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ellarienThere's a clump of prickly-pear-type cacti a mile or so down the road, nothing much to look at most of the time. I noticed this morning that they're in flower, and the flowers are a lovely deep magenta colour. Maybe I could get up early tomorrow and interrupt my trip to work to get a closer look. That type of flower is amazing, but short-lived, and if there's one of those on campus I haven't spotted it yet.
My package, whether or not it actually passed through Wilmington, OH on the way from Nevada -- I suspect not -- is now here. Finally, finally, I have Crystal Soldier, and also Barbara Hambly's historical novel, The Emancipator's Wife, which I've also never seen in a store, though I haven't looked in all that many. I don't have any particular prior interest in Mrs. Lincoln, but I love Hambly's writing enough to let it carry me along through all sorts of places I wouldn't normally choose to go.
I saw two hummingbirds this lunchtime, one feeding from the red tassels of bloom at the tips of an ocotillo and the other zipping around among the orchid tree blossoms. They're amazingly tiny, barely the length or thickness of my little finger; we have insects bigger than that. The orchid trees are magnificent now -- I thought they were impressive when they only had a few flowers out, but now they're completely covered in graceful ivory blooms. No overcast today; the sky was clear, brilliant blue with a pleasantly cool breeze.
My package, whether or not it actually passed through Wilmington, OH on the way from Nevada -- I suspect not -- is now here. Finally, finally, I have Crystal Soldier, and also Barbara Hambly's historical novel, The Emancipator's Wife, which I've also never seen in a store, though I haven't looked in all that many. I don't have any particular prior interest in Mrs. Lincoln, but I love Hambly's writing enough to let it carry me along through all sorts of places I wouldn't normally choose to go.
I saw two hummingbirds this lunchtime, one feeding from the red tassels of bloom at the tips of an ocotillo and the other zipping around among the orchid tree blossoms. They're amazingly tiny, barely the length or thickness of my little finger; we have insects bigger than that. The orchid trees are magnificent now -- I thought they were impressive when they only had a few flowers out, but now they're completely covered in graceful ivory blooms. No overcast today; the sky was clear, brilliant blue with a pleasantly cool breeze.
