Pinkish sky and swans
Random 5
1. On some winter mornings when the sky to the south is ALMOST totally obscured by clouds over Lake Ontario, the light has a pink, coral, or yellow cast. It's probably pollution...but it's pretty, especially when the landscape is mostly whites, browns and greys.
2. Hooray for honest car mechanics! Last week our car was stuck in PARK in a local grocery store parking lot.
Our long-time mechanic drove my husband to where the car was stuck,
determined the problem was a burnt-out fuse, and charged us for a couple of fuses and
his time. A dishonest mechanic could have claimed the car needed a
new transmission.
3. I bought a small bunch of tulips last week. Did you know that you can
keep them upright in a vase by pricking their stems with a pin just
below the flower?
4. The Monarch butterfly population has declined from between 80 and 90%
since 1996. The main culprit appears to be the herbicide that kills
milkweed, the Monarch's main food source. Recently the presidents of the
U.S. and Mexico and the prime minister of Canada agreed at a NAFTA
(North America Free Trade Agreement) meeting to study the situation -
the Monarch is a symbol of cooperation amongst the three countries. I
hope cooperation on the monarch decline is not too late.
5. I'm reading a collection of short stories by Russian author Anton Chekhov. If you're looking for stories with happy endings, these are NOT for you. Chekhov's stories tend to be open ended in that you have the feeling much has happened before the first chapter and that the characters live on once the story is finished. If you are curious about what life was like for Russians during the last two decades of the 20th-century (a few years before the Russian Revolution and communism), Chekhov's works are goldmines.
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