Musings

From this house we don’t have a good view of the low-light parts of the day (faves for me), but this morning I caught a nice view of the light-graduation-transition (cropped out of this shot), ornamented by a waning crescent moon.

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Every once in a while I congratulate myself, very privately, on coming up with a mildly clever title for a blog photo. I called this one “lawn_jockeys.” These plants, whatever they are, are robust these days in neighborhood lawns, while simultaneously the grass is thin and de-energized. Perhaps the name only kinda makes sense.

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This volunteer redbud, which needs to be removed yet hasn’t gone to the compost pile, is holding one last, and very colorful, leaf. Inspiring?

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After a long series of murky days, having a sunny, pleasant day meant I was sure I could tell our day-length has increased since the shortest day…was it? Which day? Only the shortest day is ahead of us—it’s the 21st. Next week! Hah.

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This is the sky I was looking at three years ago, on 14 Dec 2019, somewhere north of Albuquerque. Little did we know what was coming that winter.

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One lovely thing about being in Atlanta in December (and January and February)*—camellias in bloom.

* Says the gal who grew up in the Great Lake State.

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Light show. Does it put you in the holiday spirit? Me? Not so much.

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Went to what passes for a fancy bakery around here. It’s more than a bakery with wine and sandwiches and a deli mmmmm. I always find the colors of the macarons interesting. I usually think of them as including brighter colors. I didn’t ask what the flavors are. Use your imagination.

These are the fancy bakery items we did bring home. A raspberry cheesecake swirl. Love cheesecake. Love raspberry. And a crème brûlée. MMmmmm.

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I am convinced that the “correction” on my phone’s camera makes the strangeness of fog…diminish. This is my best capture from the fog-season we’ve been living in most mornings lately. Embrace reality.

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Tiz the season.

My mother called these zipperskins. I don’t recall hearing this term elsewhere, yet I can’t quite believe it was her personal language quirk.

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