Musings

Thinking about feasting this coming week…and working on my to-do lists.

This feasting tent was last Saturday at a nearby synagogue…lunch following services is standard….

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Too many leaves are falling this week for them not to be caught in other still-green vegetation.

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These were coming down and coming down and now the back yard is carpeted at least three deep in supple golden leaves.

I found these elsewhere, and particularly liked the scalloped, serrated margins. And the goldenness.

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I went with the Guru to TraderJ’s for supplies, then left him in the parking lot with the car and grocs to return home, while I set off on foot, slowly and with stabilizing sticks. Darned knee. I went for a short way on the BeltLine, and saw the construction project I’ve been half-heartedly monitoring from the other side. Looks rather similar. Two of the five workmen in the foreground were actually working, BTW.

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In one of those species naming mysteries, this lovely flower is in the genus Ranunculus, which refers to little frogs.

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I’ve noticed these flowers, usually in pinks, around here and there. I finally looked them up: Mandevilla is the genus.

And now you know.

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Been especially enjoying the maple leaves lately (nothing to do with hockey). Here’s gold and there’s red.

“Not enough power for both camera and pan tilt motors”

The Guru just found those words on a frozen (haha) photo on the live-cam image up at Sault Ste. Marie…overlooking the locks.

And now you know, too.

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My focus today was all over the place.

There was Pannonia and the Amber Road, which are related (Roman east). I also drooled over Jamie’s 15-minute meals; he does a great job creating big flavor fast—think blenders of yoghurt and cilantro and avocado and lime zest-n-juice and tomato puree (not for the same dish).

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Just before the hot season arrived, we got new HVAC units for upstairs and down. It was time.

I always think we shouldn’t let the autumn leaves accumulate on them…but they do. And they somehow slip through the grating much more frequently than I think they should be able to. I do pick off the ones that stop atop the grating, and then look at those wily ones and…well, worry a bit.

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See the grounded leaves? Even more are down now, as a front came through with wind then rain soon after dark-fall. ’Tis November, after all.

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