20. May 21

When I'm stuck for something to post (which I have been for a few days now—where does the time go?), I go into my Flickr archives to find photos I posted on whatever today's date is. For May 21, I get four hits (and again, because I no longer use Flickr, these go back a long ways):

May 21, 2008: Made it! Project 365 accomplished!
And on Monday I'll be pulling onto Highway One,
starting a five-week journey to and in Minnesota—
so this "one" is fraught with meaning. (It's also a little fuzzy,
but oh well. That's probably symbolic too : )

May 21, 2009: My father raised chrysanthemums. He would nip off
two buds of three, to make the third, central one into a huge blossom.
I loved the huge blossoms that he made, they were magnificent
and beautiful; and nowadays I'm not especially interested
in the little flowers that flower sellers sell, on stalks with
multiple blooms, because I know what a chrysanthemum can do.
If it's trained. 

May 21, 2010: Got into Edinburgh by noon,
took a much-needed nap, then set out to explore.
My first excursion took me up to the castle—
but I didn't want to visit it again (especially not for £13),
so I decided to find some geocaches instead—down
toward the botanical garden.  One of them, a multistage
that I neglected to jot down one important component
of, got me to this spot. Beautiful view, and the little kid
was SO happy to be feeding the swans

May 21, 2011: Steve and I flew to Ridgecrest today
to attend the trimesterly regional MRA meeting
(China Lake Mountain Rescue Group being the hosts this time).
The operative word here is "flew." One and a half hours
versus six and a half or seven by car. And we got to ogle
California from above into the bargain. I could become
a fan of MRA meetings if this were a regular perk.
Which it seems to be. Our pilot, Ken Petersen,
offered his services anytime. Yay Ken!

And somehow, this collage of photos (by other Flickr photographers) that I faved during 2008 also showed up when I searched for May 21; the links to the original posts can be found here: