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dropped

nobody@vox.com(gamany) — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 10:59:58 -0400

one of my orchid flowers finally dropped a couple of days ago, and this morning i found two more. i've been staring at the tissue-like texture of the petals and how the ridges and veins look a lot like the palm of my hand. the similarity has me thinking about where i fall in the the cycle of life...

tissue

on a happier note, check out these two mushrooms. i thought they were the cutest little things i stumbled across when i was walking poa-poa a couple of days ago.

two wheeling fungi

umbrellas

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wilting

nobody@vox.com(gamany) — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:22:12 -0400

my babies are dying. i woke up this morning and noticed that one of my orchid flowers had started to wilt. i remember when their petals, like baby's skin, barely had a vein in sight. now they're beginning to look like someone who has weathered life gracefully with aged skin to show for it...

wilting

and a few photos of the seven (that's what i call them) from back in april. i guess i'll be calling them the six pretty soon.

moth orchid

moth orchid flower

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the hole in the ozone, life and death

nobody@vox.com(gamany) — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:46:41 -0400

That hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica is back -- and bigger than ever, scientists said Wednesday.

Not to worry.

Scientists said they expect the ozone layer will have fully recovered sometime around 2065-2075 -- just in time for global warming to have a shot at destroying all life on Earth.
[full article, the san francisco chronicle]

makes me wonder if i'll be around for this recovery. oooh, according to deathclock.com, i might be! guess my demise (july 7, 2077) will be due in part to global warming and old age (102). i do have to look at the bright side--maybe i'll have made some sort of difference in the recovery >> treehugger.com top 10 tips for going greener. AND i'll have lived long enough to see halley's comet twice in my lifetime.

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