Some Days You're the Pigeon
… and some days you’re the statue. Yesterday I was the statue. I wrote this post stuck in the Atlanta airport, a consequence of a weather hold causing a 2-hour ground delay in San Antonio, which in turn caused me to miss my connecting flight to Baltimore. What’s worse, I couldn’t get a rebooking before tonight at 9:20 pm!
There is a silver lining to this cloud… my daughter Jennifer came to get me. She lives in Macon, a law student. So bonus! I get to spend some time with her. But negative… she has to study. And my bags are checked to BWI, so… I needed to buy another toothbrush! This isn’t turning out the way I had pictured it. But life can be like that. Nature can be unfriendly… sometimes downright lethal. We should never forget we are a PART of nature, not APART from nature. So I’ll post some pix of my Florida trip and try to relax. The picture you see here is, I believe, a black mangrove. In the lower left corner you can see some of its adventitious roots (think they're called pnuemophores?) that stick up to provide the plant with oxygen. I took this photo just after crossing the Tampa Skyway bridge.
There is a silver lining to this cloud… my daughter Jennifer came to get me. She lives in Macon, a law student. So bonus! I get to spend some time with her. But negative… she has to study. And my bags are checked to BWI, so… I needed to buy another toothbrush! This isn’t turning out the way I had pictured it. But life can be like that. Nature can be unfriendly… sometimes downright lethal. We should never forget we are a PART of nature, not APART from nature. So I’ll post some pix of my Florida trip and try to relax. The picture you see here is, I believe, a black mangrove. In the lower left corner you can see some of its adventitious roots (think they're called pnuemophores?) that stick up to provide the plant with oxygen. I took this photo just after crossing the Tampa Skyway bridge.
Labels: airports delays nature
posted by Mrs. Scherer @ 2:57 PM
4 Comments:
That really stinks about the flight. I had the same thing happen when I was flying back from New York with my choir one time. We were stuck overnight.
The tree in the picture is a Black Mangrove. It contributes to the ecological community by trapping in the root system debris and detritus brought in by tides, which is probably what those roots sticking out were. The pencil-like breathing tubes, called pneumatophores, provide air to the underground and underwater roots.
Hope you're having fun,
Megan Olsen
Darling,
You are the most beautiful statue around. I love this post.
Thanks for your post, Megan. You are entirely correct about the tree. Matt, you are very sweet.
That situation does sound pretty boring. At least you looked on the bright side though. Every clould does have a silverlining whether we know it or not(plus constant negativity makes you no fun, and leads to increased aging and unwanted wrinkles and lines on your face!).
Post a Comment
<< Home