Musings

If you have sharp eyes, you can look through the muddle and see a small flock* of crows taking off from the creek where I was too slow to catch a shot of them bathing. I saw what seemed to me to be lots of crows during my mid-day outing. They were all busy, not standing, strutting, or contemplating the universe (loosely speaking), as the ones I saw yesterday were. Most seemed to be after food morsels today. The activity of this bunch was easy to identify—they were sluicing themselves in the creek.

As I tromped around upstream, “behind” the tracks in the first shot, I saw several bushes with these elegant and striking berries. Snowberries, I think.

Later on, I was back in the hood and away from the sound/sea/salty smell. This garage is displaying the occupant’s ride choices. If s/he opts for four wheels, s/he can go new or old. What a gleaming, bug-eyed vehicle!

* Yeah, I know the technical term is murder. Seems…strong…and negative….

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I looked back through the meager collection of today’s photos and first I thought: hey, the flowers in the fungi-stump, that’s the one.

Then I thought: no, the two chocolate hearts.

In the end…(see title).

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This time: the quince. Fully open tomorrow, I expect.

And this was last Saturday.

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Here are assorted photos from our Piedmont Park and BotGarden wander today. Lake Clara Meer is in flood; our favorite water’s-edge stroll is under about 15 cm of lake.

These 2016 daffodils are here a year early. Those are brilliant red camellias in the background, but this is their regular time to bloom, or only a bit early.

I love this aggressive moss garden on the shake roof at the Japanese garden.

In one of the “hot houses,” I arrived just after the foggers shut off. Ethereal.

I was a bit surprised to find the honey bees are also around, not just the untimely early flowers.

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Today when I was out and about I was musing on perspectives. Not my line-of-sight straight ahead, but the myriad Other Ones. Like down a wall, encrusted with moss and lichen. I may have posted a version of this before; apologies if it’s a repeat…current moist conditions mean the moss is So Green. Is that a metaphor for a life-goal? So-Green, I mean….

Backstory: under the influence of some fine Firesteed Pinot Noir from the Willamette Valley. Thnx Martha. So yum.

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Glorious sunshine again today; we are so lucky. I saw more cherry trees in bloom, poor things.

Over at the pool at the Old Fourth Ward Park, I noticed that the bald cypress are growing knees. These are still wee buttons, but another tree has knees that are around 8–10″ high.

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A misty morning means this hosta bloom sports mini-jewels.

This household fields a pair of (TWO!) Tesla sedans (purchase price maybe $150K? total). And keeps them in an open carport right next to the sidewalk, so we all know about them. The left one leaves workdays, but the black one is usually parked.

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I’ve been eyeing this wreath in a shop window when I’ve walked by over the last two weeks or so. I do not know what the leaves are made of. First I thought leather. Then I saw veins. Stumped.

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Two specimens of lower forms of plant life (fungi): lichen and red stinkhorns.

In this discussion, “lower” means closer to the ground surface.

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I hadn’t really planned to go with this subject matter, but at this hour I’m scattered, and more unseasonal vegetation seems like a good (better than adequate?) choice. For now.

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