Tuesday, 19 January 2021
Over time, the details of this carnivore sculpture have disappeared, and to me it looks a bit of an elongated lump, and no longer a king of an ecosystem.
WikiPee says Jaguars began as the first automobiles of a motorcycle sidecar company. Sidecar!
Monday, 18 January 2021
For the most part, the last five weeks or so I’ve been doing the same loop through the neighborhood on my walk, one direction or the reverse…mostly what was originally the reverse, lately, and is now the way I go.
Things change, however.
Today I ventured down to this relative high spot where I can see mid-town…here over a security fence. Can’t help thinking about security today (the birthday of an assassinated man), and this week (hopefully without another assassination)….
Friday, 15 January 2021
I’ve been passing this pair for days, and I liked the light today…and how you can see them, too!
Totally different scene, yet: fantastic light.
Wednesday, 13 January 2021
It seems that some folks sent to WashDC by voters who couldn’t previously do so found their “big-boy” pants today, and did the right thing.
The beech branch/tree in the photo is not implicated in the action discussed above.
Tuesday, 12 January 2021
Back in the Late Middle Ages™ when I lived in the Midwest, the clothing of the seasons transitioning to and from winter included a plaid long-sleeved shirt of some kind, perhaps a vest, and a tame color scheme that worked with and did not contrast with blue-jeans.
Looks like, without trying, I ticked all the boxes today.
However, what does it mean that by the end of my walk I had removed the vest and the plaid, and was down to my long-sleeved cotton T with a screen-printed design that promotes the UP?…as I lumbered along.
Monday, 11 January 2021
We received a postcard today from a well-meaning sender: please vote in the Senatorial election, and please vote for Warnock and Ossoff. That is: the election of the 5th of Jan.
Yeah, the Republicans messed up the PO…and we got a Republican Party “Please Vote” mailing on Saturday (that is, on the 9th, well after the election). So the Republican Party did not believe that the Republican disruption of the PO would delay their mailings.
I cannot parse all this.
Also: do not stay on the bench.
Saturday, 9 January 2021
Well, now; my yesterday oops meant we spent our money from the Pres, that really came from you and me and you and you and you over there, too. And some savings.
Woo-hoo.
And this consumer jaunt meant We Went To The Mall. We had a mission: to pick up a new laptop. We parked, we went in headed to the Apple Store…which was no longer across from Macy’s…wha?
Oh, “down the hall.” Cast our penetrating gazes about…there THERE it is!
But, nice lady says, no, you want downstairs…wha? Apple Store is now on two levels (mall has three). So much for our in-and-out without distraction strategy.
DOWNstairs. Yup. Nice man made the transaction happen…while I peeked around the corner at the new-device check-out area, presently closed to consumers because…Covid.
The six lovely trees poke up into the second story space reserved for tech assistance. Yay, nature.
In mall behavior footnote: every—EVERY—one I saw was wearing a mask. HOWEVER. Most people were wandering lackadaisically about…having totally missed the message AFTER Wear A Mask…the one that went: and Stay At Home and Away From Other People.
No wonder Covid rates are phenomenally high.
In other news, today I found an Iron Age twirly-horned cow sculpture behind a fence. That’s what I’m calling it.
Although: perhaps a lady-aurochs not a cow.
Friday, 8 January 2021
I oopsed and the laptop is hobbled, so I’m using alternate technology to compose/create this post. This should be a minor issue, yet I’m so accustomed to my laptop routine that this constitutes a gigantic (personal) paradigm shift. Whining aside, is all reality paired with an almost-real version (like a reflection)?
Wednesday, 6 January 2021
The specter of 2020 reigned today.
First in Senate news, Raphael Warnock was declared the winner of his race; (deep breath) later, Jon Ossoff was declared the winner of that race. Yay! Two new Dem senators! And the Dems will control two branches of our national government after Joe Biden is sworn in.
Then, while I was distracted, whew, lawlessness struck the Capitol Building while a joint session of congress was underway, presided by the VP…provoked by the Prez, perhaps in part because he was excluded from all these events?
Tuesday, 5 January 2021
I dragged on my walk today…hungry, I guess, because it was nice and sunny out. Trying to change my wicked ways in the new year…perhaps I mis-calculated.
Yes, we’re GA voters. Yes, we absentee voted, and our ballots were accepted between Xmas and year-end (yay!). Yes, there’s a big turnout. Yes, our voting place is frequently shown on national news footage—extra exciting.