Author: eklastic

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Chinese stachyurus

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The Chinese stachyurus is called Japanese stachyurus in Germany, which is wrong because it occurs naturally in China and Taiwan.  But I guess it was named at a time when everything further than a couple of hundred kilometres was considered far, and everything in Asia lumped together as exotic.

Linked to Sunshine’s Macro Monday.

rise and look around you

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2014 clarity a

2014 clarity b

We can still walk if not in groups and the weather these past days has been glorious.  So much so that it is starting to freak me out a little; almost too good to be true.

The title is from this song:

On a clear day
Rise and look around you
And you’ll see who you are.
On a clear day
How it will astound you
That the glow of your being outshines ev’ry star.

You’ll feel part of ev’ry mountain sea and shore.
You can hear, from far and near,
A world you’ve never heard before.
And on a clear day…
On that clear day…
You can see forever and ever more!

Here is a link to the Barbra Streisand version.

For more Friday Fun: Clarity click here.

Top hat

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A follow up to yesterday’s snow covered tops, I give you a snowman and his inevitable demise. This year the traditional burning of a snowman to drive away winter has been cancelled due to you know what. 

A snowman needs to wear a top hat.  It’s a given.

This is my fifth top square for Becky’s April Square Challenge.

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Snow capped tops

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A flashback (we had no significant fall of snow this year).  Because snow always comes from the top and lands on the top and covers the top (first).

This is my fourth top square for Becky’s April Square Challenge.

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