Poinsettias and pansies
Wednesday, 12 December 2018
We live in such a cool neighborhood! This planting decorates our combo gas station/convenience store.
Musings
Leaves and loaves
Saturday, 8 December 2018
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!
Timeliness
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
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.
Odds
Tuesday, 4 December 2018
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.
It is autumn
Monday, 3 December 2018
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.
Leaf texture (judge-y)
Wednesday, 28 November 2018
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?
Still haven’t made a purchase
Monday, 26 November 2018
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.
Prepping begins
Wednesday, 21 November 2018
I got the first dish going for our family festivities—on Friday…Friday works for everybody…. I ended up with about 2.4 dishes completed. I’ll be busy tomorrow!
As it turns out, we made two runs for “last-minute, forgotten” items. This was during the first. The second was after dark. If we can’t get by for the next two days on what’s here in the fridge and cupboards, we have lost perspective!
Top tree tops
Saturday, 17 November 2018
I found the sky delightful today, and kept sending my eyes up. Mixture of tree species….
One glorious golden-leaved tree, bisected by power lines (and other lines)….
Male ginkgo, just beginning to shade from green toward yellow tones….
Enough/more research: Two tales
Friday, 16 November 2018
We finally had a break since the new “R” phones arrived to get to the store and fondle them. Gotta know how the phone feels in your hand before you invest. Did we invest? Nope; we both decided our current phones are “foine.”
I think of the big-leaved tree in our back yard as a basswood, and maybe it really is. Is there a particular weight/balance of the leaves such that they most often fall with the top side down?