Variety is interesting We know that in nature, animals and plant diversity is driven by the environment and circumstances that favor the development of characteristics that make them adaptable. During the past few...
Poppies I plant flowers in the springtime. I have certain favorites, ones that come back every year like African daisies, mums, firewheels and the like. I plant sunflowers of all varieties. This year, by accident,...
Forget-me-not My wife brought home a plastic bag filled with seeds that were encased in tiny pieces of colored paper as a part of a recycling promotion for the green movement. I knew they were flower seeds and the...
Papaveraceae What we have here this morning is a poppy of some kind. I am uncertain about the exact type. It looks like a desert poppy, though not quite. It is surely beautiful against the Western sky this fine...
People visit Washington DC and many stop by the various Smithsonian museums. The Hershhorn Art Museum is managed by the Smithsonian and it now features Yves Klein, a fantastic French artist who died young at 34...
In the late 1700’s, surveyor, George Washington, road his horse along the Four Mile Run that empties into the Potomac River near where the Reagan National Airport is located today. It is about half the distance...
Mid-March sees the UK's country homes and gardens re-open for the tourist season. Abbey House Gardens is no exception but visitors with an eye for horticulture will get more of an eyeful at Abbey House than at...
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Patrick Shearn and Cynthia Washburn, a couple of Los Angeles artists have teamed up and are a part of a campaign for Toyota's newest generation Prius. The project is called Prius Solar Flower Lounge and managed by...
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I've grown violets for many years and tell friends once they're gone, I will be also. They bring me joy, tranquility, and peace. They warm my heart and relax me. The flowers last an unusually long time.
For the first time in a year Israel has approved an export from Gaza - about 25,000 flowers to be sent to Europe just in time for Valentine's Day. Israel has not allowed an export from Gaza since June 2007 but now...
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protested outside the main UK warehouse of Israeli company Carmel Agrexco in Hayes, Middlesex, close to Heathrow on Saturday 7 Feb, 2009, claiming its exports of flowers and fruit from...
The Pili Nut is a tropical tree, and indiginous to the Philippines, its center of diversity is the Bicol Region, where it's a priority crop, also have spread to the provinces of Catanduanes,...
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