Month: June 2017
This is shiso, a plant in the mint family. The stems and undersides of the leaves are purple, and the plant resembles coleus. (There is also a green-stemmed…
We were delighted this morning to discover a Monarch butterfly in the garden. We hadn’t been visited by one in several years, since the great decline. The Monarchs…
This Nasa “video” is really a slideshow. You might want to turn the music down or off. Cool photos from space though.
Lemon water for a hot day.
Lost two fairly big lemon tree branches to excessive fruit weight. Should have thinned them out, but this has never happened before, so I wasn’t concerned. What should…
Waaar-i-ors! Great fun at the GSW championship parade. I missed some of the players and coaches, but I did get several cool photos. Here are a few.
Great slo-mo video (might take a moment to load). Steph Curry dancing…in #PhantomCam! pic.twitter.com/FxxQ3k4kut — NBA (@NBA) June 5, 2017 Waaarrriiiooorrrsss!!!
The Western Tiger Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio rutulus), seen here, is a native of western North America, from the Rockies (and sometimes farther east) to the Pacific and from…