By Lambert Strether of Corrente.
Readers, whereas photographing right this moment, 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 just isn’t on. So I’m retiring to my mattress with some precise painkillers from the pharmacy. I ought to be again in type tomorrow. In the meantime, that is an open thread. –lambert
Contact data for vegetation: Readers, be happy to contact me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, to (a) learn how to ship me a verify if you’re allergic to PayPal and (b) to learn how to ship me photographs 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 in the beginning of your mail in parentheses: (thus). In any other case, I’ll anonymize through the use of your initials. See the earlier Water Cooler (with plant) right here. From CG:
That is bee balm. Bee balm is one among my favourite flowers. Hummingbirds adore it, and it’s invasive, so plant a bit, get loads. Bee balm additionally permits me to point out of one among 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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