walking, July 2

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The morning of July 2, I got dropped off at the library.

The winds aloft must have been very still. Look at all the jet trails.

Toto, I don't think we're in Alaska...... (You'll recall I discovered last summer that a major difference between the Alaskan sky and the one I am familiar with is that there were no jet trails. At least I saw none the whole time we were there....)







We'll draw a veil over the day at work, and walk home.

This shows the habit of common daylilies. I love these flowers. They super easy to grow, thrive almost anywhere, bloom profusely, and, of course, they are orange.





Ann Arbor is very proud of its trees. It calls itself "Tree City."

The emerald ash borer has been a nightmare -- no living ash trees left. Monoculture is a bad idea. When a new insect or disease strikes, if the distance between one tree and its relatives is small, it is far more likely that more will be stricken.....

Far better to plant a wider variety.

This is the only Ann Arbor golden rain tree I am aware of. As you see, this is quite a lovely tree.





And look at the flowers!





These flowers are followed by very interesting seed pods. You can see a few of last year's seed pods behind the flowers in the previous.





Bells and pelargoniums.





The persimmon we've been looking at is the only persimmon I'm aware of in Ann Arbor. This interesting stuff is on the ground under the persimmon. Failed fruits.





Coneflower. The next two shots are the same flower, taken one right after the other. Isn't it interesting, the different decisions the camera made, as to color?







Coneflower bud.

On someone's blog the other day -- a snippet of poetry noting that no blade of grass is too small to be a palace for some tiny creature. See the spider web on the right?





Rose.





Hollyhocks. As you see, they are tall and skinny plants.











Spent flower.





The flatter round structures will be seed pods.








Thistle.





Poppy.

I think of poppies as being rather direct and bold, rather than ruffly. This one is bold (colorwise, anyway) *and* ruffly.....