Friday, 29 March 2019
Nice clear, warm weather this time of year means huge pollen accumulations…I think of the yellow as mostly pine….
Certainly, there isn’t much iris pollen accumulating!
I know this as a snowball bush, although these snowballs are mighty green. Viburnum?
Thursday, 28 March 2019
This almost-wild is a few steps away. As I moved along, two yakking women came across the bridge by the railing, so I let them head down “my” path, and crossed the bridge and headed along that way, far enough away to not hear the loud yakking.
The other side of the park is more developed, and it looks like it’s gonna host a party! I think these were pallets of plastic flooring. Thursday is The Staging Day for Friday/weekend festivities. Maybe I’ll check it out tomorrow.
Today’s flower photo: tulips.
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Phlox occupying a sidewalk, softening a hardscape, essentially.
Branch crossing the fence-boundary. A well-lichened fence.
Tuesday, 26 March 2019
Note organic donations from the plants…tis the season of increased organic matter, early version. This also happens in the autumn when the leaves fall….
Now this is the blooming pretty…blueberry blossoms! This is before they are blue!
I think of this as a cultivar/variant/close relative of the flame azalea. I may even be correct! Heh. Otherwise, pretty extended/stretched azalea blooms.
Monday, 25 March 2019
Over the years I have lived here in the Sunny South, I have never found many of these rosy dogwoods. I don’t know if they’re prone to disease and don’t survive, or if they’re just plain difficult to find in the nurseries. Whatever the backstory, here’s a thriving specimen!
Sunday, 24 March 2019
I don’t expect these petals to last much longer on the tree; nice on the path for now….
Another path…or paths? Dog and oak?
Saturday, 23 March 2019
We had all manner of fun today, including a w-a-a-a-y outside-the-perimeter adventure. In which we saw…
…a mirror ball reflecting.
And cats waiting. [For feeding time, of course.]
And a chimney smoking. The kind to start the Kingsford* charcoal.
* The Ford part of Kingsford is from Henry…a side business of his.
Friday, 22 March 2019
Friday theme/goal, ¿no? Create energy! Bang a drum!
And some visual symmetry. Just ’cause.
Thursday, 21 March 2019
Took today’s nifty new device on my walk. Discovered I have to stop to see much (otherwise jiggle jiggle can’t-focus very well)…which triggers my walk-measuring device to pause…which is not what I’m supposed to be doing when I’m Out Walking. Next time I’ll venture out other than when I’m Out Walking—and see more! Great light-gathering capability!
This section of the gutter harbored a thick windrow of petals. So pretty.
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
Last week, it was leaf-blowers. This week it’s air-hammers and saws. And these guys. See the post on the ground on the other side of the street (by the far orange cone)? I saw that a week ago and thought, hmm, new post somewhere. And, when I saw these two bucket trucks from down the street, I thought: aha, that new pole is going up! But…………………no! Will revisit this street tomorrow and see what the fix-it status is.
In other news, the first volleyball practice I’ve seen this year here. Two groups!
Some trees are blooming…
…and some are not. [There wouldn’t be that skinny shadow if there was more vegetation on those branches.]