[at-l] Temperature Contrast And Walks (OT)

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         72* standing air temperature here in bright sunshine. 76* radiant 
sun temperature. So nice on a daily basis it almost gets boring. Our grapefruits 
are ripe. I squeeze fresh grapefruit juice and add 1/3 store bought Ocean 
Spray grapefruit/tangerine to bring up the sugar content, since our homegrown 
grapefruit is about 80% the sugar quality of the best store bought. 

       I took a 5 mile walk under the stars last night and had plenty of deep 
thinking time without tripping or rushing. Something was blooming a very 
pungent flower smell. Since we are 14 degrees further south than New York, our 
daytime sun is noticeably warmer than the daytime winter sun in NY. This is best 
noticed at sunset...

         I recently ventured out into a preservation tract adjacent to our 
neighborhood. It abuts a 50 acre public sanctuary, adding over 250 more acres. 
Last summer they removed all exotic vegetation, opening it up into a vast open 
area with scattered plants and shallow ponds. The previous vegetation was a 
thicket of tree-like bushes. The new growth is restored cordgrass flats and 
native bushes and palms. Nobody walks it and I found it a prize wild area next to 
my home. The most interesting thing was the first growth semi-tropical weeds. 
One looked like a bottle tree. A pair of Ospreys built a nest high in a cell 
phone tower amongst the repeaters. A lone alligator sunned himself on a bare 
sand flat left by the restoration bulldozers. The town left several park benches 
made of new plastic boards way out in the middle of nowhere. I thought I saw 
an otter's head duck underwater in a stream next to one...