Today's walk report: It's So Nice and Gloomy

 It was drizzling again this morning. I'll put it at 42% of what I experienced yesterday but it still made for a somewhat damp experience for at least part of the trek. Docken joined in over the phone for the round trip and beyond. Thank you, Dockie.

Here are some pictures...

Drimia maritima, known by several common names, including squill, sea squill, sea onion and maritime squill. This species has been used as a medicinal plant and has also been used as a poison. Please don't confuse the two.

Mr. Reliable, here's male Calypte anna hummingbird, Dusty.

 On to the walk. There was a massive amount of ancient car worshipers but I didn't catch any autos I could especially appreciate. I mean, for example, a 1962 Rambler Classic 400 Cross Country (wagon), doesn't strike my fancy.

I went on and did the extra-wide lower campus loop again. I decided to look for seed pods on the Tecoma x 'Orange Jubilee' shrubs I visited yesterday. Upon further reading I found that this plant is a hybrid of Tecoma stans and Tecoma alata. At least one website indicated I could propagate this plant from seeds. I had (have) some concerns about recessive vs dominant genetics, in part because of...

Here's how the plants have been manicured on the campus. There are four of them.

I managed to find three of these, easy to reach and prime for germinating the seeds.

Apparently research has shown that hummingbirds have no innate preference for red but they sure seem to be more attracted to it over yellow.

It was a slightly longer walk than yesterday's at 1.80 miles. It was mostly okay and company over the phone was certainly helpful.

Meanwhile, as an added bonus, here are some photos of a giant swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) from yesterday afternoon.

While I certainly enjoyed her company, Lucy made composing this post quite challenging. I love you Boo.

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