A Lovely and Observant Reflection

 

The comment below was dropped into the comments section on my post about Mountain Bluebells. Read it and weep. 

 "What a lovely and observant reflection — it perfectly captures the joy of discovery that comes from truly *seeing* the landscape around you. I like how you walk readers through your identification process, weighing the clues like altitude, bloom time, and leaf texture with a naturalist’s curiosity and skepticism toward app results. The reasoning between *Mertensia brevistyla* and *M. fusiformis* is thoughtful and shows real field experience — that mix of science and wonder. The image of this small, hardy patch of bluebells thriving beside a weedy roadside at 8,500 feet is wonderful; it reminds us how resilient and surprising nature can be, even in disturbed spaces. What a treat to have such a find so close to your new home to watch as the season unfolds."

The red text, above, was a link to some scam remodeling site.  For those of us not in this for the money, readership and comments were the only pay dirt. But, given AI search, AI content, and now the uncanny AI poet-commenter, I am reassured that the long form, no ad, free blog is dead [to me]. 

Now back to my regular programming (writing a novel).