Musings

I’m really attracted to making a superlative image with these orange-and-yellow flowers. Another not-quite, however. Focus would certainly help hah.

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I just got a text from Joe Biden. It said nothing about Joe Manchin. I guess the texting robot isn’t up on current events.

Text deleted.

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I played with the iPhone camera again. This is the result of a spotlight-portrait combo…with a little tweaking. It’s not evident, but this shot was taken in broad daylight.

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The fennel was showing off in the sunshine. Somewhat ironically, the flower form, an umbel, not only is delicate, but the word comes from the Latin umbelle then the French umbella, both meaning sunshade. Sun to sunshade…the circle is complete.

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…Playing with the new-cam, in the new-time afternoon.

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Early Europeans recorded on the order of eighty names for sweet potatoes across Māori-land (now called Aotearoa New Zealand). Some referred to color or horticultural variation. Others were regional or dialectically different. Still, sweet potatoes were the primary calorie source year in and year out for pre-contact Māori.

I was surprised that our local Whole-Paycheck (several grocery chains receive this nickname) had four different kinds, each a different color. This was called purple sweet potato on the sign.

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The penchant for street names to include Peachtree in Atlanta is well-known. There are also assorted watercourses with Peachtree in the name. This is the South Fork of Peachtree Creek. View to north (ish).

And this is a wee tributary of the above, name unknown to me. South Fork of the South Fork, perhaps?

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Yesterday I changed my walking style, in the sense that I walked in the sunshine rather than avoiding it. Yup, I wanted the heat.

Speaking of change, here’s some not-yet-changed. This is a ginkgo and it still is sporting its leaves.

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This is why the down duvet is on the bed and the heat is on (not much, but some).

Here’s Ella’s happy forecast. We’re both looking forward to the “gorgeous” weekend.

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Leaf dunes? Alignments, anyway…why? So…unexpected.

Actually, I know part of why. The homeowner has laid a fine mesh fabric across the lawn, I assume to catch the leaves and acorns, to keep them from embedding in the grass and to make them easier to remove. Or?

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