On the road…
Wednesday, 26 June 2019
…cone sightings are not surprising.
At a stop, however, not expected: stacks of new(?) golf cart tires.
Could be anywhere: exceedingly afflicted poison ivy…makes me happy in a twisted way.
Musings
Pesto night
Tuesday, 25 June 2019
The basil was READY. 🌱 I scissored ✂️ it back, snip ✂︎ snip. I didn’t worry about shaping 🌳 the plant (hah), just removed all the flowering spikes and their leaves, and the almost-ready-to-flower spikes. This process captured enough for a pesto pasta with perhaps twice the pesto that might normally be used. Rich! 🌈 Lucky! 🍀
Rumors
Monday, 24 June 2019
Rumor around the neighborhood two decades ago (or so) was that Elton John owned this place. It’s not a McMansion so I could never believe he lived here, but maybe someone important to him did…. Anyway, just in advance of the rumor someone put a buncha $$$ into the property, including having this curving staircase built.
I’m going with morning glory and not bindweed, but the purple centers have me confused. Of course, they’re related, so? 🤷 And I’m no taxonomist, no? 🤷
White lavender(!!)
Sunday, 23 June 2019
Somekinda deep flower unknown to me. Or, frankly, forgotten. It happens.
Now this, don’t think I’ve seen white lavender before, but that is what this is. And the bees know it’s collection time.
We got blasted by two vigorous storm cells. Rain. Wind. Mildly scary for a Sunday afternoon when we didn’t have any idea we’d riled up the weather gods.
Churning through steps
Saturday, 22 June 2019
Apologies for the curt post yeasterday. I was amidst a complicated battery discharging/recharging regime. Judging by today’s data, it worked! Yay!
I’m pretty sure this is the messiest job site I’ve seen herebouts. Knew you’d want to be in the know. 🙃*
Just found out that the upside-down slightly smiling emoji indicates sarcasm. Alternate: 🙄 but this one can also mean playful—NOT the same.
Working the odds
Thursday, 20 June 2019
I rolled out trying to beat the heat…not possible, but earlier is less humid-dramatic. Car hood had proof that we got some precipitation overnight, but the street was mostly dry.
On up the hill and around the corner, the street between trees was damp, so variable rainfall. Homeowners had a one-car garage replaced with this two-“seater” (!). I fail to grasp the philosophy behind the lone sentinel landscaping. Anybody?
Okay, I gotta give you a Thursday flower—this delicate spike. What a color!
Strangenesses, mild
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Somehow this flower is two, one embedded in the other. New “model” to me!
Someone’s sod project seems like only a marginal success…surprising since we’ve had plenty of rain lately. Perhaps the grass looks afflicted because the sod was flopped down on compacted soil?
Infrastructure ∆s
Friday, 14 June 2019
Left on my walk passing this, and went down the street to check out the “work.” Found two trucks, several workmen, and could not figure out what system they were working on…didn’t appear to be water, sewer, or electric, suggesting it was fibroids…ehem, that is fiber….
We’ve been watching these apartments, mostly inhabited by Latino families, wondering when they would disappear to be replaced by high-dollar structures…this is the only one that looks like it’s being disassembled (perhaps 16 units); however, the rest can’t be far behind. And neighborhood diversity declines….
Here’s a one-house project. I don’t usually come by here, and don’t know if this house was recently sold, but it sure appears that someone does not want a dense hedge out front. BIG change!
Okay, today’s pretty is crepe myrtle. I could have had some Athenian gardenias, but you’ll have to imagine them.
Flowers first, then…
Thursday, 13 June 2019
This whole spike was festooned with gorgeous, huge blooms. Whatta rush to see it!
Although you can’t tell, these were small, I assume miniature, marigolds. That WikiPee says the name refers to the Virgin Mary. Of course, in Mexico they are grown for, among other things, chicken feed (to make skin and yokes more gold/yellow).
No flower here, as headline suggests—mudpuddle reflection instead. The white blob-ettes are bubble-clusters…pure urban natural world.
Progression*
Wednesday, 12 June 2019
I set off on my walk, and soon was wondering what theme I’d come up with for my walk-pictures.
I thought fence/ivy…and then I found fence/azalea…yay! I thought…then I realized even at two, they had become boring already.
And…I found yellow door…and, aha, new direction to the pattern.
But, no other architectural details…only a shadow in the playground. Still not terribly rewarding.
So, finally, here’s a flower spike on, well, I know it as butterfly bush. Perhaps.
* Progression is not progress.