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A short hike today yielded me a picture of this little purple cutie. A gentle light rain was accompanied by much cooler temperatures. It felt nice.

I watched Blood Diamond on DVD the other night. It wasn't entirely what I expected from the commercials. I was expecting more adventure, I guess. Don't get me wrong, there was plenty of adventure as well as poignant drama--and the acting was just amazing. I wasn't disappointed just surprised. Leonardo DiCaprio and Djimon Hounsou really went beyond acting. I totally believed they were their characters. Jennifer Connelly did really great in a supporting role. It's quite easy to see why the movie garnered a number of Oscar nominations. The morality tale aspect was very evident also. Work this week has been torture. Which is why I've not been posting very much. I've been getting to the point that by 11am I just want to hide! Maybe next week will be better... Instead of writing anything else I'm just going to post a picture of a yellow Canna Lily flower that I thought was quite pretty when I saw it last week. I hope you like it. If you want to get the full effe...

Sure, it's still Winter here. But it's 52 outside and the Winter's been a mild one. Even in my exposed location here, the bulbs are starting to pop up. Soon I'll have blooms to take pictures of and that'll keep me out of trouble for a few days. I took this picture last Spring over at Sarah Duke Gardens on the campus of Duke University. I hope to go back there in the next week or so since I suspect their bulbs are coming up early this year. Between the mild Winter and the early arrival of Daylight Savings Time (3 weeks earlier than usual this year), March is going to be very confusing on us humans. Of course plants just care about temperature and light levels so they won't realize anything has changed. How would you like to have such a simple outlook on life? A little later I'm going to make a few batches of muffins. I've not made any since late in January so it'll be nice to have the house filled with smells of baking quickbread--not to mention eatin...