Photo 1999

Last image from my Canon?

I've been contemplating cleaning the sensor myself, http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2016-05-20 but now the LCD panel has failed. Since the camera still functions and the sensor is still "good" (if dirty), it's probably just the LCD panel, but there is no action that causes the display to come "on." I will begin considering options from repairs to replacement, though I can't say I'm excited about a touch screen for making setting adjustments…

This is a Mimosa tree, “Albizia julibrissin.”
From Missouri Botanical Garden, http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a848 » “Albizia julibrissin, commonly called mimosa or silk tree, is a fast-growing, small to medium sized, deciduous tree that typically grows in a vase shape to 20-40' tall with a spreading, often umbrella-like crown. It is native to Asia (Iran to Japan). It has been widely planted in the U.S. as an ornamental and has escaped cultivation and naturalized in many areas of the southeastern U.S. and California. In the wild, it is typically seen growing in vacant lots, waste areas, clearings, wood margins, fields and along roads. It can be quite invasive in watersheds where water currents carry and distribute the seeds downstream. It is noted for its bipinnate compound dark green leaves (to 20" long). Each leaf has 10–25 pinnae, with each pinnae having 40-60 tiny leaflets (to 1/4" long). Leaves have a fern-like appearance. Fluffy, pink, powder puff flowerheads cover the tree with a long summer bloom. Flowers are fragrant and attractive to bees. Flowers give way to flat bean-like seed pods (to 7" long) which persist into winter. Sensitive leaflets close up when touched and at night. Leaflets fall to the ground after frost, producing no fall color. [See also, http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-05-31 ]

“Genus name honors Filippo degli Albizzia, 18th century Italian naturalist, who introduced the genus to Italy in 1749.

“Specific epithet comes from the Persian word gul-ebruschin meaning floss silk in reference to the flowers.”

Species page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Albizia_julibrissin&rank=binomial

It's been a year since we said good-bye to our 16-year old cat…
1 year ago (“Jack, 1999–2015”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2015-06-16
2 years ago (“A safe haven [SOOC]”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-06-16
3 years ago (“Ya gotta love the name!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-06-16
4 years ago (“Perfect swirl”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-06-16
5 years ago (“Rowing hardware”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-06-16

[ IMG_0981S12x9Utm :: f/9 :: 1/640" :: ISO-800 :: 250mm ]

16th June 2016 16th Jun 16