Friday, 26 May 2023
I missed the sunset stroll window. Still, I found a gorgeous subsequent-sky. And a hum of mosquitoes. You might think the drone was gnats or some other species, but, nope, skeeters…biters.
So, I kept moving, and headed for the lake, hoping for a bit of anti-flying-insect breeze, and discovered it’s a quiet night so far.
Tomorrow morning, as a result of the quiet, if I am up early, I may see dew cloud amazement in our field.
Thursday, 25 May 2023
We live in an orchard (here). The apple trees are in bloom. Last night and tonight both, the meteorological minions indicated below freezing temps in this area, and possible frost. I believe the blooms are when the crop is most vulnerable to a freeze. Last night, we had no frost, and I think we skated on freezing temps.
In any case, the blooms look fine. And huge IMHO.
Wednesday, 24 May 2023
First produce from the property. Yay! These were easy finds, right next to the chives up by the garage. Both species are likely escapees from my great-grandparents’ gardens.
Had to go to town and the Guru was off doing Man Business, while I wandered the parking lot of goodies, an outdoor showroom, basically. I was not shopping. I was collecting information. This beauty was larger than most of the similar vehicles on this lot. The smallest ones were like two-seater golf carts. This is nothing like that.
And neither is its price tag. Yikes. This is way more than our also brand new pickup when we bought it back in 2019. However, this Can-Am beast comes with “all options,” which is totally the opposite of our pickup. Still.
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
The soil is dry, dry, dry. See the v formation of the lupine leaves? It’s too dry for them to open flat. I’m glad to see a bud on the way…there probably won’t be very many…we shall see.
Any property means chores, and they have begun. This is on the short list for near daily forays with shovel, carry-bucket, and truck (for removal to a burial location). “This” is Heracleum maximum, invasive cow parsnip, also phototoxic. Yuck. I say near-daily because the mosquitoes are viscous (intentional mis-spelling), and I just can’t face them every day. [Can you tell I’m trying to talk myself into doing a session tomorrow? I did other important items today and skipped cow parsnip removal….]
Monday, 22 May 2023
I call this the bloom of spring welcome. Or better: the spring bloom of welcome.
Sunday, 21 May 2023
Looks like it might be a dead lake, but there’s a fine fishy…in the algae (pronounce fishy and algae to rhyme, plz). S/he’s toward the back, a horizontal grey shape with a dark shadow.
Saturday, 20 May 2023
I knew about the old blue Chevy (historic!) in front of us, and I was trying to capture the reflection. I didn’t know about the bike-lane logo until I saw the photo long after we had crossed the Ohio and were driving deep in Indiana.
Friday, 19 May 2023
I’m proud of how this clean-out-the-fridge dinner turned out. Frozen pizza (cheese with arugula from TJs, and some prosciutto), plus veggies instead of salad (onion, garlic, red pepper, and spinach, sautéed together). With a topper of extra parm and snipped fresh basil.
Wednesday, 17 May 2023
Went to the mall on a (kinda) emergency mission. The mall still feels like a dangerous space to me. I don’t trust that darned Covid, even the versions floating around these days.
No new devices, or even one device came home with us. Just a cable and a plug that will enable me to charge my phone while in the car. My phone is cranky, and requires lotsa power to charge (unlike my spouse’s, the same model bought at the same time). Once we figured that out, or the Apple Geniuses did, and now we have a new cigarette lighter plug and a new cable; it’s a combo that my phone respects.
What a fancy Apple store.
