Musings
The inception: a loud pop (blown tire).
The outcome: just fine.
It was okay because we weren’t on I-75, there was a wide shoulder, and it was a rear tire (so it didn’t affect steering).
The big plus was a tire place (actually several, but we only needed one) a mere three miles away.
And we needed new tires, anyway.
They promised they’d finish changing, balancing, etc. the four new tires by 3:30. In fact, we were on the road again just before 3pm.
Also, we’re on track to get to our previously planned hotel stop at a reasonable hour.
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I did a morning errand down one of the main arteries nearby that is four-lane, two each way. However, today it was only one lane each way, with large trucks parked every eighth of a mile or so blocking the center pair of lanes. As near as I could tell, they were checking the storm drains below the street, or perhaps blowing them out. They had big pumps or motors making a fair amount of noise, and the truck guys were standing at a control center on the front of the trucks monitoring operations. At least, that was the impression I got.
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True, it was low-light (although it doesn’t look like it), but that bee was SPEEDY!
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How long have I lived with the white and the pink azaleas in the back yard? And only today did I realize that the pink azalea repeat-blooms through the year, while the white one never does.
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My plant app indicates this is in the family Microstegium, native across Asia and invasive here. It’s sure invasive in our backyard. Deer don’t eat it, and therefore promote it by gnawing the native species. No deer in this yard, though.
Posted at 8:56 PM |
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That’s mint, with basil in the background. You can’t see the oregano that’s on the other side of the walk. And that’s pretty much my “garden.”
Posted at 9:25 PM |
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I love the delicate, ruffle-y edges of the crape myrtle, and this pink is okay with me, although some pinks are too too too…twee?
Posted at 8:23 PM |
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We drove to Athens to enjoy family company and a lovely luncheon. This caprese salad is made with basil from their garden—knock-out good!
On our return, we approached this looming cloud, and eventually motored through a deluge…
…and, on the other side, by the time we reached our neighborhood: dry roads.
Posted at 7:34 PM |
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Desirable AQI, that is: Air Quality Index, is under 50, but conditionally okay up to 100. Guaranteed terrible for everyone is greater than 300. At the cottage, it’s been 500 for over 24 hours (this capture is from this morning), and 500 is the maximum on the scale. Color-wise, red, purple, and maroon are of escalating intensity, starting at 151. You can tell where the Canadian fires are, in the northwest of this map. If your northern North America geography is sketchy, that water in the north, and east of FireCentral, is Hudson Bay.
Posted at 7:29 PM |
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I braved the humidity shortly after 8am to whack back the worst of the vegetation in the back yard. While I was busy, I kept thinking: what is Spanish for vine? And weeds?
I never came up with the words. Now, GooTranslate indicates vines and weeds = enredaderas y malezas. I might have encountered malezas in a publication or two, but I have no recollection of seeing enredaderas.
BTW, pinos y encinos = pines and oaks. Those two I learned!
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