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Sunny and windy gap between spells of rain, obviously bicycle weather.  No roadkill to report. 

Our deciduous evergreens (tamaracks, also called larch and hackmatack) are filling in with fresh bright needles, some white water-flower was blooming spikes out in the bog, and white lady-slipper orchids bloomed right at the edge of the road.  I was surprised to see the latter, as they usually stick to the shade.

Rain later, so They say.

15.28 miles, 1:06:50

Date: 2007-06-05 04:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pernishus.livejournal.com
Our deciduous evergreens

"Hmm," remarks Pernicious the Musquodoboit Harbour Farm Cat, and wonders why Maine tamaracks don't turn yellow in the autumn the way Nova Scotian tamaracks do... "Purr-haps," he speculates, "'evergreen' is not quite le mot juste?..."

"Well hack mah tack and call me Microsoft Explorer," drawls Pernicious the Musquodoboit Harbour Farm Cat's faithful amanuensis and general factotum. "Ah do believe you have a point, Pernicious...".

Date: 2007-06-05 04:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jhetley.livejournal.com
Or purr-haps, oh mosquito-bit cat, the author was deliberately setting up dynamic tension between opposed concepts?

Oh, the white water-flower turns out to be wild calla, and the orchid probably a moccasin-flower instead of lady-slipper. Thus, after consultation with our Resident Botanist, based on bicycle observations from 20' away and 15-20 mph...

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