Thu, 03 Dec 2020 21:20:26 GMT

I went for a walk this afternoon, because getting outside in the daylight is good for me, especially on bright sunny days like this afternoon. I saw this cherry tree two blocks from home:

( tree, behind a cut for size )

I live in an inner suburb of Boston, and wasn't expecting to see flowers other than some vagrant dandelions.

ETA: I am reliably informed that this looks like a winter-flowering cherry, and they're supposed to do that.

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My neighborhood, two days ago

Thu, 07 Nov 2013 05:24:34 GMT

I took this photo of my neighborhood two days ago, while waiting for the light to change at lunchtime:

That is not what I expect November to look like, especially after a windstorm. I like it, though.

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Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:44:52 GMT

I visited adrian_turtle last weekend, partly just because and partly to provide practical and moral support because she'd been rear-ended while driving earlier that week. The practical support included a couple of loads of laundry; the moral support included tea, conversation, and snuggling. On Saturday we went to a party, with games and latkes and such; I got in a four-handed game of Scrabble and a couple of rounds of Fluxx and then decided it would make sense to go home before I was worn out. I realized after I got home Sunday night that all three days had felt delayed, in various ways; some plan-changing and extra bus trips on my way over to Adrian's Friday; delays getting up, out, and to lunch on Saturday; and an annoying 40 minutes waiting for a bus in the rain on my way back to South Station Sunday. But Adrian and I were also closer to being on the same schedule than usual (I tend to wake up early), which was pleasant.

When I got back to Inwood, I saw that we have five new street trees along Isham Street, in spaces prepared in the concrete some weeks ago. They all have numerical tags; two of the five also have "One in a million" labels tags with the name of the tree written on them. The tags say those two are American elms. I am surprised and pleased. (Elsewhere, I've seen trees labeled Zelkova (also elm genus) and hackberry.)

I now have enough hats. I tend to lose hats, not so much the way other people lose gloves as putting them down on park benches, tables at diners, buses, and such. Sometimes I find nice hats to replace them: one of the nicest hats I've lost was one I bought in Paris to replace one that I seem to have left near the Eiffel Tower. (The replacement was left behind after a meal during Minicon a few years ago.) So, Adrian just got me eight hats. That's enough that I can shove a hat in a coat pocket and not miss it when wearing a different coat (I had thought I'd lost my magenta "turtle fur" hat and it turns out it was in my parka). It's also enough that if/when I lose one, I can just grab another. These are plain hats (mostly black, but one each in purple, gray, and white), and all eight fit into a gallon zip-lock bag.

I am in the middle of too many books, in part because I was close enough to the end of Golden Witchbreed that I wanted a fresh book to take with me this weekend. And one of my library books is due December 24, two-week loan instead of three, and not renewable, because it's relatively new. I will start that as soon as I finish at least one of the current books.

I went to the gym after work, and had a decent workout.
( numbers, as usual )

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Praise then darkness, and creation unfinished

My neighborhood, two days ago

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