Just before iocane powder
Thursday, 14 June 2018
“Only the Princess matters.” Line from: The Princess Bride,” in the scene just before the Battle of Wits scene, in which we learned about Australian iocane powder.
Musings
Socializing
Wednesday, 13 June 2018
Our lovely neighbors have a super porch, and sometimes we join them for “porch-time.” You may call it cocktail hour.
Tonight was a porch-time evening, and we listened to distant thunder-booms and enjoyed the relative coolness. And the company, of course, especially the company!
Thanks again for the hospitality!
Zoom zoom
Tuesday, 12 June 2018
You can never tell what advertising you might encounter on the open road. Here’s a well-logo’d giant wrecker. On the lower right: PERT—Peachtree Environmental Response Team. Huh. Also in green: Certified WRECKMASTER. And we waited alongside this vehicular power house at a mundane red light. Just our modest/tiny sedan.
Later, whew, some gorgeous sky.
Zoom zoom.
Wordiness
Monday, 11 June 2018
Someone thought this lone, highlightable, benefit might cinch a deal—fast. Turns out maybe the rate’s too high or something else, as this sign has been posted for a while.
Yeah, and a flower photo. Interesting color. Light plum? Blushing orchid? Rosy something?
Fleeting, it’s all fleeting
Sunday, 10 June 2018
I had six or ten phrases from today that I thought I might use for a title, and thus be what I’d pivot the text around, but, can I remember even one of them? Nope.
July delivery
Saturday, 9 June 2018
We’re lusting after the new Sony camera. Oops, I think we (meaning he, with my whole-hearted approval) just ordered one.
Ripening science
Friday, 8 June 2018
One of the things I loved about buying veg/fruits at the markets in Mexico was that if you wanted avocados, the market lady (almost always a lady) would ask when you intended to use it. You could be very specific, like seven this evening or three this afternoon, and the avocado she offered in response would, invariably in my experience, be perfect at that time. Yay!
Now I see that today WholePaycheck had two piles of four-to-a-bag avocados, one with this sign and one with a 3–4 day sign.
I bought a single from the regular pile, and it was perfect in our salad. Didn’t need four avocados, so I don’t know if their system is as good as the market ladies of southern Mexico.
Expanding my horizons
Thursday, 7 June 2018
I was out early as temps were predicted to reach 90°F, and the low-angle sunlight was stunning on this lily.
Indoors, I did some reading about khirigsuurs, Bronze and Early Iron Age civic-ceremonial monumental stone constructions in Mongolia I’d not “heard” of before. I did not find out how the word is pronounced, although GooTranslate indicates it includes Mongolian, but the software/database doesn’t “recognize” the word khirigsuur.
TY for your patience
Wednesday, 6 June 2018
Proof I’m out of ideas…or, broadly, creativity—here’s an old (duh!) photo of chair from same outdoor set as recent photos…this time with snow.
I could be inspired about…whatevs…or…this other thing…but, nope, I’m giving myself a pause. More energy tomorrow. [Crossing fingers.]
Summer is here
Tuesday, 5 June 2018
I’m repeating myself, photo-wise (if there is such a term; light’s different though—chair, too—hah!).
And, in the time I was out getting this photo (and several discarded ones), a darned aggressive mosquito tried to invade my skin. Officially, summer is here, no?!