Musings

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.

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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.

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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….

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The first part of the day: packing and closing the cottage. Then we said goodbye and hit the road.

Next stop (after dropping off garbage and returning library books): pay bridge toll. Lots of work vehicles on bridge, both sides. And we saw a freighter almost under us…exciting, no?

Then on the south side, we made a scenic pit stop. I’d expect these are sumac, but I don’t remember any yellow sumacs…for now, a plant mystery.

Soon we dropped down on old lake bed and logged miles and more miles, in Mich then in Ohio. I’m going to post before we stop, which should be into Kentucky. It’s a plan.

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Bee-pea. Not a petroleum company. [Pale blossom compared to our usual specimens….]

Another frustrating day of intermittent potential-rain, with almost no actual rainfall…but the threat was enough to keep me away from Beast-work beyond about fifteen minutes I got in before nine, halted by the strongest rain of the day (until now that is…the rain came in after I began typing—sheesh).

Although I think a bit of wind brought down many of these leaves, they were already compromised…I think from heat and desiccation. It’s a bad summer for many plants.

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We’re back in a cool-overnight phase, with also somewhat cooler highs. Nevertheless, the grasses are forging ahead with their annual business…making seeds.

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