Notes | Brutkey

Apricot tree sap

Thick strands of orange and red tree sap on the side of an apricot tree, brilliant in the sun

Random childhood memory:
Even as a child, I looked at this packaging, and asked myself, "What kind of weirdo doesn't spread the butter first before pouring the syrup?"
#food

A box of Mrs. Butter-worth's pancake mix, featuring a stack of pancakes with a solid pat of butter on top and syrup dripping down the sides

dillyd
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One of the dahlia mixes I planted has a variety of reds and yellow, and also red and yellow together in the same flower. My favorite color combo.
#bloomscrolling #dahlia

A beautiful dahlia with red petals streaked with yellow, against blue sky and green trees, in full sun.

dillyd
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lol "remove labels"

Picture of a label with preparation instructions. The very first sentence is "remove the plastic lid and labels", and the photo shows that it's actually impossible to remove the labels. An attempt has been made, but most of the label remains firmly attached. Also, the instructions are on the bottom of the package, so you have to hold it over your head in order to read it, or else mess up the contents by turning them upside down.

dillyd
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The sky is blue and the rowan berries are orange.
Last year I saw somebody's rowan tree full of berries, from a distance, and I said to myself, I want that tree. Fortunately/unfortunately I had an opening in my yard after the spruce tree fell on the house during a big storm.
#RowanBerries #rowan

A cluster of orange rowan berries between two small branches of bright green leaves, like arms holding out their offering.

Another cluster of rowan berries, this time looking straight up the tree so we can the top, and various other clusters of berries.

dillyd
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I'm going to harvest some of this today, before the heat wave starts. It's still beautifully cool this morning.
#bloomscrolling #lavender

Sprigs of lavender with their still closed purple buds, against the background of their own greenery, in solstice late afternoon sunlight

dillyd
@dillyd@turtleisland.social

The harvest. The air was cool and I was wearing my new head net so the mosquitoes couldn't get me.
#lavender

A beige wicker basket full of harvested lavender, with the green stems to the right and the blue flowers to the left. A bit of sun is sifting through some overhead leaves, highlighting some the flowers in spots

dillyd
@dillyd@turtleisland.social

I'm going to harvest some of this today, before the heat wave starts. It's still beautifully cool this morning.
#bloomscrolling #lavender

dillyd
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Bridge reflections

a ground level view of a puddle on a pedestrian bridge, giving a perfect reflection of the concrete sides and metal fences on both sides of the bridge, as well as the partially cloudy sky.

dillyd
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Marseille sunset

The sun is setting between two buildings. Two people are bicycling past and a few other people are standing or walking

dillyd
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I didn't edit this except to crop it. Kind of an interesting eerie sunset skyline.

Train tracks in the foreground, and the Montreal skyline at sunset on the horizon. There is a large yellow glow surrounded by orange over the buildings. The buildings are silhouettes, but they look pale gray, not black. The tail tracks reflect the sunset colors of yellow and orange.