What's in a number?

What is in a number - any number.  I happened to see the number 752.  What can I learn about this number?   Properties of the Number 752 Because 752 is divisible by 2 ... 752 is an even number 752 has parity 0 752 is not an odd number Because 752 can be factored as 2 x 376 ... 752 is a composite number 752 is not a prime number The most fascinating is the website www2.stetson.edu's What's Special About This Number?  I scrolled to the bottom and found out that 8208 is a narcissistic number.  I guess I am fascinated by the abundance of complicated words in a sentence about something seemingly simple like a number:  "752 is the number of conjugacy classes in the automorphism group of the 11 dimensional hypercube." The internet has resources from so many sources, so I also found entries that go in a very different direction from the above: Angel Number 752: 752 is your number of reference this month. You have seen it very many times. You have come across this repeating number so much that you have lost count. The divine angels are talking to you. From sunsigns.org The Number 752 is the holy name of Jesus of Nazareth - from Historical Archive of the Bible Wheel Site - biblewheel.com

A Toad Who Likes to Sit

There's a toad who likes to sit on the back porch steps.  I see it regularly and think it is the same one each time.  There are rock gardens on either side of the steps and I wonder if it lives in both gardens or if there are two toads each with their own garden space. What is the territory of an individual toad?  Wikipedia tells me: "These toads are 'creatures of habit' once they have a certain area they prefer to live within... an acre of wooded forest with water in proximity for soaking, a home with cool ledges and window wells; they commonly seek cover in burrows, under boardwalks, flat stones, boards, logs, wood piles, or other cover. When cold weather comes, these toads dig backwards and bury themselves in the dirt of their summer homes, or they may choose another site in which to hibernate." I can't imagine toads need an acre in this garden. So however many there are in the front and back gardens, they have perfect homes - the little ponds, the leaf cover of all those hostas and bushes to snuggle under to stay cool in the hot weather.   Today's picture is another version of our wild flowers - in the style of Georgia O'Keefe.

When Autumn Met Winter

We had snow, cold and winds 2 weeks ago.  Last week, I stopped at the beautiful Bloodgood Japanese Maple around the corner.  It's the largest that I've seen in Niagara.  The red leaves carpet the driveway when they fall.  Here they are with snow and grass below the trunk.