Musings

There’s plain vegetation, the way it grows.

And, there’s vegetation with added decorations.

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After dawn, it was clear and lovely, and I found this droplet on a Pieris out front.

Later…surprise!…the ground fog blanketed us. Nice to walk in, though. Ghostly, one fellow we encountered while walking called it.

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This is certainly a hot pink camellia. Despite the overcast and rain, it cuts through the murk of the day.

The rain, or just time, brought this one down. I spotted the bright yellow among the leaves and thought: that’s too yellow for a leaf!

Hot pink plus brilliant yellow equals…? Best I can do is this bolognese-inspired sauce (aka gravy)…in the new cook pan/pot. Perfect size! [This swirl is right after I started to stir in the milk….]

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We live in such a cool neighborhood! This planting decorates our combo gas station/convenience store.

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Despite it being rainy-rainy all day, I did get my daily thirty minutes in (current strategy). Enjoyed the juxtaposition of the straight, green needles (which are of course a kind of leaf) and the lumpy-shaped, brown leaf, with the emerging candles in the middle. Done.

This afternoon I went to a matinée play (rhymes!). The title: Knead…a personal history well told. The little stories were threaded together around Mom’s bread baking and unrecipe recipe…and the playwright/actress Mary Lynn Owen made bread as the stories unwound. And of course, afterward, we got a taste! Clever!

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Crocus. Blooming. IN DECEMBER (imagine a thundering announcer-voice). Climate change, folks? Huh? Huh?

Speaking of timely, in this age when Xmas decorations and advertising may appear weeks before Thanksgiving, I guess these soldiers are on point. Not sure how to interpret soldiers on a bank branch counter.

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Yup, runoff day. Wished the governor’s race was on the list, but no. Instead, we did have the pleasure of voting again for Secretary of State—the position the governor-winner had when he ran the last election. Hrrumph.

Oh, the early camellias are inspiring!

Loved how the sun was so bright, as we approach the shortest day of the year.

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Unseasonally warm today, and I indulged myself with many photo-stops when I was out stepping. Leafy tree with unusually upright branches; there’s a botanical/nursery term for this that I’ve forgotten.

Backlit grass seed-heads rock. Pampas grass? Another import? I’ll go with merely photogenic.

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Fluffy, fresh-fallen leaves are magical. Today, they’re an antidote to the just-below-freezing temps we had as the sun rose. Brrrr.

Driving through the neighborhood, I saw a rhododendron, and the leaves were totally droopy: sad, unfluffy leaves.

Been binge-watching latest tranche of British Bake-Off/Baking Show…is it making me judge-y?

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We tried to do some shopping today—that is, at the grocery store. But the power had just gone out, and nowadays (unlike when I ran a register in several HS-kid jobs) the cash registers have no crank option, so it just wasn’t possible to ring orders up. Thus: closed.

I suppose we could do some on-line shopping, but nothing is a must-buy for me at the moment. Maybe a paring knife? Maybe not….

Also, the neighbors’ gingko let its leaves fall today. Also, note the leafless branches reflected, left.

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