Detail
Sunday, 25 October 2026
I’m always surprised by leaf hairiness….
Musings
Floral balance
Saturday, 24 October 2026
Symmetry in pink.
I mention this because I’m distressed over all the “for the good of the people” laws and policies that are being overturned and ignored by the Felon in the White House and his toadies. The symmetry is to distract me.
Section 106 is part of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, and requires federal agencies (usually through contractors) to consider the potential effects of projects on historic properties, including giving the public opportunity to comment. Historic properties include archaeological sites, like buried features and objects, even roads and railroads. Section 106 does not stop projects.
If you have enjoyed reading any informational signs that mention the past, even vegetation and geology and not just historical information, then you care that Section 106 remains as it is. Call or write your senators and representatives and tell them to support Section 106 as it is, and to not eviscerate or change it.
Please indulge in collective action!
Regional data
Friday, 23 October 2026
The last few days I’ve noticed that the morning temps here and at our UP locations are nearly the same. Afternoons diverge, but the morning chills are very similar, and sometimes identical. Here’s a bee stunned from the morning chill.
Mem-reeeeees
Thursday, 22 October 2026
I remember learning about adjectives and nouns and how they fit together over a crayon color called yellow-green. I didn’t like the shade very much, but to decode the name as a yellow-y shade of green was colossal. Please understand this was a long, long time ago. Preschool. When the crayons were nubs.
Hypothesizing…
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Fake lake. Also called a pool. But a pool also can have non-chlorinated flowing water, and thus be real, as in natural, and not human-made. Or created by beaver damming….
In the dichotomy, you’d think this is a real lake. But, no…well, and yes. It’s dammed up, so some level of flowing. But, I think there was a marsh of sorts here in this little basin, which needs pumps and aeration to keep it from clogging back up into being a marsh again. It seems.
Many changes…light and so on
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
We made the transition to the winter quilt this week, so I’m noting that the seasons have officially changed.
Focus
Monday, 19 October 2026
The corporate Apple overlord awarded me three “free” months of AppleTV with the phone purchase, and we’ve been bingeing a bit. “Slow Horses” took a while to grow on me, and one season was a bit less interesting than the others, but: thumbs up.
It’s pink
Sunday, 18 October 2026
This being Sunday, if I had figured I was this bad at flash photography, I could have read up on it. OTOH, I only took one photo, no mulligan.
Not customer
Friday, 16 October 2026
Should you be looking for pumpkin lights, they’re half-price at that Swedish chain. We instead brought home a pair of deep-ish white bowls.