Musings

I did a morning errand down one of the main arteries nearby that is four-lane, two each way. However, today it was only one lane each way, with large trucks parked every eighth of a mile or so blocking the center pair of lanes. As near as I could tell, they were checking the storm drains below the street, or perhaps blowing them out. They had big pumps or motors making a fair amount of noise, and the truck guys were standing at a control center on the front of the trucks monitoring operations. At least, that was the impression I got.

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True, it was low-light (although it doesn’t look like it), but that bee was SPEEDY!

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How long have I lived with the white and the pink azaleas in the back yard? And only today did I realize that the pink azalea repeat-blooms through the year, while the white one never does.

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My plant app indicates this is in the family Microstegium, native across Asia and invasive here. It’s sure invasive in our backyard. Deer don’t eat it, and therefore promote it by gnawing the native species. No deer in this yard, though.

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That’s mint, with basil in the background. You can’t see the oregano that’s on the other side of the walk. And that’s pretty much my “garden.”

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I love the delicate, ruffle-y edges of the crape myrtle, and this pink is okay with me, although some pinks are too too too…twee?

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I braved the humidity shortly after 8am to whack back the worst of the vegetation in the back yard. While I was busy, I kept thinking: what is Spanish for vine? And weeds?

I never came up with the words. Now, GooTranslate indicates vines and weeds = enredaderas y malezas. I might have encountered malezas in a publication or two, but I have no recollection of seeing enredaderas.

BTW, pinos y encinos = pines and oaks. Those two I learned!

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This has nothing to do with the picture or my personal events of the day, but recently I discovered (or, probably, was reminded) that the loons of North America are called divers in the British Isles. [This is another example of common name confusion.]

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Surprise (sarcastically): these milkweed pods are infested with…milkweed bugs.

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I had thought I’d make a Big Basil Dinner over the weekend, but I did other yummies. This means guess what’s on the menu for the coming week.

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