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Animals shown in wildlife films aren't always wild - a reminder that one shouldn't believe everything one sees

purple lights and ginkgo and rain

The strand of solar-charged purple Halloween lights I've had since last year haven't been glowing for quite some time, so I took it down from the tree to check it out. After fiddling with it, it does still work, so maybe it just wasn't getting enough sunlight. But several of the bulbs are dead, and the wire connections at the bulbs are very rusty, in spite of them having been covered in some kind of plastic shrink wrap. Those things are not weather-proof.

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I had bought a can of "boiled white nuts" at an Oriental grocery. Turns out they are ginkgo nuts. They didn't taste so great straight from the can, but I fried them up with some walnuts, chickpeas, and spices, and the dish is quite good.

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Oh, and...! Yay, it's raining! We haven't had but trace amounts of rain in over a month, and my yard was all dried out.