Monday, 28 January 2019
For these first two photos, I don’t mean frozen in the temperature sense, but as sculptures. Cute ceramic bun-bun.
And meet Ivy the Iron Armadillo (Spanish…say arm-ah-deee-yo).
However, because actual temperature freezing is coming within 24 hours, be careful beautiful flowering quince flowers; Grumpy Old Man Winter will be here very soon!
Sunday, 27 January 2019
I did not plan the color commonality. Forsythia.
Daffodils. Someone else’s garden.
And our garden. [Ignore the cold(ish) snap!]
Saturday, 26 January 2019
Finials are not newels, but may be atop newels.
Round finial.
Knurled finial.
Friday, 25 January 2019
I was down the street when I spotted these white spheres by the curb. I thought, “what are turtle eggs doing in the gutter,” quickly followed by, “those can’t be turtle eggs!”
And so they aren’t: pingpong balls. Still: why a pair in the gutter?
This deflated sphere I couldn’t identify, even after a close visual inspection. No, I didn’t touch, even with a stick. And the organic sphere next to it…some kind of seed/fruit element, also unknown.
Thursday, 24 January 2019
I got to walk in the sunshine (bit of a cold breeze…but SUN), as part of an extended errand that was on someone else’s to-do list. I was the happy beneficiary of this excursion.
[…during which I heartily enjoyed my first Sazerac.]
Wednesday, 23 January 2019
Brand new stump. See yesterday’s entry…. Seems like ginkgo wood might make pretty furniture….
Old stump. Oak, I’m guessing.
New flowers. Crocuses (or is it croci?). Spring comes early when we have Dec/Jan heat waves in the Sunny South. Up in the 60s today, but I’m guessing tonight’s rain will lower the temps for tomorrow.
Tuesday, 22 January 2019
In local news, a long-time neighborhood denizen is now gone. Mixed feelings as I hate to see mature trees removed, but this one was a productive female, and the fleshy layer surrounding the seeds start out odiferous, and when on the ground get even more…highly stinky-scented. Bye Stinkgo Ginkgo! [Shame on the nursery that marketed this one; it should have sold only male ginkgos for urban planting….]
In sports news, ATL has been basking in being the 2018 Major League Soccer champions. The next big event is that Soooperdooperbowl, which is already enmeshed in scandal because of a ref call in the Rams/Saints game….
In personal “news,” my sport (in quotes?) is walking, and today I worked on refining my Vitamin D-heightened routing…I’m liking more east-west routes approximately during mid-day, to have sunshine on a cheek most of the time (other skin is bundled up! it’s winter!). This is supposed to give me more Vitamin D than supplements…and Vitamin D is a very good thing! (See note on last Thursday’s entry here.)
Monday, 21 January 2019
Note sunshine. What you can’t see is that the temps were around 30. I even found an icy slick on a sidewalk (just one), I think where an irrigation system was leaking. Perhaps because it was cold, below freezing cold, last night. I think this critter got lost from a stroller event, and someone put it here above the sidewalk (no slick below) so it might get found….
Speaking of last night, at 10:30pm we went out to see the super blood wolf moon (or perhaps in a different order?) in partial eclipse. Just try saying that three times fast! The blood part isn’t apparent in the photo; I did see a red tinge.
Sunday, 20 January 2019
I declare there’s a spate of sign-driving-over in this neighborhood. Can it be because drivers are looking up to catch the super blood wolf moon eclipse too early?
Saturday, 19 January 2019
When I set out, it was sprinkling, and all meteorological sources indicated the rain would increase. I kept my fingers crossed and my hood up.
I saw several dog-walkers, and one mom-child set in the playground, seemingly oblivious to the precipitation.
Soon after I returned, the rain increased, and I heard that overnight the temps will plummet and the mountains may even get snow. Whew!
Looking through my day’s photos, I was surprised that all flower photos were of white blooms…not intentional!