Musings

Just one day later, and, whew, the peonies are open! That red is stunning.

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Last week we had Major League Baseball opening day. Today was peony half-opening day.

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So, I made veggie Thai curry tonight, and trimmed it with basil…of course, from the plant that needed (shall we say) shaping. It’s the first garden output of 2026!

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I do believe my basil is moving into blooming. Gotta change that. Pruning time!

Speaking of seasonal change in plants, we watched “The Madison,” and I got grumpy because the grass is all in late summer mode (dry, brown, and in seed), yet they found ripe strawberries in the garden. While strawberries come later there than farther south, they don’t come that late. Pretty sure.

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Here’s a wide-angle of the sky, now accumulating leaves.

These are new leaves at ground level. Later, these become almost leathery and stiff.

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Not an alien, but I forgot the name. Loooong legs and not a spider. Proudly out of focus….

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We got some rain today, but not off-and-on much of the day, which was one prediction I heard. Note that the rain and tree detritus are making the azalea blooms droop. Several hours after this, the sun came out and lasted for quite a while. Still, it’s down to 59°F right now, quite a drop from the 80s we’ve been enduring.

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This plant had a branch that ran along the ground and sprouted roots…

…so I cut it off the mother plant and planted it about a dozen feet away. I don’t understand how what should be a genetic clone (seems to me) has much more white mixed in with the pink.

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It’s been some time since I took a sun’s-a-comin’ shot, but I did today, to show how much tree-leafing-out has transpired.

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Let’s parse this. Headline: it’s pokeweed. There’s a fat root, a new sprout, and, next to it, a dry old stem that the goats left.

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