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pasque flowers

4/4/2015

 
pasque flowers
... several days of crocus blooms. bonus, a total lunar eclipse at dawn goddess, Ēostre-Ostara, so a weekend of number 3 tetradiness and plenty of bluish purple flowers. apr 1 was first sighting.

computus: ecclesiastical full moons; council of nicea. first council of nicea. easter-ostara is on the first sun day (Sól, diēs Dominica, Ra Day) after the paschal-passover full moon on or after mar 21, a fixed date, spring equinoxish on gregorian calendar. on julian time easter is apr 12. sister sun, brother moon. sun-Sól (sunday) is the sister of brother moon-Mani (monday). their father is Mundilfari, one of Saturn's (saturday) 62 moons. newton said the moon falls every day.
arctic sage
wild sage sprig
newton said the moon falls every day.newton said the moon falls every dayit's anemone-windflower-buttercup Greek ἄνεμος-anemos Cold Wind Day, with pasque and a few airy snow flakes. the plant has deep roots. ploughing disrupts its fungal partners. bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) was green in march. ermine was white in january. magpie is collecting twigs.

-29C

11/12/2014

 
sedum
sedums were still blooming last week, hardy and beautiful plants, weird architecture, a rooming house for ladybugs and fungus gnats. 

it's cold as (-20F, snow, a polar vortex).

it's warming up

3/6/2014

 
geese are flying, 2 large flocks. it's -17C (1F) or -24C (-11F) wind chill.
ice balloons
ice garden
jackrabbits, a bit of grey. a bald eagle fly-by. light sunsnowers.

indoorsy

2/8/2014

 
begonias have been blooming all winter. the plants are robust. it's -35C.
Picture
starting to unravel the geraniums. thinking about seeds, seeding. it's -36C.
Picture
dagnabbit. a newt died, 18. or 19 or 20 years old. it's -39C.

a bit of a snow storm

4/15/2013

 
again. this one is a blanket. there have been granule flurries, light rains, pellets, ice crystals in the air, drizzle and mist (last week), fogs and winds. 
sun, ice crystals
sun - ice crystals
with a few clear days. what is blue? a 2013 project: taking a shot of the full moon every month, which adds up to one group of 12 moons, in a year of comets. it's been too overcast.
full moon, jupiter jan 26 2013
january 26, 2013, moon and jupiter
that was the one & only one, so far. just as well. the frost is trippy.
besides.
April snow.ers
bring May flow.ers

jackrabbits: their backs are smoothing in colour, nice grey carapaces.

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