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Patient readers, the post on the latest Trump assassination attempt, took much longer than I expected, and so I had to cut my prep and writing time for Water Cooler. I’ll make it up to you tomorrow, I swear!
Bird Song of the Day
I say stick with the catbirds!
Gray Catbird, Shadehill State Rec Area – Merrimans Grove, Perkins, South Dakota, United States.
Contact information for plants: Readers, feel free to contact me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, to (a) find out how to send me a check if you are allergic to PayPal and (b) to find out how to send me images of plants. Vegetables are fine! Fungi, lichen, and coral are deemed to be honorary plants! If you want your handle to appear as a credit, please place it at the start of your mail in parentheses: (thus). Otherwise, I will anonymize by using your initials. See the previous Water Cooler (with plant) here. From TH:
TH writes: ” Aeonium haworthii, also known as Haworth’s aeonium or pinwheel— I don’t blame you if you wish that bee were in focus— I liked the background and colors of this one. Disappointing harvest? He appears to be going away empty handed.” I’m a big fan of blur, as a technique. What do readers think?
