Wednesday, 20 November 2019
Hmm. Poorly framed, so just a snapshot. I do like what I was going for, however. Blue, blue sky.
This Acer is golden orange, in contrast to the red of yesterday’s specimen.
On one stretch of trail, I saw many of these leaves—sycamore, I think. These are among the largest. Interestingly, most were “face-down.” I hypothesize that the asymmetric weight of the stems must tip them that way.
Tuesday, 19 November 2019
Acer palmatum: distinctive lacy, delicate leaves. And so red today.
Gingko biloba: this tree is “holding” its leaves, but most have dropped. Strange, but true.
Lagerstroemia: you may know it as crape myrtle (has alternate spellings). When the plants are repeatedly pruned of their upper branches (quite the fashion in some quarters), they desperately put up forests of thin shoots seeking to compensate for the diminishment in nutrition from the loss of leaves.
Monday, 18 November 2019
Quite a wander today.
Along the BeltLine to a section that was weeds and puddles last time we walked there…a ways past this rhino.
All the way to Krog Tunnel (and twenty steps into Cabbagetown). So much fresh paint I almost got a “tunnel high.”
This was such a long wander that we stopped on the Kroger/Starbucks chairs opposite the old Sears building (huge), and in front of the Brand New Kroger.
Sunday, 17 November 2019
Today this is a footbridge to nowhere; I think it was built for vehicles, and decommissioned long ago. That means the stone-toothed window was a decoration, nothing more.
While this looks like and entrance to the underworld, I think it’s wholly prosaic…a simple drain.
Saturday, 16 November 2019
We allocated our 20%-off-one-full-price-item coupon from REI to new shoes for me. I wanted a great pair to get my exercise on sidewalks in—the urban Thang. I was assured these Hoka shoes would be like walking on clouds! And a tad pricey, so: perfect for the coupon. Soon, I walked three miles in them and I would say: clouds. Wonderful. Like nothing I’ve ever worn. [Bonus: Foot happy!]
Here’s old to go with the new above. I traipsed off in an alley (wearing the Hokas) that’s more of a drainage lined with cobblestones (but still technically public), and found this apparent abandonment scenario. I couldn’t even figure out what the yellow/red/white vehicle was: pickup? van? After snapping this quick digital record, I left the mystery…to be (quietly) mysterious.
Friday, 15 November 2019
Does rubbish weather mean just rainy, or rainy and windy, or even more than that happy pair? Today was rainy, but not really windy. At least when I was out. I’d say rubbish-y, but I don’t know British slang….
Thursday, 14 November 2019
Maple leaves. Don’t know which maple. Silver? Heh—probably orange, no?
Ginkgo leaves. This tree has lost them ALL. Other ginkgo have most of theirs…seemingly, indicating that ALL trees don’t lose ALL their leaves at the same time (as is often claimed).
Big leaf magnolia leaves, I theorize. A deciduous magnolia, at minimum.
Bald cypress. They look like needles, but really are leaves. If you’re into details (and WikiPee is correct).
Wednesday, 13 November 2019
The overnight cold snap and a day of wind brought down the pecan leaflets to the extent that they made a carpet beneath the trees.
This gingko (and another I found) also lost many leaves, but the branch snapped before the wind really got started.
Full birdbath, yet no ice.
Tuesday, 12 November 2019
Windy today, really quite windy. Makes me nervous, duh. I got out wearing overpants and turtleneck, gloves and wind-blocking ear covering and jacket. Yup.
Obviously, one double-u is the weather (supposed to be well below freezing overnight—brrrrrrrr), and the other is Washington. DC. Which I’m trying to not think too much about—generates stress.
Monday, 11 November 2019
Asters are so autumnal.
Especially aesthetic autumnal.
Warning: change is coming to our weather overnight!