It's pretty, all that fractured light and darkness. I met Grayling there. Grayling is very thin--makes me wish I walked around with a tin of mackerel. He has a huge purr though. He is made up of fur and bones and whiskers and purring, I would say.
Here he is:
He rolled around in the pineapple weed. I used to think pineapple weed was chamomile, but it's not; it's its own thing. Like chamomile, it does make a very pleasant tea, and wikipedia says it is a good (but temporary) insect repellent, though I have my doubts about that. (I don't think many things are good insect repellents... insects love us too much to be put off.)
Grayling followed me a while, but by the time I came to these chives, so sharp in the morning light, he had gotten distracted by other things and was no longer with me.
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Pineapple weed *isn't* camomile? Huh. I learned something new today.
This Wikipedia page lists the various things that get called chamomile, but I think the most common are the first two.
Pineapple weed shares a genus name (Matricaria) with the first one, though--so that's pretty close!
Sweet kitty!
Kitten!!! Aww! I wish you had mackerel in your pocket, too.
It's in the same genus, so it's as close as you can be and not be the exact same thing. The only reason I mentioned the distinction was because I had always thought it was chamomile too, and then I found these other sources that were at pains to differentiate the two--and I'm not even sure why, since this stuff makes a fine tea, too. I guess this is why botanical names are good, because then, regardless of what general and folk names you want to use for things, you can also talk about exactly what you've got.
On the cat front, today I saw a feral kitten and its mother <3
I used to pick pineapple weed, too, and make it into tea. Nice.
Grayling seems too skinny to be someone's pet, and yet too friendly to be a truly feral cat. He is a mystery...
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rsq_45rBC5Y/T
The glass reminded me of this photo on AbandonedDreams.
Now I wonder if the AbandonedDreams crew has been to Grayling's house.
There are some tremendous things to photograph there--and even more at the actual state school (see comment above).
I think everyone in B'town with a camera has probably poked around there--my friend
There's an old greenhouse there that shouts POST APOCALYPTIC at the top of its metaphorical lungs.
http://www.allabandoned.com/finding-t
No, the pool's not actually filled, it's just puddles along the edges. But it would make a cool water garden if it were.
And I like the place for being eerie and different--but no, not depressing.
.... well you know, upon reflection, maybe a tin of mackerel would, in fact, always be useful!
Okay, okay, I've got it: not so useful if you're going to be invited to a flowery bowery ball, and you're expressly not supposed to smell like fish.
Though really, even then, provided you haven't opened the tin, you're probably fine.
I will have to try again...
I love the photos!
Better luck next time, I hope.
I knew a battered grey cat like that once. A fine old chap, who found himself a new home.
Not with us, unfortunately...