Tree Hugger

It was a really nice day, but I didn't get a good photo on my walk in Crosby Farm. There were lots of people walking at about noon when I was there, many taking their lunch hour to spend some time in the woods.

I had to wait until this evening when the light was slanting from the near sunset to get a photo. UH, PP and I took a walk to Linwood Park to see how the rain garden is doing and to enjoy the evening light. PP fell in love with a cottonwood tree when we went by and it was too good an opportunity to waste. She is a self described tree hugger and this is just more proof. The rain garden that PP helped install last year when working at MCC is doing pretty well. The signs are still up, but they had extra signs today warning of recent chemical applications. I guess they are killing some unwanted flora.



Big upsets at Wimby today. Both Venus and Kin Clijsters were beaten by near unknowns. The only threat left in the four who remain in ladies' singles is Serena Williams, and she is surely the favorite to win another major. There are no sure things, of course. That's why they actually play the matches. The men's quarter finals are tomorrow, and several good matches are likely. It would be nice if Andy Murray, the Scottish local favorite, would rise up and win the championship of the British Empire before some alien shows up, looking like a blancmange and wins for the Galactic Empire. Angus Podgorny, the last Scotsman to win, has better things to do.