For De Monte y Mar’s Tuesday of Texture here are some of the textures that come from rainstorms.
Puddle ripples.
Drip about to fall.
Rain
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Even in winter trees are not bare.
For De Monte y Mar’s Tuesday of Texture: the texture of the lichens and moss on tree branches in winter.
Every thing is just beach-y, but where did the time go?
I started on Monday to answer the questions posed by Cee in Share Your World…before I knew it Tuesday had come along (Tuesdays of Texture by de Monte y Mar) so I thought I would take a few pictures of beach-y textures and do one post for two.
I corrupted my Lightroom program so I couldn’t load pictures and get that post done until I reloaded it… Somehow it is now late on Saturday and nothing is done…although I did get the living room vacuumed.
Summer is shooting by like a meteor.
My answers, at last:
List some of your favorites types of teas. I like tea, both black tea and green tea. For regular I tend to drink Red Rose, which is not bitter like Lipton’s, and reminds me of my Grandparents, who always drank it. A good Darjeeling is truly “the champagne of teas and I splurge on it when I want something really nice.
In China, twice now, I have been to a tea tasting in a shop and brought home what is probably the best black (they call it red tea: hong cha, which makes sense since the brewed tea is red) and green teas I have ever tasted, but I don’t know how to get them except to go to a tea shop in china with the packages. I tried white tea but it really didn’t do anything for me flavor-wise. I’m not mostly jazzed by herbals or ones with fancy flavors.
If you had to describe your day as a traffic sign, what would it be? I only saw this sign once: End of Hard Margins. I couldn’t have my husband pull over for a picture because the shoulders were soft. It was in Ireland 23 years ago. On our last trip, in 2013, I did not see that sign, even thought I looked for it. The reason I relate to that sign is that I was a stress analyst in aerospace at the time, and we used “margins of safety” to describe how robust a structural element is compared to its expected loading. We were always being asked whether this or that part, which wasn’t quite to specification, might still be used. (I mentioned something like this in my Delta Analysis post). I thought it would be fun to have that sign posted by my desk.
What are a couple of things could people do for you on a really bad day that would really help you? Being nice. I still, 27 or so years later, remember stopping at the grocery store with my baby son in a carrier and wanting some oranges. The produce clerk not only pointed me in the right direction but he said “be careful, sometimes there are moldy ones” and proceeded to check every orange in the box to make sure I got a good one.
Irregardless of your physical fitness, coordination or agility: If you could be an athlete what would do do? Remember this is SYW, dreaming is always allowed.
I like to swim and ice skate. I haven’t done either in a very long time. I have poor balance and never got beyond a waltz jump, but I like the feeling of gliding along and the feel of moving water.
Last week is a blur. Next week is supposed to be hot. This week has been lovely with two days on the beach.
Rose petals
Rose petal is a texture: soft, in a silky way, cool and slightly moist. A bit like charmeuse, but less slippery and a bit more substantial, and the best ones have a slight rose fragrance as well. It’s hard to capture that feeling in a photograph.
This morning I “harvested” my roses. So the dropping petals are my texture for today. By harvesting I mean a combination of dead heading and cutting the flowers and buds, for vases now and, if I stick to my intentions, drying petals for culinary use later. I saw a scrumptious looking recipe for scones that use rose petals and pistachios that I want to try.
I think there is a pretty good chance for a second wave: in Seattle one wouldn’t guess that we’re at the solstice, it’s pretty cool, although the promised rain hasn’t materialized in our part of town. Doesn’t feel much like summer, but it beats the heat wave elsewhere.
Any advice about other ways to cook with rose petals? I use rose water quite a bit but I’ve only seen the one recipe with petals in it.
Strawberries!
Strawberry used to be a season around here. 
The farmer’s market on Sunday had lots of strawberries. Real ones: the little sweet ones that don’t travel well. I always feel strange buying strawberries out of season…and often regret i,t because they just don’t have the flavor of these little, local charmers with their dimples.
Dogwood in bloom…full bloom
Walking the dogs this morning I was stunned by this dogwood. Even though the individual flowers are not showy or colorful the whole tree covered with them is knock your socks off gorgeous.
Soft, but still a bit damp
A texture that caught my eye over the past few days is: pussy willows! Ones I saw on the beach Sunday were blooming (not sure that is the correct botanical term).
And some shamrocks for St. Patrick’s Day:
A wet and fluffy day
Is wet and cold a texture? It rained all day today and since it was below 40 degrees F most of the day it was pretty chilly too. I tried to capture the essence of this day with a picture:
Wet and unseasonably cold: notice the tight little flower buds, usually this tree is blooming by now, sometimes it will even have a flower or two in January. My umbrella is on the ground below because I couldn’t hold it and manage the camera. The raindrops on my lens are there because I couldn’t manage the umbrella, but I like the effect.
The day was fluffy because I took the pups up for “two-fer Tuesday” at the Wash Dog. So they are clean and fluffy for visiting Grandma tomorrow…all I have to do is keep them clean and dry-ish until then.
I hope you enjoy my textures. To see more interesting ones check out Tuesdays of Texture.
More moss
I remain enamored with moss. It is everywhere right now. The trees don’t have leaves yet and on a grey day the occasional ray of sunlight hits the moss causing it to glow as if lit from within. This gallery for Tuesdays of Texture is a sample of the mosses I’ve seen this week, in the city and in the woods.
Pre-spring green
A late winter texture for Tuesdays of Texture: moss
Every so often something totally ordinary strikes a chord. Today while driving through the woods I was struck by the way the moss on the alder trees seemed illuminated. The scene was ordinary and yet spectacular. I couldn’t find a place to stop and I got home so late that I had to use a flash to get a clear picture.
There are many shades of green in the moss as well so I am linking this to the Color Your World Challenge: green as well.
May you find joy and beauty in the ordinary.
XingfuMama 