Musings

Ever noticed a chive bud before? This is the first I remember noticing. Tiny.

The lake was pretty still this afternoon, and the solar gain put the porch temp above 70°F. Yay!

Lovely sunset. Note: no leaves.

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Lake Superior beach at Hurricane Creek, east view (so no creek; it’s behind me).

Snow remnant on beach; snow insulated by sand. Or perhaps just protected.

Rare Grand Marais igloo snowbank remnant. (Being truthful: it didn’t look so igloo-ey from the other side.)

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The astronomical report on the radio indicated that the sun would be up today for 14 hours and 14 minutes…not here! It rained last night and through mid-afternoon enough to fill the rain barrel. I assume the rain melted this snowbank, but it looks quite similar to when we arrived.

This guy is not an editorial comment on William Barr. [Fingers crossed.]

This particular rainstorm lacked the storminess, almost no wind, or not during this part of the afternoon when the rain slacked off. Note how quiet the lake is. And how high the water (I know I’ve mentioned this already).

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Lookee there: warm enough for a sleeveless top! Got up to 82°F on the porch, combo of solar gain and wood stove….

Lookee there: sandhill in the orchard!

Lookee there: high, high, high water! Bad for the shoreline!

Lookee there: “I wanna crawl!” “And doncha love my hat!”

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That is, watching the light. Not watching a mediocre TV comedy.

Later, the skies cleared, and I found the light on Frida. Who is sitting on a special fly-tying table. With a gorgeous walnut top. On the table.

Finally: night light. Really: dusk light. Later we drove into the night. Long day as I awoke at 4:38am (canna tell?). Yawn. G’night.

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Valley view. Alternatively: split-rail fence view.

Barn view.

Root view. Note high water draining away after that storm that ended two days ago here.

Long view. And smokey-like. And bluish.

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Lily posing on Easter. On our dinner table.

We got outta town and drove into the mountains…where spring is a couple of weeks behind ATL.

And major rain over the last three days made rushing streams and puddles to reflect the blue sky.

The azaleas and dogwoods are in their prime here. Thank you latitude and longitude magic.

Assertive infrastructure above.

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Overnight rain created this pool…

and washed the pollen downstream. The air smelled almost clean-pristine, almost because the plants are continuing to pump out the pollen…

so we headed for the mountains. Where the clouds still bedecked the ridges…

another hour later, and clear skies!

To you!

By dusk, we had a great view of Mount Yonah. That’s not the moon, just the reflection of a ceiling light.

And now I will transition to bed…yawn.

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I don’t expect these petals to last much longer on the tree; nice on the path for now….

Another path…or paths? Dog and oak?

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Took today’s nifty new device on my walk. Discovered I have to stop to see much (otherwise jiggle jiggle can’t-focus very well)…which triggers my walk-measuring device to pause…which is not what I’m supposed to be doing when I’m Out Walking. Next time I’ll venture out other than when I’m Out Walking—and see more! Great light-gathering capability!

This section of the gutter harbored a thick windrow of petals. So pretty.

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