By Lambert Strether of Corrente.
Merry Christmas, readers! –lambert P.S. I will take Christmas Day off, and return the following day, in full form or not, depending. P.P.S Stay safe out there!
Bird Song of the Day
Stone Partridge, Shai Hills Resource Reserve, Greater Accra, Ghana. “Maybe more, close beside road in grass and scrob. Saw the one calling.” Although no pear tree is present, this is nevertheless a partridge. (Ideally, I would have presented a mockingbird imitating a partridge, but that was beyond my poor powers of search.)
And singing of another sort:
Still brings tears to my eyes, far as I am from it. Strong stuff.
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: “I’m afraid I do not know what tree/bush these leaves belong to. I was at the “Huntington Central Park” in Huntington Beach, Ca. (not to be confused with the Huntington Library and Gardens in Los Angeles) and loved how the sun was spotlighting their vibrant color.” Red and green for the season.
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