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Really, it comes up all the time. Life is just a bowl of drupes. Extra virgin drupe oil. Drupy keen.
4 years agoDrupe!
I will have to try to use that in conversation.
Nope, it’s not a berry, though I wasn’t clear on the difference until you asked. A drupe is a stone fruit (pitted). Other examples of drupes include cherries, peaches, and olives. So think of this as a cluster of miniature cherries.
4 years agoThanks for the new word :-). Are you sure they're not berries?
4 years agoPerhaps, but it doesn’t really look like what I remember. If I see it again I’ll get a close-up.
4 years agoSeed pods sure look like mustard.
4 years agoYellow stuff might be flowery hawkweed.
https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Hieracium%20floribundum
Really. Feels like a once in a lifetime event.
4 years agoIt was a surprise to us too. The Skagit Valley is famous for its flower displays in the spring, but I didn’t realize that included potatoes.
4 years agoThat otter experience .. how lucky!
4 years agoIf I saw a painted version of this scene, I wouldn't believe that the colorful stripes were real.
Another great spot for a comfortable bench!
Thanks, Carolyn. I’m feeling guardedly optimistic that we’ll be going to Croatia soon and that the country will come to its senses this fall, but then optimism to the point of stupidity has been my calling card for a long time.
4 years agoChicken? There’s no chicken here. Just ducks and juncos.
4 years agoYou’ll be interested to know that I remembered how ‘foop’ made its way into my vocabulary. It’s from a spoonerism of one fell swoop, I think from a comic strip or Mad Magazine. One swell foop is a big improvement, don’t you think?
At this point, all options are on the table but Croatia is still the goal. In fact, we’re looking at adjusting our plans over the coming weeks and leaving in mid-August instead and staying in Croatia longer, assuming we can still get in. We’ve contacted Kaiser, and it sounds like we can schedule a test and have results back in 24-48 hours, delivered electronically. So that’s promising, if it holds up.
So, lots of research still. Can we enter with results shipped electronically, for example? And if we enter quarantine because they aren’t available yet, can we get out once our (presumably negative) results come through?
What an honor! If only that booth was open with some free ice cream bars.
4 years agoI wonder what this is really all about? I couldn't find anything on the interwebs.