Sunstruck
Sunday, 16 June 2019
Showing once again that regular plywood is not durable in outdoor situations.
Showing that oak leaves can get beat up by MaNaychur.
Musings
Producto local
Saturday, 15 June 2019
“Producto local” in Spanish means what you might guess in English. The basil is from our front yard/garden plants, and the pesto I made from these leaves was superb (and tasteeeee!).
These are Georgia peaches, albeit from the groc-store and not our property. We are so lucky to have the final droplets of last year’s maple syrup from our neighbors’ in northern Michigan (no-Mich?) to add to the peaches, and a new 2019 ration to turn to when those droplets are consumed.
We are living large, and very lucky.
Infrastructure ∆s
Friday, 14 June 2019
Left on my walk passing this, and went down the street to check out the “work.” Found two trucks, several workmen, and could not figure out what system they were working on…didn’t appear to be water, sewer, or electric, suggesting it was fibroids…ehem, that is fiber….
We’ve been watching these apartments, mostly inhabited by Latino families, wondering when they would disappear to be replaced by high-dollar structures…this is the only one that looks like it’s being disassembled (perhaps 16 units); however, the rest can’t be far behind. And neighborhood diversity declines….
Here’s a one-house project. I don’t usually come by here, and don’t know if this house was recently sold, but it sure appears that someone does not want a dense hedge out front. BIG change!
Okay, today’s pretty is crepe myrtle. I could have had some Athenian gardenias, but you’ll have to imagine them.
Flowers first, then…
Thursday, 13 June 2019
This whole spike was festooned with gorgeous, huge blooms. Whatta rush to see it!
Although you can’t tell, these were small, I assume miniature, marigolds. That WikiPee says the name refers to the Virgin Mary. Of course, in Mexico they are grown for, among other things, chicken feed (to make skin and yokes more gold/yellow).
No flower here, as headline suggests—mudpuddle reflection instead. The white blob-ettes are bubble-clusters…pure urban natural world.
Progression*
Wednesday, 12 June 2019
I set off on my walk, and soon was wondering what theme I’d come up with for my walk-pictures.
I thought fence/ivy…and then I found fence/azalea…yay! I thought…then I realized even at two, they had become boring already.
And…I found yellow door…and, aha, new direction to the pattern.
But, no other architectural details…only a shadow in the playground. Still not terribly rewarding.
So, finally, here’s a flower spike on, well, I know it as butterfly bush. Perhaps.
* Progression is not progress.
Pictures not wordiness
Tuesday, 11 June 2019
Lily bloom and bud.
Redbud pods; it’s in the legume family.
Bicolor hydrangea bloom; mixed pH.
Moving right along
Monday, 10 June 2019
Downtown Seattle traffic patterns have been changed by the construction/opening of a long tunnel on 99; it hasn’t been open long, and is still free. So we gave it a try! Smooth!
Above ground, we had great views of Mount Rainier…however, I only had a cell phone to snapshot it. It looms, no doubt about it. Massive landform.
Airborne, our route passed just south of the Calamus Reservoir. It’s that NW/SE darkness above the plane icon (note engines; can you see the propellers? resolution may be too hammered to display them). I worked on an archaeological site that’s now under the water before they dammed the river. The Calamus River was the most constant-flowing river in North America, we were told (perhaps still is?).
And now we’re home in dogwood-town. Great trip! New HS graduate in the family! So proud! Fast trip, but very fun!
So proud
Sunday, 9 June 2019
Ho-hum part of the day: my walk. Found a tree in a bag, which the sign calls a hairnet. Dubious ethics; the idea is to preserve the fruit from the birds and other living things for donation to people.
Roadside sweet peas. Yay!
Our ride. From the manager’s selections; same rate as the Ford Focus we reserved. Hah!
Le pomp. In a hockey arena.
Le circumstance. Hat toss to a John Williams composition for Star Wars; very appropriate. And…we have a new graduate in the family! Congrats to Sam Two-Name, beloved of all. He’s just to the right of the middle and you’ll never be able to pick him out. Does it help if I tell you he he’s wearing blue high-tops?
Apologies for the delayed post; just too darned much going on into the evening, plus the time difference. Yawn. Smile. Smile bigger.
(Mean)while
Saturday, 8 June 2019
While out for my walk, I made a new friend: hello, tigre-pantera! This one loved a head scratch and pet.
We saw a few cruise ships passing yesterday, perhaps three, and almost half-dozen today…bound for Alaska, we’re told, and regulars along this route on Fridays/Saturdays.
We spent some time today prepping for the grad party, and finished our chores ahead of schedule…so opened a bottle of wine and sipped our way through some white pinot while enjoying the sun-warmed deck from the shade.
Dessert, of course, was the high-point of the menu…a pair of surgeon-made and surgeon-dissected ice cream cakes…about one and a half consumed before everyone was too full to eat another bite…which means there’s half in the freezer awaiting tomorrow’s coffee hour. Yay!
Long summer for the HS graduate, as he moves into the dorm to begin college life in late September (surprise: quarter system!). I hear the job search will begin Tues…after the last after-graduation event.
Need one, buy three…make that twenty
Friday, 7 June 2019
Today was one of those busy-busy prep days; the main event is dinner honoring the HS grad tomorrow, and the to-do list included a costco visit. I’m telling you, is that an experience. I think I’d only been in one once before, and it was to buy tires (insert tale you hypothesize here).
But you are probably more worldly than I and costco’s ho-hum to you.