Musings

So, big weekend for Christians. Big weekend for pollen-sufferers (in this neighborhood, anyway). Big weekend for this household.

Yes, the family celebration of someone’s Zero-birthday (not mine) that happened last week. I have two of the principal dishes in the fridge ready for reheating.

One baking project to go. Turns out the two already-prepared dishes are in the baking project container. So, logistic solution ahead. New? Shift things around? [Wouldn’t be a problem if I hadn’t exploded a container about 18 months ago. But, yeah. Plssssssh. [Glass went to bits.] Don’t worry; we’ll figure it out.]

First world problem.

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Yesterday I tried to photograph this rose—it was a closed bud. Today, it’s opening. This is what time looks like.

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This resulted from the last cold spell…took a while. The present cold spell isn’t very cold, as cold goes, but I notice it….

Anyway, poor azalea. Bloomed before its time. I’m not saying climate warming. But [climate warming].

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There were tomatoes. From the store. Rinsed in their clear plastic molded-packaging.

We also observed real flowers…outside. (Almost) Shivering in the cold. Which is cool, but not really cold; temperature is…sometimes relative.

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I’m guessing this may be a succulent, but I don’t know. It may be Old World….

Now this is just a succulent view. Kindof a stretch, I know, but my friend N’s kitchen scenery this time of the year. Beautiful dogwood.

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This is now, all leafy and headed for summer.

This is four, yes four, days ago, that is four twenty-four hour days: all blossoms.

Same tree. Nothing alternative.

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So, late yesterday here in Atlanta we had a (localized) apocalyptic fire. Then, in the lantern hours we suffered a big rain and wind storm .

The fire—no human casualties, but I just heard law enforcement made arrests after the evening news—firebugs. And the storm, we weathered it (teehee).

It knocked back the pollen for a few hours…. [This was before the storm….]

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The early azaleas are fading. Our foundation plantings are going great guns (minus the ones that the cold nights killed).

Most of the daffy are fading, too. It’s nearing the end of their 2017 season.

Plenty of other flowers taking up the slack….

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I keep forgetting to mention that when we were at BHFM the other day, we saw a man in line to check out, leaning on his forearms on the handle of his grocery cart. And standing on the handle, looking forward, a large parrot. Large. Parrot. Yup.

The trees are popping. We’re amidst blooming dogwood days. But this isn’t a dogwood.

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Loving the purple veining…in this flower—I’ll pass on the same effect on my skin.

An hour and a half before, only two of these blooms were open. Time…changes…so very much.

Even dandelions, aka Taraxacum spp.

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