Musings

Apologies for yesterday’s Taxus (genus) shot. With today’s raindrops, I’ve upgraded the image. MUCH more interesting now.

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Yeah, the flowers are stunning right now…

…but the new vegetation is interesting….

…too.

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I had several hot ideas for this space, but I forgot them within minutes after I had them. In the end, I can merely report that I made (mostly vegetarian) chili, and we eased into Friday-Fest dining on it. 😎

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We took the Foot and Droney to a monadnock south of the big monadnock, that is, Stone Mountain. We picnicked just over the crest in this view, in the shade of a pine tree. Just lovely.

Here I am taking the Foot to the summit. We could see the tops of a few of the tallest downtown buildings, and several closer watertowers over the treetops from the high point.

This is Diamorpha smallii.

Everything had a thin dusting of yellow pollen, and we could see a distinct pollen line above the current water levels in the puddles.

We have heard Dr. King talking about a mountain repeatedly over the last few days, so maybe that was part of the motivation. The particular destination was because of glowing reports from neighbors C and D, who visited separately during the last week…and the fact that Diamorpha is blooming.

Now we can say: we have been to the mountain.

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Not photo of Diamorpha smallii.

Today I researched where the public can visit at Los Alamos National Laboratory (not much, but you guessed that), and the physiology of the stonecrop/orpine* Diamorpha smallii.

* Yes, I looked these details up; you couldn’t tell, right? 😀

Posted at 7:37 PM | Comments Off on It’s all anthropology

I felt so special as I walked this petal-strewn sidewalk. Just for me, I thought laughing. Apple blossoms…pretty sure.

And I looped down a block I wasn’t planning to traverse to get pictures of a stunning pink dogwood. Many are kinda thin, but this one was glorious.

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In our micro-world, this afternoon’s spring flowers yielded to…

…serious new-season porch-socializing. At the cocktail hour. Requirements include wine and an appetizer…today, sharp white cheddar and crackers.

The apex of the requirements, however, are stories, laughing, and, most important, the people…that is: Friends, Neighbors, Not-Romans, Definitely Countrymen.

But maybe I’m not making sense. In that case, I had a great time this evening.

Posted at 9:58 PM | Comments Off on The sacred

The Guru can read me like a book.

Of course, he had a hint; we went to the BotGarden today.

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The last two days all these blossoms have been open. I keep catching the white out of the corner of my eye walking through the house, and it is so white and complete, my brain keeps identifying it momentarily as snow.

Nope.

And now it’s raining, and the blossoms will be all droopy tomorrow. And the car no longer will have a yellow cast from the pine pollen (for about two hours, maybe a bit longer).

Posted at 8:44 PM | Comments Off on Gone pollen

One activity area. Chalk project by a pre-alphabet kid…my hypothesis.

One large, fine, dandelion. If this is Taraxacum officinale, it’s a European import—and it probably is. And it’s an invasive species across North America, no?

Another Old World species, and another fine yellow specimen. Definitely not “gone wild” here, just “garden variety wild.” Heh.

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