Sunday, 23 April 2017
We had several waves of rain and wind come through—not too much wind, thankfully. We needed the rain.
And, things have cooled off.
Time to go find some plants and start the garden. Herbs, I think. And maybe just herbs. Thai basil. Italian basil. Hmmmm.
Saturday, 8 April 2017
This resulted from the last cold spell…took a while. The present cold spell isn’t very cold, as cold goes, but I notice it….
Anyway, poor azalea. Bloomed before its time. I’m not saying climate warming. But [climate warming].
Thursday, 6 April 2017
Today was cold and windy. The cold is relative…but the wind is unarguable.
Prescription: mmmmmm pasta mini-raviolis and tomato sauce. Topped with fresh basil (splurge) and fresh-grated Parmigiano-Reggiano (another splurge). Mmmmmm.
Tomorrow is to be more cold and windy. It’ll be short-lived; next week: in the 80s.
Friday, 31 March 2017
So, late yesterday here in Atlanta we had a (localized) apocalyptic fire. Then, in the lantern hours we suffered a big rain and wind storm .
The fire—no human casualties, but I just heard law enforcement made arrests after the evening news—firebugs. And the storm, we weathered it (teehee).
It knocked back the pollen for a few hours…. [This was before the storm….]
Wednesday, 22 March 2017
I couldn’t decide which order to present these photos. Which is another way of saying I couldn’t come up with a narrative.
So, I’ll play it safe. Weather.
We got through last night’s storm, wind and rain, but mostly just the front. I think it dissipated some before it got to our house. It raged in other neighborhoods. We were lucky.
Is this an unfolding peony? I’ll watch—more data….
Friday, 17 March 2017
We had a couple of cold overnights, cold as in below freezing. The hellebore made it through safely, or mostly okay.
The azalea must be more…delicate, though, as it is rotting.
The problem is that these are flowers and we’ll miss them, but this doesn’t reduce food production.
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
We’re expecting a low of 26°F overnight, and that’s a real drop for the flowers and me. And homeless people cowboy camping…. (Other things, too, I’m sure.)
Sunday, 12 March 2017
Up early, because the time change. And we had a date in Athens. So I had the tube kicking out weather info while the coffee was dripping, and, hello!, snow in north Georgia—more than the dusting I presumed would happen.
Athens…great fun, great colors, terrific stories and laughs. Wonderful.
And now we are home and I am wondering about the new time. So dark right at the moment.
Saturday, 11 March 2017
I’ve been meaning to get out front and photograph the redbud blooms. Wouldn’t you know I’d finally get out there when it was trying to start raining. BTW, this weather is supposed to be snow in the mountains north of us.
Thursday, 2 March 2017
Our weather yesterday evening was rainy and windy, but not awful. We got lucky.
I still didn’t sleep well, though.
This kind of shot is supposed to focus on the bud, and I admit that is what I was trying for, but the rosette of leaves is equally interesting, especially with the backlighting.