Musings

Just some (invasive) honeysuckle, plain and boring compared to events of the beginning of the week.

Posted at 8:43 PM | Comments Off on Ho-hum

We did see the eclipse. We perhaps didn’t prepare our recording equipment for the event. This is taken with a “real camera,” that is, one that you can’t talk to, with eclipse glasses held in front of the lens.

Here’s the total eclipse—again, not a stellar photo, yet still a wonder. Phenom witnessed, photoed, and oohed over…so we hopped back in the car and turned south into what became a series of traffic jams. Remember, we were in southern Illinois, and we had only a few bridges near enough to get across a major river. [We heard that an academic prognosticator in Carbondale estimated at several hundred thousand folks would visit southern Illinois to eclipse-watch.]

En route, we encountered a double rainbow—with both ends on the ground! Sorry, not shown. I saw no leprechauns or pots of gold, although I had a good view of the rainbow-feet. Still, we took it as lucky…

…that we encountered the front that brought this a few miles before the hail, and, as it happened, we only had to drive through hail-on-the-ground, not plummeting hail, whew. We motored along with great care between hail-piles, and within two miles, were out of the ice and headed for our traffic-jam fate. For the record, we reached home safely at 12:45am, at about the end of my energy.

After seeing photos today of Etna’s “smoke rings,” I wonder if there’s another phenomena sighting we should put on our short list?!!—and perhaps arrange tickets???!! 🤣 Kidding.

Posted at 8:37 PM | Comments Off on Phenomena

We managed to see the total solar eclipse. I think the resolution’s been hammered and you can’t see that this is the corona, or that Jupiter is below and right of the sun/moon pairing. Stunning. Stories tomorrow….

Posted at 10:22 PM | Comments Off on Corona (not virus)

We began an overnight gallivant today, first driving along the Rome bypass to avoid traffic snarls, as one would, then crossed big water (but not wide, as you can see), and we’ve stopped in Paris.

At some point the wind kicked up and we drove through a few sprinkles.

We now feel we are positioned to see the total solar eclipse tomorrow. Let’s hope the weather cooperates.

Posted at 10:23 PM | Comments Off on No Eiffel structure here

Late Easter lily.

I write this as JCB texts with a friend who’s in Taiwan, and they’re trying to figure out what day it is. 🤣🤣🤣

Posted at 8:41 PM | Comments Off on Timing

I think of this azalea in our back garden as White Cloud. This is a non-flash, long-exposure night shot, and it looks darned spooky.

Posted at 9:37 PM | Comments Off on Floral multitude

“Multiflora rose” is a phrase I think of in my dad’s voice for reasons I cannot explain; this, however, is not a multiflora rose.

Posted at 9:43 PM | Comments Off on A rose is…

I don’t remember ever seeing horsetails in landscaping, a a very few home gardens, I think, but not a commercial spot. Like this. Kinda sparse here, but visually interesting. Then, I spot a Paris garden shot on the Equisetum WikiPee page, so…live and learn.

Posted at 9:17 PM | Comments Off on Ancient and spore-throwing

I do like outdoors falling water, both the visual and audio experiences…here amplified by sweet-smelling blooms.

Posted at 9:13 PM | Comments Off on Contemplative garden moment

I’m not much for pink and frilly, but these are gorgeous. I think this is a chrysanthemum cherry.

Posted at 6:54 PM | Comments Off on Cherry vocab