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I'll leave the rest of this box invisible and jump directly down past the worm tracks.
An Invisible man
I once read a detective story based on a locked house which nobody entered, exited or even approached. The culprit? The mailman, an invisible person, so much a part of the daily scene that he was invisible because he triggered no notice. He was a fixture and hence "nobody".
The Purloined Letter
The invisible postman, naturally leads to the invisible letter, posted boldly on a public bulletin board where it became hidden through the human oversight of not seeking the lost or hidden in plain sight.
Some of my Recent Blind Spots
Today I walked out into the front yard in pursuit of an unusual and unfamiliar bird call in the hope of spotting and indentifying the bird. I couldn't help but notice the bottle brush blazing away in full bloom. How often have I had nothing new to report while that plant first started to bud and then to blossom? When did it start? It is simply an invisible fixture, like the Alstromerias which are going crazy too.
As to "native" foliage, I had a similar awakening yesterday. Pretty much every Friday when I'm in town, I spend at least the morning at a local area where, among other things, I wander near, along, beside and through wild (though not truly native) blackberry bushes. Yesterday I realized that they were in full bloom and starting to bloom out, with the fruit just barely starting to form. A risk, danger and impediment to my activities at that locale, but, invisible because of its continuous presence.
The lavender is blooming too.
So, that's it for the Hayward /Castro Valley, CA area, except for the continuing rain. What is going on in your neck of the woods and where might that be? Have you any invisible landscapes?