Monday, 26 January 2026
I wanted to look at the snowflake emoji close up. While researching, I found out this is the Apple snowflake, not The Other Kind. I like that it’s off axis and not exactly aligned up-down, and side-to-side.
A long time ago, I looked at a few snowflakes close up. This is not what they looked like…not delicate enough. But it works great displayed in my texting app.
Sunday, 25 January 2026
Ice is today’s headline. That means rain plus freezing temps. And the supercold (super = wayyyyy below freezing) rolls in overnight, and will linger for days, a week, maybe more. That’s an uber-cold-snap in these parts.
So far, we’re okay here, and very lucky, IMHO, as we still have electricity and internet and phone services.
Friday, 23 January 2026
This was the last time we had pretty sunshine. Today, our mayor said “you’re not going to be able to snowman” because this is an ice storm. Yeah, ice and snow, neither are common here in ATL.
Thursday, 22 January 2026
You may have heard about this nasty storm system—2K miles plus wide. We’ve been hearing about it for at least a week, along with warnings to Prepare. I got these household must-haves on Tuesday. Tuesday, mind you. Yes, we’re Prepared.
Yesterday, I visited the drug store for non-groc items. I did not buy one of these. The coming storm is a rain-becoming-ice storm, so snow shovels not effective.
However, the storm coming after this one, yup, it may snow on us. Let’s get through this weekend first, though. I am not looking forward to it At All.
Wednesday, 21 January 2026
The cold got to this camellia, so that the petals are leathery and subdued in color, yet pollen production continues.
Tuesday, 20 January 2026
Who knew dragons are plants? After all, these are dragon fruit. No eggs; no hatchlings—spiky fruit.
AVM refers to that ancient guessing game (I’m guessing it’s ancient—Goo for details): animal, vegetable, mineral. Clearly, dragons are not minerals.
Monday, 19 January 2026
You know how you start on one task, and it somehow spawns other tasks? Today’s spawn-task was emptying the vacuuuuuum. This was right after the emptying, hence all the dust bits, I assume static-attracted to the plastic housing.
Sunday, 18 January 2026
Shall we ponder the contrasts between the angles and the shapes they outline, and the organic shapes of the twigs through the glass?
Saturday, 17 January 2026
I swear, this sky shot is not out of focus. The clouds were just that indistinct, plus oddly lit.
