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Our sunflowers grew extra tall then began to bloom.  They don't turn to face the sun though.  Maybe it's the variety of sunflower plant. The stems are thicker than I thought they would be.  They must be strong enough to hold the plant up. This intricate swirling detail follows a mathematical rule.  Here's a video I found that best explains it. AMAZING! This bug seems to be checking out the mathematical details.

Even without their masks! The clown from the classical Italian opera Pagliacci  Try full screen to better see the details. Here is a video from the TV series American Horror. It's scarier if you go full screen and turn up the sound. I found this sexy but scary clown.   I don't think it would be safe to go out on a date with her.

My terrarium is complete even though one plant is sort of too big.  There's a small Ivy in the back and it should spread out so it will be easier to see.  I wanted a third plant but I wasn't sure if could fit it in. The Sunflowers are now taller than I am.  They look almost 7 feet tall.  There are no flowers yet but you can see where some of them are getting ready to bloom.   This "mystery plant" is still alive, even after I had to plant it back into the pot with the flowers my wife planted.  She almost threw it away.  But its only about two inches tall and hard to see, so I can't blame her. It looks like it might be a pine tree.  Maybe it's just a weed.  I'll have to wait and see.

From My Mulberry days...          Blog Link:  My Mulberry days..-

Yesterday I learned that the Blue Whale is the largest animal that ever existed. It's even larger than the dinosaurs! This fascinates me.  I always believed the dinosaurs where tremendously larger than anything that ever existed but I was wrong. Here are two comparison images: Notice how small Tyrannosaurus Rex is in comparison.  Even the Brontosaurus is smaller! Here you can see how the Brontosaurus is almost the same length but the Blue Whale more massive. From BBC: "Dwarfed by the vast expanse of the open ocean, the biggest animal that has ever lived on our planet: a blue whale. Thirty metres long and weighing over 200 tonnes, it's far bigger than even the biggest dinosaur. Its tongue weighs as much as an elephant, its heart is the size of a car and some of its blood vessels are so wide you could swim down them. Its tail alone is the width of a small aircraft's wings. Its streamlining, close to perfection, enables it to cruise at 20 knots - on...

Helping to Pack Fun with Dad

I bought these beautiful succulents hoping to plant them in my terrarium.  They were the smallest plants the store had, small enough to fit.  When I looked for advice on the web about terrariums and succulents I learned that you can do it but it's not such a good idea.  I know I should have done more research before buying the plants.  I was just too eager to get started. I learned the reason why succulents are not so good in terrariums is because they require a dryer atmosphere with air circulation.  The terrarium is damp and closed in.  If I use the succulents it might still work out, at least for several months.  But I want a longer life without watching the plants die. I fell in love with these plants and did not have the heart to return them. Besides, they only cost about three dollars each.   While I was at the store I bought a bag of colorful stones for ...