We will never run out of trees
So I appear to have a sinus infection, which I don't appreciate, and I don't appreciate the headache and tinnitus it's brought along, either, but today was summery-sunny and I got out of the house for the first time in three days and that was extremely nice. A couple of pictures below.

The lilac beyond the back deck is flowering properly now. The smell drifts in through the kitchen window, which I like much better than whichever of our neighbors occasionally smokes a really acrid weed. Smells of grilling and the bakery on the corner are also acceptable.

Strange figures can sometimes be seen from the other side of the window. The camera foregrounded the screen, but I like the cross-stitch effect.

I took a bunch of documentary photos of the work on the GLX—we were right about the earthworks built to move the rotary drill rig from the bridge out onto the right of way—but I really liked the glow of a greenhouse I had never noticed before on the far side of the tracks.

The plane trees were so beautifully sunlit on Sycamore Street.
It is my intention tonight to sleep more than two and a half hours in half-hour increments, because last night was nonsense. At least we had groceries delivered in the morning.

The lilac beyond the back deck is flowering properly now. The smell drifts in through the kitchen window, which I like much better than whichever of our neighbors occasionally smokes a really acrid weed. Smells of grilling and the bakery on the corner are also acceptable.

Strange figures can sometimes be seen from the other side of the window. The camera foregrounded the screen, but I like the cross-stitch effect.

I took a bunch of documentary photos of the work on the GLX—we were right about the earthworks built to move the rotary drill rig from the bridge out onto the right of way—but I really liked the glow of a greenhouse I had never noticed before on the far side of the tracks.

The plane trees were so beautifully sunlit on Sycamore Street.
It is my intention tonight to sleep more than two and a half hours in half-hour increments, because last night was nonsense. At least we had groceries delivered in the morning.

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Thank you! The crushing headache levels of the first part of this week have mercifully decreased with antibiotics, so now I'm working on being able to breathe through my nose again.
That lilac is VENERABLE.
It grows in the next-door yard and just sways over to our deck. We're the second floor! I really respect it.
Both your cats would make fine cross-stitch patterns. It is odd how people don't work so well in cross-stitch.
I quite like cross-stitch
They have a dragon and some waterfalls, though not strictly in real life or real time. Also they did not stick their landing, but the rest of the show is still splendid.
I am glad to hear about that. I shall do my best to find some local dragons.
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I think screened Spatch is great, but I had trouble imagining the related cross-stitch pattern, whereas Autolycus was already in one. An actual cross-stitcher probably wouldn't have had a problem.
I wish you success in your search for local dragons. It's good to have a quest.
P.
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Oh, that makes sense. I don't do enough cross-stitch (I don't do any cross-stitch) to think in terms of plausible patterns.