Mysterious plant
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livingdebCan you identify this plant?
What I'm really wondering is whether this is a lovely volunteer which I should cherish, or at least water, or whether this is something I should chop down immediately while it's still possible.
In other news, we are taking a short trip to Phoenix tomorrow. Because it's not hot enough here. Actually, there's this exciting driving school Robin wants to go to. Also a world-class pizzeria and a Frank Lloyd Wright house.
Already the plans are partly foiled--the pizzeria is closed for a two-week summer break.
I finally, this evening, called my relatives who live in Phoenix, and they are still available to meet me for brunch on Sunday.
Local news item of the day - Austin now has reverse-angle parking along Dean Keaton. (Note: when the article linked above was written, this newfangled parking was still in the future.) This is sort of like the angled parking on Congress, only the other direction. This makes it harder to pull into, but easier to pull out of. There's room for more spaces per linear foot along the edge of a road than with parallel parking, but it takes up more space in the other (horizontal) dimension. Dean Keaton has lost a driving lane in both directions but gained a bicycle lane and some parking spaces. It may also be a little safer to park there.
They should have used pick-up trucks instead of sedans to illustrate the parking in that article. It's much easier to tell which direction pick-up trucks are facing.
What I'm really wondering is whether this is a lovely volunteer which I should cherish, or at least water, or whether this is something I should chop down immediately while it's still possible.
In other news, we are taking a short trip to Phoenix tomorrow. Because it's not hot enough here. Actually, there's this exciting driving school Robin wants to go to. Also a world-class pizzeria and a Frank Lloyd Wright house.
Already the plans are partly foiled--the pizzeria is closed for a two-week summer break.
I finally, this evening, called my relatives who live in Phoenix, and they are still available to meet me for brunch on Sunday.
Local news item of the day - Austin now has reverse-angle parking along Dean Keaton. (Note: when the article linked above was written, this newfangled parking was still in the future.) This is sort of like the angled parking on Congress, only the other direction. This makes it harder to pull into, but easier to pull out of. There's room for more spaces per linear foot along the edge of a road than with parallel parking, but it takes up more space in the other (horizontal) dimension. Dean Keaton has lost a driving lane in both directions but gained a bicycle lane and some parking spaces. It may also be a little safer to park there.
They should have used pick-up trucks instead of sedans to illustrate the parking in that article. It's much easier to tell which direction pick-up trucks are facing.
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on 2009-08-29 02:47 am (UTC)no subject
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