Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come. — Thomas Carlyle
*sigh* I hope he’s right. I really, really hope he’s right.
Rain, rain, go away…and leave daffodils in your wake.
The view today
And yet, there’s still something valuable about all this rain.
Cherry blossoms, the promise of Spring.
Today’s Theme Thursday is: Season
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From Wikipedia: “Rust is a general term for describing iron oxides….the term is applied to red oxides, formed by the reaction of iron and oxygen in the presence of water or air moisture. There are also other forms of rust, such as the result of the reaction of iron and chloride in an environment deprived of oxygen…”
Yup. A little metal. A little salt air.
Reaction.
Photographic magic.
Copyright 2010, Karen Fayeth
Today’s Theme Thursday is: Reaction.
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Over the many years of our association, The Good Man and I have run into quite a few “well I’ll be darned” moments. New York boy and New Mexico girl are sometimes worlds apart in our life experiences.
The latest came around when we moved into our new apartment home. I’ve lived in huge apartment complexes, six unit buildings, and the last place I lived was a duplex.
And at each of those places, they way you got rid of your trash was to schlep it downstairs to the big metal trash bins in the parking lot.
But our new place has a curiosity….a trash chute! This blows my tiny little mind. I’ve never even seen one much less lived somewhere with one.
This is the coolest thing EVER.
So beautifully unobtrusive
Ok, that hole is a little scary, but rather effective
It’s a pretty, shiny bit of steel. Open the convenient door, drop in my trash, close the door, dust off my hands and whistle a happy tune.
It’s just down the hall and around a corner from my place. I can even slip out there in the morning in my nightgown and bare feet. Fabulous!
The other day, The Good Man put some boxes down the chute and said he was pretty sure they were stuck. I suggested he send a bowling ball down after it. He wasn’t amused.
See, he’s used to the Super getting really mad when the trash chute gets blocked. Me, I don’t know from a Super or a trash chute, so I have the luxury of just being a wise ass.
So The Good Man is all “yeah, whatever” and I’m all “whooooooo!” about this feature of our home.
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Next time, on Intercontinental relations, we’ll discuss “Why are the traffic lights in New Mexico horizontal, that’s just weird” (him) counterbalanced against “Why doesn’t California use mile markers? No wonder you people drive like crap.” (me)
Tuesday’s just as bad.
Wednesday’s worse.
And Thursday’s also sad.
Photos from the parking lot at my apartments this morning, after a very rainy night. These muddy waters are silt washing down from the building just above us on the hill. The dirt is washing out and down a wall and down our drain.
This worries me.
And yet…it’s kind of pretty.
From the earth to the sewer
It’s like my own little Milky Way
The building’s not falling down the hill tomorrow. Or next week. But slowly and surely, the land is washing away.
Many years in the Bay Area and this still baffles me.
Photos Copyright 2012, Karen Fayeth and subject to the Creative Commons in the right column of this page. Photos taken with an iPhone4s and the Camera+ app. *Post inspired by a rainy day and the bluesman named Muddy Waters.
In a poll released Tuesday by the Public Policy Polling, California was the least popular state in the United States. Only 27 percent of Americans hold a favorable view of the Golden State compared to the 44 percent who view it unfavorably.
The gap of 17 points puts California far behind Illinois (19 favorable, 29 not) and New Jersey (25 favorable, 32 not) as the least liked state in America.
Worse than New Jersey? That hurts.
And further from the Not Very Shocking Files:
Democrats love California; Republicans can’t stand it. The opposite is true of Texas.
Yeah, yeah. Sometimes I still can’t believe I live here either. Though I have to say that most people’s opinions of California are formed by what they see on TV, and most notably what they see on TV related to Los Angeles.
There’s an awful lot going on here you don’t see on reality TV. Just sayin’
Story Source.
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