At long last, a new post on The Road to Jockey’s Ridge: The Greenway in Winter. A mostly harmless walk in which, as it turned out, I did need my towel.

marshland, frost on the dead grass, water reflecting blue sky, bare trees

When I search the internet for images of bumblebees (looking for reference photos for potential carvings) all I get is robots. Literally, pictures of robots. I believe this may be not entirely unrelated to various of our present environmental crises.

The maples are blooming in Johnston County. (The horizon was level in real life, but it’s hard to get the phone squared up when you’re standing on a bridge with cars whizzing three feet behind you.)

maple tree blooming red, bare trees in background, blue sky

Speaking of trout lilies…

chip carving of trout lilies with legend Trout Lily

soft pretzels, home baked

I dropped this in a comment Sunday evening but would like to say again that the Morgan State U. choir did a fantastic job with the national anthem before the Ravens game Sunday. More college choirs, please!

Southeast of Raleigh, Tuesday afternoon, about an hour after the frogs started singing.

A little tech for your Saturday: Barber & Genn sash saw, made somewhere between 1787 and 1817. Putting it to proper work a year after I bought it. An absolute joy to use.

New sticker design for 2024. I am hedging on the color. What do y’all think?

Today, January 25th, the city is picking up the leaves my neighbors started dumping in the street in mid-October.