Five Things Friday While Waiting for Rain . . .

1. Swimming. I swam before 7 yesterday morning and then I went for one last swim at 9:15, just so that I could cool off enough to fall asleep later. That made a total of…

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Sad Beauty and a Paris Preview

 Pater found this sweet little bird, claws tightly clenched around a twig which had obviously not provided enough security from a spring storm.  Sad, but we nonetheless took the opportunity to look closely at the…

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Sunrise with Heron, Shhhhhh. . . .

Borrowing from my Instagram again. Busy marking, thinking about packing, no time for writing, knew you probably didn’t want any more garden pics today after Monday’s Pink Post. So a different view: Sunrise with Heron…

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Wildflowers on Wednesday

The other day, I commented to Elizabeth at Welsh Hills Again that I loved her wonderful groupings, in her expansive garden, of naturalized daffodils, but that this appreciation was in contrast to my growing fatigue…

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Oh, for a Translator . . .

When I was home yesterday, the extraordinary noises the California sea lions were making out in our bay lured me outside with my little camera to try to capture the soundscape. The visual quality of…

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