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The Persistence of Memory

admin — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:17:43 +0000

La persistencia de la memoria (1931) is Salvaldor Dalí’s most famous painting.

Dalí died exactly twenty years ago last month, and it’s too bad, because I would have loved to have invited him over for dinner this week. I’m sure as we would have stood in the kitchen, sipping sangría, laughing, and wildly trilling our r’s while waiting for the paella to cook to perfection, he would have enjoyed the winter scape on our patio. Our own nature-made Persistence of Memory.

Reinforces My Hypothesis

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:27:12 +0000

My hydrangea bush continues to flaunt its personality. The massive flower from June that I showed in my last post has faded to a green with rosy tips as it rounds out its life cycle. At its peak it was a pale blue, almost white. The color of hydrangea is dependent upon the pH of the soil, which is why I am perplexed to see this bush produce other flowers that are a deeper range of pinks, blues, and purples. So we have a range of color and color depth. Could the soil vary so much within this small space, causing roots that feed different branches to grow in soil with widely varying acidity? Or is this bush just bizarre?

As I walked around to the back of the bush, I discovered an even more massive flower than the first one. Also green now (and the current masthead), this flower is almost the size of a basketball. Is this normal?

We should probably have testing done…maybe the backyard really is radioactive.

Praying Legacy

admin — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:56:06 +0000

We have often speculated that our tiny little backyard has traces of radioactivity; plants and insects seem to grow unusually large there. In the case of our hydrangea bush, we welcome the over-sized growth. Here’s a bud from June that eventually became massive.

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It’s more pale than some of the other flowers, but beautiful nonetheless.

Some of the flowers are so big that they cannot stay upright without the support of the surrounding leaves.

While documenting the mutant flowers, I stumbled across this little guy…

I couldn’t help but wonder — How large will he grow to be? And is he the grandchild of this praying mantis we saw knocking on our door in 2006?…

(This one was probably about 6 inches long.)

Upon closer examination, I really do believe the two are related. They had similar features and mannerisms. They shared the same work ethic. And they both spoke with a British accent.