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it's hot w/ dragonflies. & recipes - garlic scapes.
- mushroomscape - 2 dream deer. coyotes, a pheasant, hawks. and one fine bush lily.  stem of flowers, palm No. 4 of 4. synonyms... common names: parlor palm, parlour palm, neanthe bella palm, good luck palm. Genus: Chamaedorea. rainforest, understory, tropical & sub-tropical. southern Mexico, Guatemala, central America. the unopened inflorescences are edible.
begonias have been blooming all winter. the plants are robust. it's -35C.  starting to unravel the geraniums. thinking about seeds, seeding. it's -36C.  dagnabbit. a newt died, 18. or 19 or 20 years old. it's -39C.
snow fell again. 6-7-8 hours or so of daylight, 5x as much snow as usual. overall, piles, overcast monochromia, polar vortex. ice, frost quakes, phat frost, flash freeze... freezes.  palm flowers (4 stems) january 1st was new moon. palm study. geranium cuttings = root tangles.
purple snow @purpledawn and full moonsets—tinsel, glitter, frost. the parlour palm is at it again. snowdrifts, blizzards. chipmunk (or a red squirrel). white, white hares with charcoal ear tips. the deer, mice, bluejays, chickadees, owls, coyotes, ravens, 100huddled geese, northern flicker, crows, skunks, porcupine. lots of tracks and a sundog.  moon, 13 october 2013 comet ison is not to be seen.
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