Musings

Today’s front came through with audio drama…wind and noisy, plopping raindrops.

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Remembering a gorgeous sunset viewed through the dunes at the Oregon coast well before the current heat wave.

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No symbolism here. No subtle message.

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Once again, my ignorance is revealed as vast. Magnolia grandiflora, and I think this is a specimen, is native to southeastern North America, although perhaps south of this actual location. [Or is it Magnolia virginiana; I get confused.] Still, it’s generally local and native. But perhaps that qualification means that it is an ornamental and non-local. Ah, horticultural fine points.

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I especially enjoy evergreens; they are so bold through the winter blahs. I am pleasantly surprised to see the berries this early in the season. Or maybe I’m just ignorant of the pacing of the juniper growth patterns.

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Yeah, I know, this peony’s past its prime. It’s still stunning. And I quite enjoy the juxtaposition of the petal-pink with the distinctive green of the lichens.

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Variation on the bramble and the rose? Yucca and roses?

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Glory in this late dogwood bloom, still hanging on…as temps climb to crest in the 80s each day this week. Yikes.

H&W = humid and warm

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Here’s a ham and cheese salad. It was what was in the fridge.

However, the ham is speck and the cheese is sharp cheddar, so I guess it’s a modern, tadah, fusion cuisine dish.

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I was reading about Chaco Canyon prehistory today and got to thinking: when was it we were there? Turns out: almost exactly a decade ago. Here’s a very large kiva, not sure where.

Pretty sure these are some of the rooms back against the cliff at Chetro Ketl. When were these places in use? About a thousand years ago. And still amazing.

These are scanned slide images (thank you, Guru). A different modern time, too.

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