Musings

In today’s search for enlightenment (since reading about southern Levantine Pre-Pottery Neolithic settlement patterns and material culture didn’t work out), I discovered that five years ago on this day Atlanta was, like today, overcast and rather dreary.

That title sounds…ominous, or perhaps worried. What I meant was, the rain and clouds do move on. Patience is…saintly. Or have I made it worse?

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This afternoon the temp dropped something like 30°F during daylight…so unusual. A front and rain kicked off the descent. BTW, the temp is still dropping. Nevertheless, I’m guessing these daffies are still nodding (happily?) in the dark and cold.

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Frost can be so pretty, if you’re warm and the sun is out. If if if.

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I got out this morning as rain was predicted for after noon. It actually rolled in after three or so. Still, it was already grey and overcast.

As a bonus (and to be uplifting), here’s a photo from the other day, when the sky was clear and blue, with a jet zooming by.

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My walking philosophy today was wind-avoidance, so I stuck to hollows and behind houses. [This is a contrast to the vitamin D and sunshine routes of the recent past.] Not the prettiest, but I did find these.

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Lots of rain-minutes today, although I could have found a few less-wet moments to make a wee walk. But I didn’t, so this fern-foto is from last week. Sometimes a day will have more pauses and recycling than forging forward.

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I got lucky, and had a chance at vitamin D for about five minutes, perhaps less. 😂

I thought this was darned funny: I submitted this photo to the iNaturalist app, wondering if it could recognize what I’m pretty sure are desiccated beech leaves. A scientific experiment, ya know. It offered a half-dozen insect genus’. Insects. 😂

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I found it murky and gloomy all day, yet somehow we enjoyed a rather vibrant afterglow this evening an hour-and-a-half after official sunset.

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The last three days (and nights) were like this, cold as ice. Normal temps today (more or less).

And this is what happened. Poor camellia.

Upside: on my walk, I actually created vitamin D, as my face was not entirely covered and shaded, plus my hands weren’t in gloves. Yay for health.

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With bright sunshine and the right garment-age, I stayed warm despite the brrrrrr wind chill. This lawn-weed is curled up in protest—and in deep shade, poor thing.

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