street, sidewalk, playground
Monday, 4 March 2019
Detritus/graffiti from the Sunday footrace…
Broken sidewalk slope zone…will return to discover what it’s been converted into.
Color and shapes…I’m regressing. Or retro.
Tranquil Sunday
Sunday, 3 March 2019
I left earlier than usual, having heard the meteorologists say: rain later! I set off on a typical wander, looking for photo potential. Mmmm, maple “helicopters.” Perhaps for red maples? haha
Mmmm, a lion detail on a planter…. Hmmm? where’s the traffic?
Oh. Foot race. Hence, streets closed off, so, hmmm, an especially traffic free neighborhood, even for a Sunday!
Tranquil until the thunderstorm! Which now has passed. Whew. All is well. Wet, yes, but well.
Note small lily pad
Saturday, 2 March 2019
We made a pilgrimage to see the Earth Goddess. She’s clearly awaiting spring.
In a sunny part of the garden, tulips…
…and more tulips!
In another water feature…a reflection of leafless tree above.