Hot diggity dogwood

[icepixie]

I know, I know, I'm totally spamming you today, but I noticed that the dogwoods had burst into bloom practically overnight,* and so here are some photos.







(I have an inordinate fondness for shots like these, where blossoms and sky fill the whole frame. I'm not sure why.)







Pansies! I love their little faces.



Herb garden, somewhat re-arranged from the last time I took a picture of it.



I really want to take a picture of this without a reflection of the camera/me in it, but I have yet to figure out how to do so.



I don't know what these are, or even if they're wild or cultivated, but they're attractive, aren't they?

In other news, it is EIGHTY-NINE DEGREES RIGHT NOW. I very much approve of winter getting its butt out of here, but this is a little much for the beginning of April. (I think I said that last year. Last summer was particularly hellish. This does not bode well.)

* My mother claims they've been blooming for a week and I just haven't noticed, which...is not entirely unlikely, but I remain dubious.

Comments

[celamity]

I approve, especially of the reflection photo :) Unfortunately, there is no way to take that photo without having the camera in it. (Okay, so you could rig a mirror, but the mirror would have to be in the photo)

[icepixie]

Thanks!

I'm thinking I might set the camera up on my tripod. I don't entirely object to the camera being in it, but I took some shots holding the camera, and I very much object to the distortion the ball did to my body. ;)

[pezprez.livejournal.com]

Ooo pretty! It's warmer there than it is here. Been having 'springlike' weather lately in LA. Looking forward to something above 65 soon.

[icepixie]

I think it might be warmer here than it is in LA for roughly half the year. ;) Personally, I'd like a return to 75. I'll even take 80 if I must. Thankfully the heatwave is going to break on Monday and things will go back to something resembling normal.

[rowdycamels.livejournal.com]

Okay, that's it, I'm migrating south, NOW. Be there in five min.

(Tomorrow is supposed to be our first day above 70. I'm going to the beach!)

[laserhead.livejournal.com]

I totally know what you mean.

[icepixie]

Join me! Though you might change your mind when June rolls around.

[rowdycamels.livejournal.com]

But in the South I would have air-conditioning!

[icepixie]

But you still have to go to and from your car. And some days are hot enough that AC doesn't actually help very much...

[rowdycamels.livejournal.com]

That's another thing! In the South I would have a car! Bus stops are not air-conditioned!

And some days are hot enough that AC doesn't actually help very much...

Dude, when it's 95 here, all I have is my ceiling fan. I disbelieve your A/C woes. :D

[icepixie]

That's another thing! In the South I would have a car! Bus stops are not air-conditioned!

You have a point there...

Dude, when it's 95 here, all I have is my ceiling fan. I disbelieve your A/C woes. :D

Dude, how often does it actually hit 95 in Chicago? ;) (Although 95 with only a ceiling fan would suck mightily even if it were only for a day...)

[kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com]

Pretty! We are similarly hot today, but since it's only supposed to get into the 70s tomorrow we are just harshing it out sans AC. It's rough.

[icepixie]

Thanks!

One nice thing about a heat pump/AC system is that it's no big deal to switch from one to another. Just a flick of the thermostat and ahhhh, AC. Helpful when Mother Nature's schizophrenia starts acting up. (It was in the thirties on Thursday. Oy.)

[pinkorchid.livejournal.com]

Nice pics!!

[icepixie]

Thanks!