Wednesday, 10 March 2021
This afternoon, the GA governor announced that beginning next Monday morning, residents aged 55 and up are eligible for getting the vaccine. Yay! That’s us! That moves the age down from 65; wonder how difficult it’ll be to snag an appointment…stay tuned.
Friday, 5 March 2021
I finally heard the clarification that having enough vaccine for every adult in the USA is NOT THE SAME as every adult having RECEIVED a shot (or two).
Good that the professional sports stadium will be hosting a vaccine site capable of giving 6K shots per day. It will be open every day for eight weeks. Hope we will be eligible; it’s an easy 5-mile drive from here!
Someone’s little winter veggie bed is burgeoning in response to spring weather, and now going to seed.
Thursday, 4 March 2021
After five days of grey and overcast, we’re enjoying bright days, and today was the second of those. Joyous.
Wednesday, 3 March 2021
I thought about light-and-shadow off and on today. Overnight rain droplets on this white camellia with oblique lighting.
And these lovely animal sulptures: goat, cow, and braying donkey.
Conchoidal fracture making radial reflections on this light-catcher that’s an interesting shade of blue.
Tuesday, 2 March 2021
Before envelopes, there was letter-locking. This was a European trick, it says here*, for folding a letter and locking it closed with parts of the letter-paper itself, so as to keep its contents concealed from prying eyes. Apparently a recipient judged your folding skills along with your literary talents. This research determined there were a dozen basic styles or techniques for letter-locking.
A fantastic digital manipulation, yes, but not as incredible as blooms.
* “New Technique Reveals Centuries of Secrets in Locked Letters” by William J. Broad, NYTimes, Mar 02.
Monday, 1 March 2021
I was quite happy to vote for Fani T. Willis for Fulton County District Attorney. As I recall, I had to vote for her two times: in the regular election, then in a runoff. As DA, she’s going after ThumpThump for interfering with Georgia’s election, and this effort is ramping up now that we’re in March, as the county is now seating a grand jury, and going before them is a crucial next step in the legal process.
Sunday, 28 February 2021
I mentioned early spring blooming weeds the other day, and here are the white ones at the feet of these mini-daffodils. Note the petals are in pairs, or maybe that’s just my imagination.
The other early-blooming tiny weed I’m thinking about is pale blue, and maybe I’ll get a photo tomorrow. We can hope, haha.
Saturday, 27 February 2021
Raindrops from last night’s precip lasted through the day…in a few places.
Look near the crossed wires and you’ll see a small flock of sandhill cranes. These were much lower than the group I saw the other day. I suspect this group was looking for a place to stop overnight to rest and feed—central Atlanta is a poor choice for that…keep heading north, birds!
Evidence that film shoots are once again outside the studio….
And, yes, the family of the stinkhorns in the scientific classification system is Phallaceae. Hard to put one over on taxonomic specialists.
Wednesday, 24 February 2021
1. The days are noticeably longer—and the nights are shorter.
2. I practiced shadow-walking for the first time this year (sunshine avoidance—too hot!). This was rather tricky as nothing’s leafed out.
3. I heard sandhills overhead for over two minutes. They were very high, and I couldn’t see them, but I could hear their distinctive calls for long enough to suggest a large flock migrating.
Tuesday, 23 February 2021
No flaw in today’s weather whatsoever.
Might not have been so happy if I had to pick crocus stigmas, such teeeeny little things!