Rain makes a difference
Monday, 27 June 2022
When it began, the rain was tentative. Then, it picked up strength, for a real wetting of our weedy front beds. You can guess what is on my to-do list for early tomorrow morning’s cool.
Musings
IMHO
Sunday, 26 June 2022
That Friday ruling took the pizzazz out of my weekend. Well, truthfully, far more than pizzazz.
Still thinking that those who believe in proselytizing are therefore arrogant (as in: I know better than you), and have no business being judges. I’ll leave it there…as steam rolls out of my ears.
Sprigs not springs
Friday, 24 June 2022
I’m glad the bees are getting goodie from this oregano, because I keep forgetting to use it in the kitchen. Hmm; perhaps some chili next week, with sprigs of oregano!
Wild, unwilded
Thursday, 23 June 2022
This is the flower head (panicle) of a Hydrangea quercifolia, common name oakleaf hydrangea. I didn’t know it was native to Southeastern North America. Live and learn.
Ninety-nine
Wednesday, 22 June 2022
I’m not referring to the “Get Smart” agent, but to today’s high. And it may have been higher locally.
Not wanting to tackle an outdoor exercise experience in that situation, I tried this season’s “Feet and Calves” session on “Classic Stretch” with Miranda something-hyphenated on PBS. It turned out to be a 21-minute workout, and I repeated it twice later in the day. Now I can feel it in my glutes (and neighboring muscles), not in my feet and calves. My feet and ankles in particular need strengthening, I can tell.
Pretty sure that a walk, even in humid 70s early this morning, would have been less strenuous.
Floral abundance
Saturday, 18 June 2022
Nice raindrop collection helping the eye to parse the green.
This, on the other hand, is about parsing the blooms and buds. A berry hedge.
Self-defense
Friday, 17 June 2022
So many lovely patterns in fern-world. Even the spines of the fronds have complexities.
I focused on the insect, and the whole photo looks mis-composed. My ID app says it’s a carpet beetle, Anthrenus species. On what I would call a potentilla, but apparently it’s not classified as a potentilla anymore, and is now a Dasiphora species and commonly called cinquefoil, a term previously used when it was a Potentilla species.
I know that taxonomists are turning to genetics for classification information, and finding groupings not recognized based on morphology and geography. Plus the Linnaean taxonomic system doesn’t have room for the hybrids and variations, etc., they can now distinguish. As I understand it.
For now, I’ll stick to looking for visual interest, as in the fern-patterns above, and avoid taxonomic mysteries.
Communing with MaNachur
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Sometimes, IMHO, plant sequences like opening buds aren’t predictable.
This doesn’t seem unexpected.
However, the open blooms are far more complex than the buds suggest. And the color shifts a bit. These are all from the same bush.
