Suddenly Spring

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Originally uploaded by ellarien.

There are buds on the cholla and the hedgehog cacti, and the Texas mountain laurel bushes are in full boozy-smelling purple bloom. I went to check on the further-flung orchid tree; I've seen it looking more impressive, but there were a couple of mourning doves just sitting there, almost too close to zoom.

Ark of Truth

Thanks to the nice people at the Phoenix Amazon depot, my copy of Stargate: The Ark of Truth arrived this morning.

My question is, how much of SG:Atlantis should I have seen before watching it? According to Wikipedia it takes place "before season 4". I'm current up to the end of S2 at present; I have the S3 DVDs but haven't watched them yet. (In the absence of much in the way of new TV drama, I've mostly been watching old Dickens and Austen adaptations, and rewatching early SG1.)