Musings

I’m heartened to see this magnolia awaiting the arrival of the spring awakening.

On the other hand, this pansy is living in the present.

Title refers to lame alliterations in each sentence.

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Acorns or oak-horns. With what we kids called hats and botanists call cupules. Way back then, I put an acorn hat on a Barbie; she was a forest creature, not a pink city gal.

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Ginkgo leaf drop report: mostly attached, yet plenty have fallen.

Two weeks ago, folks were setting this seasonal business establishment up. Today, business boomed.

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That oak (pretty sure) on the left sure looks like it’s not even tempted to change into fall colors…and the ginkgo sure has most of its leaves…although I saw some on the ground…but it’s not yet a ginkgo-leaf-dump. [Unknown no-leaves-now tree on right.]

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It seems to me that this year (in this place) the leaves are slow to change…these are in a protected nook, and have plenty of green and are still attached.

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I confess that this camellia photo is from the other day; today was overcast and no rain…yet. Rain is due to arrive in the wee hours. Not surprisingly, I’m more worried about the predicted winds.

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That brilliant pink will wake you up! No Barbie promotion behind this azalea display, BTW.

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Dewy morning.

Dew on blue.

Blue with clouds.

Red Japanese maple leaves. Okay, this is the line that changes the game, although it’s the end here.

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I looked at this wall life and wondered if any of it glows in the dark. Probably not.

This idea likely arose because I’ve been reading about glow worms in caves and grottoes in New Zealand. Those are not worms at all, but instead are the larvae of gnats that are either carnivorous or fungi-eating. […followed by the phrase “whatever floats your boat”??]

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I found a pretty pink camellia today, with a neighboring bud, and now we can adore then together.

Every few days I remember to check the ginkgos and see if they’re still in leaf or enleaved or beleaved, something. These branches were way high up, and I used the 5x lens, then manipulated the image “in post” to get the color of the leaves to pop despite the bright sky.

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