Musings

Fried oyster plate. Two sides: cole slaw and green pea casserole.

Had to try the latter because I didn’t think I’d had it in any version, plus the waitress said it had bacon in it.

Recipe is pretty close to mac-cheese minus most of the pasta and substitute about one-quarter that volume with peas; vary the flavorings a bit by adding a few sautéed onion slices and some crushed, fried-up bacon.

Now I can say I’ve tried it, and skip it the next time.

Reflected sunset light from a dark parking lot behind shipping containers used for storage. I particularly like the security light, its pole and electrical lines.

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Two pelicans soared right over our windshield just before we got to the parking area for the ferry. That was mid afternoon. Well after dark, we strolled down to the Atlantic beach to see the moon trying to cut through the thin cloud layer.

The lights from the mansion we’re staying in illuminate the empty decorative pool out front, with its marble nekkid lady. Curiously, the nekkid lady next to what was the indoor pool has a marble towel over her nether regions.

We have the run of the place, from the circus room upstairs to the bowling/pool/pingpong room—with a pirate theme—downstairs. Our group is fourteen and only two are sharing a room, so this place is much larger than a McMansion.

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The sun does blast the leafless trees during winter.

[No connection to the next photo.]

This weird top has extra-long sleeves that act like fingerless gloves. And are equally as strange as fingerless gloves.

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I had a chuckle over this Porsche-style parking technique. That rear tire is almost on the sidewalk.

I really liked the light today—winter-clear. And a backlit palmetto (?) leaf—always eye-catching.

Here’s some prismatic light distortion…coming through the windshield and then a pickup’s side window.

Headline noted today: Papa en México. I laughed; papa means both pope and potato, well, and dad/papa. So, if the popemobile were very sun-heated, he’d be a hot papa (your pick—pope or potato…).

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Let me lead with the headline: we ate our longevity noodles just like you’re supposed to for Chinese New Year (I bet they don’t use the C word). The trick is that the noodles have to be long and you can’t bite them, hence the slurping stereotype. And long life.

Did get out; did find some sunshine.

Also discovered a sleeping duck on the newly landscaped lawn, contravening the friendly sign.

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Somehow the day slipped away (mostly), and we ventured out late, when most of the Old Fourth Ward Park pond was in shadow…and looked ever so different than during any slice of mid-day light.

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Courthouse number one: great sunlight. Love the bands of colors—different materials, varied workmanship. So Florentine (or something).

Courthouse number two: sunshine shown on best side. Such a modest building. Still, it has the square surrounding that all downtown traffic must travel around the building.

At least until sunset. After…heh, werewolves (or wearwolves? fashion plates?).

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Heavy, intense rains this morning filled the streets, flowed in the back door at Trader Joe’s, and rearranged the mulch in this bed.

I strolled after the precip had stopped and found a baby-blue Mous-tang. The color looked a tad unreal in the overcast.

I also found a Buddha being overtaken by winter weeds.

And this morning the weather forecast/discussion I read mentioned “an enhanced zone of elevated cape”‚ no idea what all that means

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I thought about steps today, about architectural solutions to elevation change between the sidewalk and a house. Nothing monumental in that…just functional problem-solving.

This is simple, however—footprints in mud. People (sneakers) and dog.

Are Fitb_t steps (possibly simply footfalls?) simpler or more complex?

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So, during her pre-dawn prowl, KW discovered—and photographed (a coup!)—a curious raccoon. During my midday prowl down this alley, I saw no raccoons, but I did smell a skunk. Scents don’t photograph (obviously), so you’ll have to imagine….

Bonus texture photo…this plant is vanquishing winter.

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