Caustic

I found a bit of optics in the kitchen that delighted me this week.






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A caustic or caustic network is the pattern that light throws after reflecting off curved surfaces. these three white porcelain bowls throw a perfect heart each time you shine a light on it or place them in the sun. I'm sure you have all seen it at one time or another at the bottom of a teacup.

In the garden there was the miraculous find of a gerbera flower that ought never to have been there: Last year I threw out a pot plant of gerbera that had been ailing in the kitchen. It had white fly and what not else. I threw it in the middle of the kitchen garden, planning to deal with it later in the day. Forgot and didn't find it agai until today, still in its pot, producing real flowers. And all that after a harsh winter in a climate that you wouldn't think supported such exotic plants. Hurrah. It looks clean, so I'll take it back in the house to enjoy at close quarters.

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