Red Cross doesn’t have a building in Ventura, so they set up their blood drives in random temporary locations. Today’s was at San Buenaventura State Beach, and I had just a few minutes to record the view before being called in to donate.
Bodie had been sick for a few days; we called the mobile vet and the lovely Dr Tess came to care for us. That was a few days ago. The dog is on the mend, it seems!
When I get curious about something I have previously taken for granted, my little mind is blown by all the things I do not know.
On the way back from Carpinteria, I stopped at the flower stand on Highway 150 and bought myself a little treat.
More new botanical vocabulary. Pappus! Achene!
Very fast sketch while waiting at a cafe.
Just when I thought I knew the parts of a flower, glumes and lemma and lodicules come along.
Bodie is getting bony in her old age, so I purchased a new bed, thick and cushy. She often prefers to be on the bare floor, closer to one of us. And even when she does use the bed, there’s usually a significant portion of her body down on the floor.
Funny the things one recalls from youth. I remember learning about monocotyledons and dicotyledons, and just loving those words. I was probably insufferable, informing disinterested people about the difference. (Grasses are monocots, having only a single cotyledon). See, I’m still doing it. 😂
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