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It All Comes Down to Light in Everyday Ramblings
As it grows my odd little eggplant gets more purple and less white. They are saying, (not those that control the weather, MTG), but those who report on it, that we are going to have a wet fall...
At This Advanced Age in Everyday Ramblings
Mirabilis jalapa, or four o’clock flower, just across from my plot in the community garden. The brother-in-law of the woman who has had this series of plots for years told me a couple of seaso...
History and Energy in Everyday Ramblings
If you look carefully in the distance, you can see Mt. Hood not fully covered in snow. I took this yesterday on my way back from getting my annual hearing test. It was up on the “hill”, and th...
The Soil Beneath My Feet in Everyday Ramblings
A mess of autumn light with a few pink dahlias at the garden just after sunrise a few days back. The garden was also quite beautiful this morning. We are having an unusually warm and bright da...
Fall-ing in Everyday Ramblings
Windfall? More like neglect. This is the public path to the scary low lit curved pedestrian tunnel beneath some of the roads they built in my neighborhood under the guise of urban renewal. It ...
Low Light and Bright Color in Everyday Ramblings
From our “easy” walk this morning across town. Mrs. Sherlock was excited that her sense of smell has fully returned. She came to my weights and bands class on Thursday raring to go and I am, n...
Back on that Horse in Everyday Ramblings
I took this in a hurry as I was rushing off to a meeting, but you get the gist of another of the painted cats to celebrate the anniversary of the movie Coraline. This one for some reason is ca...
Not So Lowbrow? in Everyday Ramblings
My compost pile. It looks artful but it is random. Still, I did think about taking a picture of it. I am grateful to say that I did not get Covid, even with the direct exposure. Mrs. Sherloc...
Sweet Indeed in Everyday Ramblings
From this morning. One of the 31 Coraline themed painted cats in our central downtown area. This one is called Descent and is on the Portland State campus. I walked by there after a trip in ...
An Artist's Rendering? in Everyday Ramblings
This almost looks like an artist’s rendering of a fancy new cityscape, but I took the shot Wednesday from the 11th floor breast health clinic of a newer building of the health organization I u...
Recharge? in Everyday Ramblings
A Cosmo in the garden. Fully recovered from the deluge last Saturday. Big relief. The eggplant are growing, and I have these adorable tiny green bell peppers coming on. The garden, while small...
Always Something in Everyday Ramblings
Wow. Look at that color. Peak crepe myrtle yesterday morning. As if signs of autumn weren’t all around. I am afraid my tomatoes aren’t going to get enough sun and heat to ripen at this point. ...
All The Things in Everyday Ramblings
Delightful to see the sweet pea blooming. This was one I grew from seed and my seedlings are not as robust as they could be so this is a win. But I grew the tomatoes next to it from seed as we...
Community Hackles in Everyday Ramblings
This was taken just after sunrise a couple of days ago. Wonderful light for this white anemone. This morning, I had to break into a lively discussion of the love poem I read at the end of cla...
Accountability? in Everyday Ramblings
The rosemary behind the dahlia here is a nice touch. I am not even sure where I took this picture, but it was maybe a week and a half ago. It must have been the garden, as that is mostly where...
A Phase, I Hope in Everyday Ramblings
If I am going to procrastinate, which I am doing, I might as well share it with you all. I felt too tired to go to the garden yesterday. It was humid with this big changeable sky. I had walked...
Someone (or something) to Lean On in Everyday Ramblings
While I do have both eggplant and marigolds in my garden plot, this one gets more sun and so is starting to fruit. Mine are a couple of weeks behind and a different kind. But the flowers and f...
Pondering and Incursions in Everyday Ramblings
In front of this photo, the north half of my modest garden yesterday. You can see the cosmos are getting ready to burst into flower. They are quite happy. Did I mention this before, that my pl...
A Strategic Retreat in Everyday Ramblings
Yes, I know I could alter the photo and take the wire line out, but I like these markers that what you are seeing is what I am seeing, living plants in real gardens here where I live… not some...
Not Retiring Retirement in Everyday Ramblings
These days I am focusing on small accomplishments. Ever since I moved here to Oregon and saw wild lupines in a field with foxgloves, I have had an affinity for them. They show up in my poems o...
Overwhelmed? Me? in Everyday Ramblings
Dahlias from our abbreviated walk on Saturday early morning. We went early to avoid the worst of the heat, but we ended up only walking for an hour anyway because Mrs. Sherlock realized she ha...
A Softening and a Challenge in Everyday Ramblings
A weird angle but a pretty true red of this early dahlia. When I was walking with Mrs. Sherlock last week, I asked her what she was doing on the 4th of July. She said she was not doing anythi...
Even an AI has More Compassion... in Everyday Ramblings
A brief respite on the flower clock. The dahlias are coming on but so far, I haven’t been able to get a decent shot without glare. Things are hopping in my world. Class, grocery shopping, fol...
Considering the Slog in Everyday Ramblings
Big time hydrangea on the flower clock. That means July to me, and we are coming up on it. But first I need to transition my role from budget chair to treasurer this coming week in terms of au...
The Thought That Counts in Everyday Ramblings
Mid clematis on the flower clock. I posted a picture of this same plant last year but how can one resist the vibrant color. A good year for this variety here. I had a lovely birthday. After t...
