Musings

Harbinger of spring.

Persistent winter evidence.

Mardi Gras dragon. Wha?

Empty (large) lock at Ballard; maintenance underway. Deep!

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Overgrown carriageway, now a footpath. In hilltop park.

Beach framed by the Olympics. Different park.

Oops. Not in a park. Too gorgeous not to include….

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Catkins?

Roots. Moss. Needles. Duff.

Blue, blue sky. Some puffy clouds.

Another primary color. Additive? Subtractive? TMI regarding color wheels?

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This week’s version of the rainy season is more rainy than season.

I was back home re-hydrating when I saw a glow outside that soon became full blown sunshine. It didn’t last, but I missed my chance at high-quality vitamin D today.

I was lucky that I found flowers, however. Yay!

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I found these lovelies in a neighbor’s yard. One of ours is finally blooming (it’s in a shadowier location, so slower to flower), but the recent rain has plastered it to the ground, totally supine. I don’t know how these resist lodging.

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Free range.

Captive audience.

Title is from the Prime’s interface. Vroom.

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Serious crane-truck to lift that protective steel plate…I did wonder what equipment they use for that. [I like the reflection of the safety vest in the mailbox.]

Are squirrel-discarded pecan shell fragments also a form of infrastructure?

Flower update. Yup, the early bulbs are hitting their stride.

Sorry if you were mislead by the title and were looking forward to reading insightful comments about the 💩 flinging going on in DC.

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From yesterday…beech leaves, still hanging on…

And turkey tail mushrooms, showing apparent growth rings…

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Was this bloom turned down to avoid catching the rain-to-come? Was it sentient? 🤣😀😝

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What a gorgeous dawn! Hate the neighbors’ McMansion dominates our early-day viewshed.

Hellebore buds. I understand that hellebore/lenten rose breeders have even developed dark shades.

I think of this as fringetree—wrong. It’s in the witch-hazel family, and is called Loropetalum. I certainly don’t scrutinize specimens closely enough to gauge botanical taxonomy.

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