Musings

Our outdoor furniture is catching the down-raining leaves.

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I nearly forgot to blog this evening. Guess why? [Nothing to say [especially about current events], in essence.]

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I’m thinking about the definition of democracy…then considering the destabilizing social discontent, the repeated unapologetic lying by squadrons of elected officials, and the rampant internet propagandizing…and I conclude that I don’t know where we’re going as a nation. Not that I have any political science chops or anything. 🤣

Regarding the title, I’m not sure that’s a daisy, and not a mum or an aster or some other botanical supporter of bumblebees.

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I’m so glad that most of our devices are reset automatically. What I worry about is my body. This time 🤣 it was totally unexpected. I slept right to my “usual” wake-up time, which of course was an hour later. This nearly never happens.

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Is it really the end of October? High of 79°F, of all things. Warm enough to melt squash?

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Yes, they were this bright. Love the azaleas, and they bloom over and over in the Deep South…with enough nutrients and moisture.

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Confession: this photo is from last week in the UP, a daisy-ish fleur in a mowed path, nestled in with a dusting of fallen leaves.

I thought it was dry up there, yet it’s dry dry dry here, too—no rain yet in this month in ATL, which is…WOW!…as it’s already the 23rd. OTOH, it’s great to see a flower even if the weather is especially arid and un-supporting of plants.

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Before holly berries get ripe, they are green. [Duh.] In the maturation process they turn from greenish to orange-tinted (as here), before finishing brilliant red.

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Today’s weather qualified as partly sunny, as in almost no sun at all; however, I did catch the woods lit beautifully this afternoon. The color is coming.

Meanwhile, the lower leaves on the UncleDaveMaple are seemingly in neon hues.

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Today in my wander, I found curious shapes…this gnarly branch…

…and an exploded milkweed pod. I learned today that the technical name for the fluff is coma (popularly also floss or filaments).

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