oscillight

today's twitterings

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going out in glory

red huckleberries (vaccinium parvifolium) is so unassuming that its light, feathery foliage blends in everywhere in summer, and the small flowers are green, as are the berries when unripe. but the first tiny outside scales of the leaf buds in spring are nearly the same colour as the leaves in autumn, and at both times they're the only thing around with that colour.

the berries are tasty, but it's lots of work to pick them, and i admit, i like the small shrubs for their airy foliage.

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i got miffed that my schedule tried to shift itself around again, and forced myself to stay up all day -- with the result that i got nothing much done watched two movies, "extract" and "cloudy with a chance of meatballs" both of which were not bad, but of course i am now too tired to say anything relevant about them. i really enjoyed the animation in the latter; sony imageworks did a fantastic job; inventive design and fast-paced action with a lot of witty sight gags. i'll watch it again because i know i missed a lot.