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Doodads — bike rides and kousa update
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Lovely selection of doodads!
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Why thank you 🙂
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🙂
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Ai Weiwei’s picture is posted all over Lisbon at this time promoting ‘Rapture’
https://everythingisnew.pt/ai-weiwei_rapture/
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OMG is that serendipitous or what. I hope you and your lovely wife plan on seeing the exhibit. It’s nothing like you’ve ever seen before. Looks like some of his most iconic work is there and some brand new pieces that he made right there in Lisbon.
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Here’s one post I did about his work
https://tao-talk.com/2020/10/06/ai-weiwei-prison-is-a-state-of-mind/
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Nice pix! I snap pictures of the sky between the trees, too. I so wish I had waterways and boats like that around me. I do have a good-sized river close by but, it is hard to get to.
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Water Wonderland is Michigan. I hear that Minnesota has even more (10,000) lakes! Thank you on the pictures. Sorry to hear your river isn’t easily accessible.
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There is one section of it with a Ford but, that is several miles away.
I’ve never been quite that far north. I’ve been to Manhattan, once.
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Am I gathering that you live near The Hudson River?
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Eno River. The Hudson is in NY. I’m in NC. I have seen the Hudson from the air, tho…
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What great land and water scape you have for biking.
We had lots if chipmunks when I lived in Ohio. The only place I’ve seen them in the city is the Bronx. (K)
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Yes when you can get to places where you aren’t at risk of being run down it’s pretty nice. The Bronx must have some kind of tree nuts they like that will fit into their cheeks.
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It’s strange to me that our parks don’t have them. Just squirrels, raccoons, and rats. Probably mice too I would imagine since I’ve had them in several of my residences.
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Kerfe, they live underground, so maybe that has something to do with it?
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That reminds me how they used to dig under the foundation of our house in Ohio and it drove my father crazy.
Rats live in holes, so I don’t think that’s it. Maybe they occupy the chipmunk niche here. I’d prefer it the other way around…
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Your area looks lovely and great for bike riding!
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It truly is, and this summer I learned that Michigan has 2400 miles of bike trails.
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2,400 miles? Wow!
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https://www.traillink.com/trailsearch/?mmloc=Michigan You can also search to see how many each state has with this site.
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That’s neat. MI: 210 results; NJ: 81 results – so much for being called the Garden State! 🙂
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Nice. It really is beautiful over your way. 🤩
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🙂
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What a lovely visual treat Li.
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🙂 Thank you, Sadje
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You’re welcome
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Does the Kousa fruit taste like another fruit, or is it quite unique?
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It’s got its own flavor it’s like a burst of sweetness but there is so little of it not a strong lasting impression other than that. It’s mushy but not in a bad way.
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Oh, wow. In that case I look forward to trying it one of these days.
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great ‘taste’ of your day literally and figuratively … love that cheeky chipmunk 🙂
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Glad to hear it. He drives my cats mad running past the sliders.
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lol an intruder on their domain … so protective of you 🙂
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What did the kousa dogwood fruit taste like? Anything similar?
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It had its own flavor, so little of it that it felt like a burst of sweetness in a mushiness that was pleasant. Probably the closest would be a juicy ripe peach.
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Ok…that does sound really good. I wonder if a farmers market would have them?
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I don’t think you’ll ever see them at a farmer’s market. From what I’ve read they need to be eaten right after picking as the fruit bruises so easily. You could buy yourself a kousa dogwood tree though and pick them fresh from the tree. They produce a lot of fruits!
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Oh yes that is right! I read that on your blog. I think it was your blog.
I gotta try it.
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