Say your piece and sail away until the tide's in

[sovay]

I checked in on the magnolia. It seemed to be doing all right.



The shadow of the house we live in fell so nicely on the garage that isn't ours.



It would probably not have occurred to me to decorate my front yard with a wagon wheel, but I am delighted that it occurred to someone else. With the green leaves winding its spokes, it looks like a Tarot card.



As promised, the magnolia. The telephone pole stayed out of shot this time.

I could not get a picture of the two raptors we saw circling over the Tufts campus, and the weeping cherry discovered at a local intersection was so barely in bloom that it seemed unfair. I will return for it.

I am trying to figure out if our upstairs neighbors are watching a period drama or just listening to music, because first I heard "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" and then "Anji," both of which are extremely recognizable echoing through our ceiling.

Comments

[aurumcalendula]

Those are gorgeous photos!

[hyarrowen]

That magnolia is an absolute picture! Do you happen to know what species it is? I love them all, and will admit to being a bit nerdy.

[luzula]

As I first learned the word "raptor" by reading Jurassic Park in middle school, I always picture dinosaurs when I hear it...

[shewhomust]

Well yes, OK, any music belongs to its own period, I suppose - but that is totally not what I think of when you say 'period drama'. Now I feel very old (which admittedly I am).

[mrissa]

Is a wagon wheel for a yard decoration uncommon there, then? It's very common here. If it's regional I wonder what region.

[davidgillon]

The cherry in my garden just opened up its first blossom. So we promptly had a gale, and then today we had hailstones. Surprisingly the blossom is still there.

[selkie]

It used to mean the person/family wouldn’t go roaming again. You do not generally see them in the same neighborhood as Bathtub Marys, for whatever that’s ethnographically worth.