Monday June 13, 2005

not one of the nine

It seems like only yesterday that we were out hunting for a ring for my then fiancee. In many ways what I was going to wear was far more contentious. I've never been much one to wear much jewelry. But my wife found a simple celtic knot that I thought I might be able to handle. At the time she seemed pretty adamant about me wearing a ring but now I realize that she bought something cheapinexpensive because she figured I wouldn't keep it for very long. 10 years later it has been on my finger most of that time. Last year we saw a similar ring inlaid with blue enamel at the renaissance faire in Tahoe. After going back and forth on getting my ring finger measured (I tried to convince my wife I had very little reason to go into a jewlery store, she seemed to disagree) we finally ordered it. We ordered the ring from Celtic Creations. There were several delays but we finally picked it up at the renfaire this last weekend. ( Jun 13 2005, 08:55:54 PM PDT ) Permalink Comments [0]

Sardonas Sanguinea

Snow Flower or Snow Plant is a striking reddish plant one sees in the Sierra Nevada in mid to late spring and early summer. There is a nice page and pictures here which talk a little about this plant.

Week before last friday I noticed a snow flower on a walk in the lower kingsbury. A few days later I started seeing them in the upper kingsbury. Here is a picture of the ones I saw in the lower kingsbury. This is a recent picture of the first ones I saw in the upper kingsbury. You can see more of the structural and leaf detail in the second picture. There is about 1500 feet in elevation difference between the two locations and it looks to me like more then a few weeks difference in development. We had a little snow the middle of last week and the pictures I've taken over the time seem to show almost no change in the snow flowers.

I think its really neat that the waning of spring is the Sierra Nevada is announced by a fungus! ( Jun 13 2005, 12:01:48 AM PDT ) Permalink Comments [2]