Musings

Buds rock. I could stare at this far longer than any Dutch Renaissance painting.

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A week or so ago, the orchard smelled like apple juice. Now it smells like hard cider, although hours of rain and lower temps blunted the scent today.

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I stepped outside this evening to try to figure out odd vehicle noises out on the road, and by my feet heard stampeding chipmunks…two, running like I broke up a party.

Meanwhile, here’s a tiny cucumber. The species is native to Asia, and now very widely planted and consumed.

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It was windy all last evening, then the rain came in at something like 2am, still with the wind. I did not sleep well, but I did sleep. Sometime late morning the rain quit, and the sun even came out once or twice. We sure did need the rain, and I guess the wind assured that the rain got everywhere, including under the trees and on the were-wilty lilacs. Now it’s quiet again, but it wasn’t much of a work-day or a fun-day.

By the way, this is deer-trimmed mint…in bloom.

Posted at 8:41 PM | Comments Off on An autumn bloom

I have a new service provider. I’m trying out Mint. Goodbye ATT. So far, I can see that through the day, under what seem to me to be the same conditions hanging around the house, my Minty-fresh phone uses 10% more battery doing…hey, you there? pings to its parental-wellspring.

Posted at 9:03 PM | Comments Off on Minty fresh

Sorry. Just not paying attention…or tired…somewhere in there. I picked a picture on time, then never found words to accompany it. [And forgot.] Here you are, from the next morning….

Posted at 10:22 PM | Comments Off on Delayed post

6:40 am. 72°. “Good” air quality.

Add together.

Result: go for a walk.

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Sometimes a flower and a shaft of sunlight approach perfection. Ignore the heat and humidity.

Posted at 8:37 PM | Comments Off on Selective emphasis

With delicate, dissected leaves (that do not look like most leaves), the fennel also has wispy flowers. Perhaps counterintuitively, they don’t make seeds but fruits that to me look like seeds.

Posted at 8:21 PM | Comments Off on I don’t know botany

Found this tree at a rest area in the Northern Lower, and I was mystified then and still am. It’s a maple-y leaf, yet…strange. Very brick-red, which seems not-the-right-color to me.

Posted at 9:40 PM | Comments Off on Travel vegetation mystery