Nearby Farfetch'd

#NatureTwinning Part 12:

Cabbage Tree in the Climatron--Monday, 11/13/17

Wearing a sweater vest, skirt, tights, and Hush Puppies shoes makes me a feel like I'm channeling my inner Amy Farrah Fowler.

From bigbangtheory.wiki.com

But with my elegant bird blouse instead of a plaid shirt, I hope I'm nudged toward "Amy's slightly cooler cousin."

Outfit cost per wear (OCPW): $12.10

Today's green and burgundy twin is this spiffy foliage in the Missouri Botanical Gardens Climatron, which has an interesting history.  Built in 1960, it is the first geodesic dome to be used as a conservatory.  It's 70 feet high in the center, 175 feet in diameter at the base, and encloses about 24,000 square feet.  In 1976, it was named one of the 100 most significant architectural achievements in US history.  And it makes a kick-ass greenhouse.  (It's the building in the distance in the last photo on this post with the glass onion sculptures.)

Missouri Botanical Garden

Coral with Orange Fish--Tuesday, 11/14/17

Another day, another outfit with this black blouse.  I'm enjoying the last gasp of weather just warm enough that I can wear a top like this in my office without an another layer.

OCPW: $17.06

The swirling blue and lavender of that scarf put me in mind of this eerily-lit underwater scene, featuring a bold orange and black fish for that "pop of color."

Newport Aquarium

In other news...Did everyone have a good Thanksgiving weekend?  Mine was pretty good.  We had a full Thanksgiving dinner--cooked by the grocery store and heated up by Robert--for the first time in quite a few years.

I was sad to have a migraine Thursday afternoon/evening, but we played a lot of Pokemon Go on the other days and we were lucky that we didn't have cold weather.  Friday I was out in a lightweight cotton jacket, of all the crazy things.  The relatively warm weather will continue this coming week with highs in the 40s and 50s, which is welcome.  Today (Monday) it was almost 60!

Over the long weekend, they had the Global Catch Challenge in Pokemon Go, in which bonuses were unlocked as the total number of Pokemon caught during the challenge increased.  We reached the final goal of 3 billion Pokemon on Saturday evening, so they released the regional specialty Farfetch'd for a 48 hour period.  When Robert first saw one show up down the street from our apartment, we quickly put on shoes and jackets and got ourselves down the block.  I ran at just about my highest speed, which meant that Robert was able to easily keep up by speed-walking (sigh).  But we caught it!  And then ended up catching about a dozen more the next day.

Robert thinks Farfetch'd looks like a Groucho Marx duck, which he kind of does, you know?

A duck carrying a green onion seems like an odd thing even for Pokemon, but it makes a lot more sense when you understand the history.