Friday, 21 February 2025
At 9:30 this morning, the leaner was still rooted to the ground—ish.
By early afternoon, the top was removed and both the leaner and the one that fell away from our house were mostly removed.
Shortly before the guys closed down for the day, the leaner’s stump was removed, and the one that fell was merely a stub of a sump.
The elegance and carefulness of the work crew was something to behold (pardon the passive voice).
Thursday, 20 February 2025
Despite today’s gustiness…
…the tree guys climbed high, tied off this direction and that, fired up chainsaws, and took down two trees. I was surprised to see how much core rot one of them had…. Happily, they have a plan to remove the tricky, leaning, good-sized tree tomorrow
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
It’s a little early for irises to be blooming, unless you visit the Georgia O’Keeffe show (closing, what?, tomorrow?). She painted a single iris on a very vertical canvas. It looks rather different cropped like this.
Tuesday, 18 February 2025
Here’s where the deciduous magnolia trees/blooms were three years ago on this day; the buds are not this far along this year…and there’s a cold snap coming.
Monday, 17 February 2025
Once upon a time, this was a busy business, I’m sure. Now: nothing (beyond graffiti tagging).
With populations, demographic analysts may talk about central places, that is: places with clusters of residents. I’m thinking there are business central places, too. This one is a has-been, a now-unbusy business. Also, this is what cycling looks like.
Sunday, 16 February 2025
A line of storms came through about 4:45am…very hard rain and wind. When daylight came, we saw two big trees down in our back yard, but not on or (I think) threatening a structure. Noontime, we had a tree guy out assessing the situation. We’re on track for tree “extraction” beginning tomorrow morning.
Image: another close-up from Georgia O’Keeffe show we saw yesterday at the High.
Saturday, 15 February 2025
Flower center.
Georgia O’Keeffe: White Flower, 1929.
White Flower, super contrasty, altered. The “grooves” that section the petals are interesting; I didn’t notice them standing in front of the painting, although they are plain as day. Instead, I noticed the subtle shading of the colors…yellows, blues, blue-greens…and the background in the upper corners.
Thanks, MSM, for suggesting this High adventure.
Friday, 14 February 2025
The moon was bright this morning, even just after 6am. Clear and cold.
Thursday, 13 February 2025
The “possible five inches” of rain turned out to be about two-and-a-half, which is far less…dangerous. Even more exciting: the sun came out almost all afternoon.
Wednesday, 12 February 2025
It really doesn’t look like it, but this is a night shot, from a few minutes ago. My guess is that the unbroken drippy cloudcover is reflecting the light back and back again, so the sky isn’t dark? Goodnight, squirrels.