By Lambert Strether of Corrente
Affected person readers, that is an open thread and I need to now go on to eviscerate Ron Klain. Such was not my intent, however a sequence of minor logistical points because of the time change interfered, like me sleeping very badly. I’ll make it as much as you tomorrow. –lambert strether
Contact info for vegetation: Readers, be at liberty to contact me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, to (a) learn how to ship me a test if you’re allergic to PayPal and (b) to learn how to ship me photographs of vegetation. Greens are superb! Fungi and coral are deemed to be honorary vegetation! If you need your deal with to seem as a credit score, please place it in the beginning of your mail in parentheses: (thus). In any other case, I’ll anonymize by utilizing your initials. See the earlier Water Cooler (with plant) right here. Right now’s plant (TH):
TH writes: “I went for a stroll at a park in Irvine (Kenneth Mason park), hoping to spy the golden eagle somebody I met whereas photographing the Monarchs earlier this month had talked about. I didn’t spot the eagle, and the smaller birds weren’t being cooperative, however the lighting on the sugar sumac and bees contented me.”
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Right here is the display that may seem, which I’ve helpfully annotated.
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