By Lambert Strether of Corrente.
Readers, whereas photographing at this time, I used to be stepping again to get my topic correctly framed after I felt my foot strike vacancy. Then I fell backwards onto a concrete walkway. Whereas falling, I cradled the digicam with my physique, in order that’s alright, however I sprained my decrease again badly. Sitting at my desk isn’t on. So I’m retiring to my mattress with some precise painkillers from the pharmacy. I ought to be again in kind tomorrow. In the meantime, that is an open thread. –lambert
Contact data for vegetation: Readers, be at liberty to contact me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, to (a) learn the way to ship me a verify in case you are allergic to PayPal and (b) to learn the way to ship me pictures of vegetation. Greens are fantastic! Fungi, lichen, and coral are deemed to be honorary vegetation! If you’d like your deal with to seem as a credit score, please place it firstly 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. From CG:
That is bee balm. Bee balm is considered one of my favourite flowers. Hummingbirds find it irresistible, and it’s invasive, so plant a bit, get loads. Bee balm additionally allows me to indicate of considered one of my only a few bits of precise botanical knwowledge: Bee balm has a sq. stem, so it’s within the mint household.
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