Photo of the Week: It's not just a boulder...

It's a rock.

I wonder if the rock above is the same as the one below, albeit taken years apart.

A bit off tangent but that last photo reminds me of the video game Limbo.

Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia was born on this day June 18, 1901

 

Anastasia and Olga sharing a cigarette in captivity

Photo(s) of the Week: The June Trio

First a small life update: I changed schedules at work recently so I will be posting between 11 p.m. and 12 a.m. instead of my normal time of 3 a.m. except, possibly, on weekends.

Now, since the 15th is the midpoint of June it is only right to post about the June Trio of Grand Duchesses Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia, who were all born this month.

Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia was born on this day June 10, 1897

 

Photo of the Week: Don't drop the princess!

 

Gardening: Nature is an Autocrat

As the title says, Mother Nature is an autocrat. All of the cantaloupe seedlings died and all but one of the sunflower seedlings died. So here comes Round 2. Tons of bird and squirrel-planted sunflowers have popped up though. I also scattered a bunch of marigold and California poppy seeds a little over a month ago and they are just no beginning to grow. I've also sown columbine under the existing crabapple tree (because I'm sick of mowing under there) and butterfly weed seeds in the mulch around the house.

As for trees the potted maple has begun leafing out although it's been slow going. I repotted it into a larger pot to try and help it out. Lazarus has has also leafed out although the main stem appears dead as it's begun sprouting leaves from a new stem. I've taken two cuttings from a ginkgo tree and potted them so here's hoping that in ~2 months they'll have taken root. I've also managed to save and pot two crabapple seedlings. Most exciting of all is that I was recently eating an apple when I discovered that a seed had sprouted inside of it, producing a root about a quarter-inch long. So I potted that and am now praying that it will survive. The Lord taketh but He also giveth.

Photo(s) of the Week: Jumping Frogs

 

Every week

 

Photo(s) of the Week: Rainy Day

It's been raining all day here in Iowa and I really could have used a raincoat at work.

Photo(s) of the Week: Kittens

 Source: Album 6 - Yale University Library