Monday, 6 September 2021
Two weeks ago (or so), on the 28th, I saw the first few hickorynut husk bits on the sidewalk. Then, the very next day, Sunday the 29th, I heard nut and husk bits falling everywhere and they were abundant on the sidewalks and streets.
Busy squirrels.
And, this holiday weekend, drifts of nut shell and husk shards. As hickories are taxonomic cousins to walnuts, the husk fragments become black and nasty after a few days.
More autumn evidence.
Sunday, 5 September 2021
Of course, I have no idea the scientific name, but I saw this and thought: butterfly weed. It isn’t. It’s butterfly bush. And that makes all the difference.
Saturday, 4 September 2021
We still have a few bills we have to pay in an addressed envelope with a stamp and the appropriate bells and whistles. Seems “so last century.”
“So last century” is a Guru phrase. Patented?
Friday, 3 September 2021
I had to look this beauty up (as in: trigger my iNaturalist app). I thought surprise lily-ish, but not quite. And it isn’t quite.
It’s a Lycoris species, native to a big swath of Asia, as far west as Iran. One of its nicknames here in the south is hurricane lily, as it blooms during…wait for it: hurricane season.
Thursday, 2 September 2021
Too many huge, scary issues (Afghanistan, Ida, western fires, etc.) in this big world, so I’ll go micro here.
Accidentally dropped my phone on my (bare) foot yesterday afternoon. Don’t do that. Bruised my foot-knucklebone, and it became quite tender. Went to bed with an icepack and managed to sleep okay.
Re-activated stick-assisted walking when I went out this morning…slow pace, something like 23 minute miles vs my usual 17/18 minute miles. But I completed a somewhat shortened version of my (currently) usual loop—yay! And now, over 24 hours after The Phone Drop, and an evening application of ice, my bruise is much, much improved. So: yay and yay!
Wednesday, 1 September 2021
This morning I walked under the last of the cloud cover courtesy of Ida, and by afternoon we had clear, sunny skies. And unseasonably cool temps. Relatively speaking.
Tuesday, 31 August 2021
Went to bookclub tonight. At someone’s house. A pleasant living room seating area with eight of us.
I was slightly antsy the whole time—because: Covid-Delta. Duh. I know all have been vaccinated. Still.
Monday, 30 August 2021
Cloud cover already accumulating this morning. Ida-weather.
Scientist-Me asks: what happens to ants during a hurricane? Do they create an air-bubble if flooded? Lots of relocation among survivors, I’m guessing.
Cleome beauty for today’s flower power. Wet from Ida-rain.
Sunday, 29 August 2021
Didn’t know okra is a perennial. So are tomatoes.
Although they aren’t typically grown that way in these parts.
Is that why they are so good together in the cookpot? 😉
Saturday, 28 August 2021
I awakened to no electricity. Which is a tad spooky. So, I found my hat and dark specs, and headed out. On the nearby “main” street I saw a firetruck and a power-company truck. Did the former attend to the problem that caused the need for the latter?
Never did find out.
Text from the Guru two miles into my walk indicated the power was back. Yay!
And no need to park here. Was the blockage for a movie? Rumors are flying. And we got a hand-delivered hand-out about a different lane-closure…probably for a different production.