On the 15th, I walked to work for the first time in a while.
Cosmos.
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Daylilies, phlox, and I bet that's Russian sage.
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Oh my.
Love this.
It should be called Raspberry Pistachio Parfait, don't you think?
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Sidewalk restaurant table on Main Street.
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You can see the table shown above, at the top of this one.
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Since the library saw fit to rip out our favorite hydrangea AND the bed it (and the red-leafed redbuds) lived in, we are having to hunt elsewhere for hydrangeas.
Here's one, by the Detroit Edison building.
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The room that is now my shared office used to be a conference room.
On the 15th I noticed for the first time how reflective its enormous whiteboard is.
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Did you recognize this, reversed, in the above?
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A narrow but fairly serious (all red, on the radar map) front is preparing to come through.
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Watching the sky, on the way home.
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Pausing our sky-watching to be amused.....
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Back to the sky.
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Home now, still watching the sky.
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My stalwart rose.
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2 comments:
Beautiful pictures! Loved the hydrangea. :)
I thought of you as I shot it, and as I posted it. :-)
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