By Lambert Strether of Corrente.
Pricey Readers, I’m filling the fireworks with gunpowder in preparation for the night’s festivities, so that is an open thread. Speak amongst yourselves, and the happiest of Glad New Years to you all. –lambert
Chicken Music of the Day
Northern Mockingbird, Rochester Park–Texas Buckeye Path, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.
Utagawa Hiroshige, Fireworks at Ryōgoku Bridge, from the collection One Hundred Well-known Views of Edo.
Contact info for vegetation: Readers, be at liberty to contact me at lambert [UNDERSCORE] strether [DOT] corrente [AT] yahoo [DOT] com, to (a) learn how to ship me a examine if you’re allergic to PayPal and (b) to learn how to ship me photos of vegetation. Greens are positive! Fungi, lichen, and coral are deemed to be honorary vegetation! In order for you your deal with to seem as a credit score, please place it in the beginning of your mail in parentheses: (thus). In any other case, I’ll anonymize by utilizing your initials. See the earlier Water Cooler (with plant) right here. From TF:
TF writes: “Thanks to your considerate writing. You recognized lichen as an honorary plant, so I believed you would possibly prefer to see it beneath UV. From the wilds of Montana the place I reside – it’s actually a Final Finest Place. Now we have so many stellar out of doors alternatives in our state – give a shout when you ever get out right here!”
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