From Chigau: Anyone know what this is? It’s about 15cm across. Click for full size.
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It’s been a hot day here and the upcoming Canada Day weekend promises to be even hotter with high humidity. Temps of 30 – 33° with humidex of around 40° are expected. That’s just too hot for Jack to be out anywhere for long so I think short walks around the neighbourhood may be as far as we venture for a few days. Sometimes adventure loses out to common sense.
There was one hell of a storm in Bismarck last night, winds around 45-50mph, unbelievably heavy rain, the thunder grumbling ranging from magnificent to oh fuck. This was the view from my apartment balcony. Click for full size.
From David: Inspired by Lofty, here are a few similar photos I took a couple weeks back. They are on the site of an old Woolshed that has been converted in to a boutique brewery. Hmmmm hard lemonade, goes great as a mixer with the Gin. http://www.wilkadene.com.au/ – click for full size!
Some potatoes have lilac colored blossoms, I do not know why. It does not seem to be entirely dependent on which variety it is, since there are both white and lilac in one row and that row allegedly contains only one variety. My suspicion is however that my dad mixed up the tubers inadvertently and that the lilac blossoms are those from the red potatoes (I do not know the exact variety we bought this year).
This is common self heal and it’s a small plant, not much taller than the grass and it usually grows in clumps. This poor fellow was all alone, and I probably would have missed it except Jack decided to poop beside it. Thanks buddy.
