Oh, it’s a long, long time from May to December
But the days grow short when you reach September
And as the days grow short, the goldenrods burst into bloom. At the same time, hay fever afflicts the allergic. The goldenrods are the showiest, most visible plants of the season, and they are all over the place. So people take concurrence to be causation, and blame the goldenrods. But it’s not their fault.
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It starts with this dish, as offered by the restaurant Reposado in Palo Alto:
COCHINITA PIBIL / 26
Pork marinated in achiote & citrus slowly braised in banana leaves, habanero mango & jicama pico de gallo, creamy jasmine rice with rajas
In a photo taken at the restaurant by James Higa [you can see some of the rice, but not the pico de gallo]:
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This is an assemblage of plant families that have been mentioned on this blog but not treated in any detail (I might well have missed some). I’ll start with those from my “Birthday flowers” posting, which referred to the olive family (including the genera Syringa and Jasminum) and to the violet family (including the genus Viola) and will lead to a few other families. Then I’ll go back through earlier postings, starting in 2012 and pick up some more.
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Following up on my 8/26 posting on vining invasives, one more from visits to the Gamble Garden in Palo Alto: the trumpet vine, Campsis radicans, which leads us to other vines in its plant family, the Bignoniaceae (among them the crossvine, Bignonia capreolata), and to some non-vining plants. And then another vining invasive, the dreadful Oriental bittersweet, Celastrus orbiculatus.
The invasives tend to be multiple-threat plants: they smother the competition, spread by creeping, and/or distribute their seeds widely, especially when their fruits are eaten by birds or other creatures.
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Today’s Zippy continues a soap-operatic alternative-world story line in which Zippy has abandoned Zerbina in favor of her friend Chlorine. Poindexter barbats are once again prominent, and not only is Latvian referred to, it’s actually quoted.
Stop talking! Just kiss me!!
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Latest offer from Daily Jocks, with an AMZ caption and some references:
In his guise as the designer
Gabrielle Marcuse.
Marcus created a unique
Line of very low-rise
Marxist swimwear.
References: Marcuse Designer Mens Swimwear & Underwear, Herbert Marcuse.
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From Ned Deily on Facebook, a photo of the Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game for small children, which invited jokey comments playing on nuts ‘testicles’. And from there to other expressions for the testicles: play ball!
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Yesterday’s investigations into plants, focusing on names, both common and botanical: mail from a friend, a gift plant for my birthday, and grass plants for cooking.
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The latest offer from Daily Jocks, with an AMZ caption:
Energized by his new gym
Shorts, Tony became a
Sexual powerhouse, and
With the ability to
Walk up walls.
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