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L’araignée est arrivée

L’araignée (French for spider) is back at his bookcase perch to add a delightful degree of creepiness to the Halloween season. Most of the year he waits patiently in his lair in the dental cabinet where I display my collection of rocks and bottles, but now he’s out for a few glorious autumn weeks toContinue reading “L’araignée est arrivée”

Evening Star

It isn’t actually a star, but it is the star of the evening light show now and will be for the next several months. Venus is coming around from behind the Sun and is nearly at “full” phase similar to the full moon. For the next several months it will gleam in the evening skyContinue reading “Evening Star”

Color It Autumn

Happy autumn equinox! It’s officially the first day of fall, but the flowers don’t seem to mind. The hibiscus plants stopped blooming during the heat of the summer, but with shorter, less hot days (“cooler” doesn’t really apply here in Florida yet) they are again bursting forth with blossoms. This is my kind of fallContinue reading “Color It Autumn”

French Polynesia 2012 Day 14: Over the Hill in Fatu Hiva

Saturday Travelogue

Pins and Needles

While washing windows, I discovered these fine fungal filaments about the length of a straight pin on the front door. They were casting shadows like gnomons of a sundial. If they could be used as a timepiece, I suspect they would say that it is time to wash the door. #fungi #door #filaments #sundial

Ghouls’ Garden

It’s not that far off; Halloween is about seven weeks away. Already, a Harvest Moon has been seen lurking low in the west; casting its golden glow through the trees before dawn. Next will come the Hunter’s Moon, followed by the spooky eve before All Saints’ Day, also known as All Hallows’ Day. No, I’mContinue reading “Ghouls’ Garden”

Perigean Moon

Yesterday morning, September 18, 2024, the full moon peered between branches of trees and seemed to wink at us as we walked through the neighborhood in the predawn twilight. It appeared especially large and bright then and for good reason. It was about as close to Earth as it ever gets. The orbit of theContinue reading “Perigean Moon”

Window Plopper

The blinds were closed for the night; I was playing ukulele in the music room when I heard a distinct plop outside my window. My eyes grew wide, I stopped playing, and turned towards the shade. What evil might be lurking in the darkness? An intruder, a racoon, a bear? (Yes, we have seen themContinue reading “Window Plopper”

Sundae Monday

It was Monday; we were returning home from a pedicure and, true to form, we were drawn in by an invisible force field surrounding Culvers which was along the way. Ice cream, pecans, hot fudge, caramel; yum! It was a perfect Turtle Sundae Monday. #sundae #monday #icecream #culver’s

Shots in Anger?

I saw this vehicle with a bullet hole in its tailgate and couldn’t help wondering how it got there. Perhaps it was an accident by someone who didn’t know how to properly use a firearm. Or worse, could it have been done by someone who didn’t know when not to use a weapon? Either way,Continue reading “Shots in Anger?”