I was enjoying a brisk walk down by a ranch, when I felt I was being watched. I turned and saw the most odd looking cow. A cow mime, I believe. Thankfully, it didn’t attempt “walking into the wind” or “stuck in an invisible box”.
Monthly Archives for May 2013
Scene while walking: May 28, 2013
I’m seeing this tree (really tall bush? okay, definitely in the plant family) a lot as I walk around and I haven’t noticed it before. I have not yet completed a full year of walking intentionally around my neighborhood and where I work so I’m still running into plants that look quite different than they do other times of the year. Anyway. I like this – it reminds me of Japanese maples in that the color is right and the leaves are feathery (yes, I know not all Japanese maples fit that description. Work with me.)
So, if you know what this is, I’d like to know. Thanks in advance!
Another Actual Conversation of a Married Couple
Today my husband and I both tried to extend the holiday weekend by starting it a lunchtime. We went to the local pub and ate far-too-large cheeseburgers that tasted wonderful. I then decided I would walk home to try to make up for it (not really possible, but worth trying). When I got home this conversation happened:
him: I got your stuff at the store.
me: What stuff?
him: for the refrigerator
me: What stuff?
him: …
me: champagne?
him: yes!
me: okay – thanks. I’m going to make margaritas.
him: but I got you champagne!
me: I know, but I want a margarita.
him: I saw her.
me (quite used to conversational whiplash): her?
him: …
me: Rachel?
him: yes!
Now I really need the margarita. And possibly some ibuprofen….
That’s just nuts.
I was on a business trip for the last few days. While on the plane I was treated to a tasty bag of peanuts. I was also bored so I read it.
This is what we have come to. The “KING NUT COMPANIES” has to warn you that a bag whose ingredients are “Peanuts Roasted in Peanut and/or Canola Oil, Salt” was, in fact:
“Produced in a facility that processes peanuts and other nuts.”
Scene while walking: May 20, 2013
This crow in a dead tree instantly reminded me of the Wheel of Time series.
If you’ve read it, you know why.
Scene while walking: May 17, 2013
Sorry for the unexpected hiatus – work intervened rather significantly in the last week. But I was still walking and I saw something I had not yet seen before! I suspect for a large number of people seeing a snake crossing the path wouldn’t be something that makes them happy, but it was for me. I like snakes. He moved into the shade under a basalt boulder as the day was quite warm. He’s about 3 feet long.
Scene while walking: May 10, 2013
Along the rivers and canals are lots of wild rosebushes. They are just starting to bloom, and they cheered up my morning recently.
Scene while walking: May 8, 2013
One thing I love about dogwoods compared to cherry trees is that their blooms last a very very long time. I get to enjoy them over and over.
Scene while walking: May 6, 2013
This time the grafted dual-color plant I saw was an azalea. This was in Fairfax, Virginia. Simply lovely.
Scene while walking: May 3, 2013
It’s common practice around here to graft a branch from one tree to another to create bi-colored flowering trees. It’s common, and yet I’m always intrigued when I see one.
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