Musings

We managed to see the total solar eclipse. I think the resolution’s been hammered and you can’t see that this is the corona, or that Jupiter is below and right of the sun/moon pairing. Stunning. Stories tomorrow….

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We began an overnight gallivant today, first driving along the Rome bypass to avoid traffic snarls, as one would, then crossed big water (but not wide, as you can see), and we’ve stopped in Paris.

At some point the wind kicked up and we drove through a few sprinkles.

We now feel we are positioned to see the total solar eclipse tomorrow. Let’s hope the weather cooperates.

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Late Easter lily.

I write this as JCB texts with a friend who’s in Taiwan, and they’re trying to figure out what day it is. 🤣🤣🤣

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I think of this azalea in our back garden as White Cloud. This is a non-flash, long-exposure night shot, and it looks darned spooky.

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“Multiflora rose” is a phrase I think of in my dad’s voice for reasons I cannot explain; this, however, is not a multiflora rose.

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I don’t remember ever seeing horsetails in landscaping, a a very few home gardens, I think, but not a commercial spot. Like this. Kinda sparse here, but visually interesting. Then, I spot a Paris garden shot on the Equisetum WikiPee page, so…live and learn.

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I do like outdoors falling water, both the visual and audio experiences…here amplified by sweet-smelling blooms.

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I’m not much for pink and frilly, but these are gorgeous. I think this is a chrysanthemum cherry.

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Although it was a bit overcast when I walked this morning, I could see the branches above are far more leafed out. Then I remembered that I’d photographed this branch some days back. So this is today.

And this is the same branches on the 25th, so six days ago. Pure spring green!

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Love the elegant long filaments and the warm red-orange shades of these flame azaleas…rather similar in morphology (not color) to the showy native azaleas we have in the woods in the mountains north of us. I’m not in the woods, so I’m enjoying the nursery specimens here and there I see in my neighborhood walks.

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