Red Hot Romance

Give us a cuddle

love; don’t mind the pixie dust,

gift of me to you

-o.o-

Willowy – UPDATED

Put up your dukes, pal

octopussywillow* packs

one heckuva punch

-o.o-

*thanks, Robin

This is a wider view of the flowers. The actual size of a single bloom is probably 5 – 7mm. I really don’t know for certain what kind of tree this is, but it looks as though it should be some kind of willow – long, drapey viney branches, small pointy leaves, sturdy trunk. Unpruned, the branches would sweep the ground. The flowers are almost unnoticeable, unless you’re paying attention.

It’s not a weeping willow, but beyond that I don’t know. I am certain it’s not an Arizona native, though.

Second Update: Walt has discovered what my tree is – it’s a mayten, not a willow, something I’d never heard of before. They should have called it a pseudowillow

Perspective

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To a seeker’s I

big is small and small is big;

truthy inversions

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-o.o-

Look!

(click for holy frickin’ HUGE!)

Peering down into

the expounding microverse

it’s peering right back!

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That noise you hear? That would be me, making giddy little sounds of utter delight. I’m getting the hang of this Eyeclops gizmo, and with the help of a good flashlight and a piece of clear plastic (for a stable, transparent surface to help stay in focus), I’m getting some interesting images; so much so that I just couldn’t wait. When I uploaded my initial pictures this morning, I was surprised at how big they actually are – I was expecting some grainy 400 x 600 size photos, but if you click the pic you’ll see they’re quite a bit bigger.

Focusing is tricky – it could definitely have been designed better, but since they made this as a kids toy they probably figured it didn’t matter much; I can live with it. This gizmo also does video, but I don’t have any plans for that yet.

That’s a leaf, by the way.