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Friday, May 11, 2018

Patterns

 Sharing some old photos that capture patterns where nature intersects with man...so to speak.

Wisteria branches in winter sun against the Biltmore mansion, Asheville NC 2015

A pattern that is awe inspiring in nature! Can you spell Fibonacci?


A hive of honey bees serving its queen


My cat, another queen, who's patterns are mostly random looking


Another random patterning, construction junk!  The renovations of our apartments in 2015 meant baths and kitchens were completely remodeled...thus many residents stayed in motels or moved elsewhere.
My living room windows provide daily joy and changing light patterns of trees, leaves, sometimes mountains, and just a few birds and squirrels.
Back to winter sun and cat loving a warm spot in a woven patterned chair.
A flower quilt at the North Carolina Arboretum...kind of freshly planted, the pattern is just discernible!

A nice idea to look into past photos to find something along a theme that Sepia Saturday has proposed. I chose to match just the subject of patterns.  But I can't wait to see what the other Sepia folks have come up with for this photo...


"The Longest Lunch Counter in the World.  F. W. Woolworth Co. - 431 So. Broadway, Los Angeles, California."

Saturday, December 12, 2015

In the hood again

 We've had such warm weather the heat hasn't had much work to do...and of course it's almost solstice, so lots of sun is coming in the southern windows. The geraniums think it's spring, but are still a bit gangly.

For about 3 minutes today the sun hit the fish tank...which it will do for the next 2 weeks probably.


The landscaping consists of areas of straw (maybe to be grass come spring) and mulch. 
 Some bushes have been left, as well as one little dogwood on the north side of the house, where there isn't as much space.  The mulch has a pungent odor like creosote.  I've had to avoid being around it much because it irritates my throat.
A new step has been added to my entrance

And every other board of the porch was replaced.  There were some rotten ones, so this is nice.
The work is almost over.  The huge storage containers that the contractor used have been hauled away, and I am pretty sure the big green monster tractor is also gone...which was used to move things from one area to another, as well as lift them and place them where needed.

Yesterday there was a man standing in the driveway or outside the office holding a clip board, watching the workers pressure wash the parking lot.  I got my car out of there before they replaced the dirt which I'd just gotten washed off...at a car wash.  The watcher was probably one of the inspectors we've been expecting.  I hope if he came in my house he didn't mind pottery scattered everywhere!

Yes it has been in the 60's all week, and is due to be so again today.  Very strange December weather.  But due to be cold again by Christmas.

Today's Quote:


Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama