Musings

We went out to do an errand and discovered that a squirrel had been feeding on the camellia bud hearts above the car. Is that the floral equivalent of maple sap-syrup?

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Plants can be so resilient! These perked right up and got to the business of being a successful plant (flowering, seed creation), toot-sweet after the last two weekends of distinctly winter weather.

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Now that the ice storm and the snow storm have passed, budding has begun.

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Ice is today’s headline. That means rain plus freezing temps. And the supercold (super = wayyyyy below freezing) rolls in overnight, and will linger for days, a week, maybe more. That’s an uber-cold-snap in these parts.

So far, we’re okay here, and very lucky, IMHO, as we still have electricity and internet and phone services.

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This was the last time we had pretty sunshine. Today, our mayor said “you’re not going to be able to snowman” because this is an ice storm. Yeah, ice and snow, neither are common here in ATL.

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The cold got to this camellia, so that the petals are leathery and subdued in color, yet pollen production continues.

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Who knew dragons are plants? After all, these are dragon fruit. No eggs; no hatchlings—spiky fruit.

AVM refers to that ancient guessing game (I’m guessing it’s ancient—Goo for details): animal, vegetable, mineral. Clearly, dragons are not minerals.

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This houseplant perseveres, despite living outside for most of the summer. It is definitely inside tonight (and lately), as the temps will be wicked cold tonight.

Speaking of persevering, I was going to write about this yesterday, and forgot. My AppleWatch gives me a monthly goal, which changes every month, although the themes repeat. Often they require 14 days of doing something during the month, which means only weekends are not enough. This month, I have to get (earn in Apple-lingo) at least 96 “exercise minutes” on 14 days. Yesterday, I had 11, which is good for half the month. Today I have 12, so I’m well on my way to getting a fine symbolic Apple-attaboy.

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I got a chance to look at Saturday’s trunk growth more closely. I’m still intrigued. [Just so you know, I’ll be moving on after this.]

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Tree to self a year or so ago, in a moody rumble: No one walking by on that sidewalk looks up at my green mop and crowning glory…what to do? Aha, I’ll send sprouts out of my bark at eye level.

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