May. 22nd, 2017

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LINK BAIT! OMG, I have no resistance. So... after 3 hours wandering after intending to look at JUST one page I saw linked on my flist, here's a few of my favorites.

Feel good news about an incredibly lucky little seahorse.
http://www.boredpanda.com/girl-rescues-seahorse-cheeto/

Feel good news about a campaign to increase condom use in London by turning graffiti into funny public service messages.
http://www.boredpanda.com/man-paints-condoms-graffiti-penises/

Wow, this guy never wanted to learn Photoshop, so he took MS Paint to new limits, and then wrote and illustrated what sounds like a fun, quirky book, about a summer camp with monsters and a bunch of rebellious teenagers having a great time.

Lots of large pics from the book to admire.
http://www.boredpanda.com/microsoft-paint-ebook-illustrations-camp-redblood-pat-hines/
feng_shui_house: me at my computer (Default)
Misidentification everywhere.

It smells like sage, and grows similar to Strawberry Spinach at first, then suddenly get a lot bigger --Woolly Hogwort, host to Daggerwing Butterfly caterpillars (and a few similar species).

It grows similar to Strawberry Spinach at first, then suddenly develops groups of buds (mostly 3 at a time)-- Arizona Blanketflower (planted the seeds but thought they died).

Tiny weed with very round, simple leaves, that if left alone grows tiny yellow flowers--Purslane an edible weed I've been ripping out for decades only to discover the leaves taste delicious to me- like spinach.

Caterpillar munching on an isolated fern plant in my yard in Florida. I don't recognize it, but I know most caterpillars are picky & will only eat one type of plant. I have tons of fern, so I don't mind, but I'm curious, what kind of butterfly or moth IS IT? I google search and search and search, and when I do find it, it's always 'unknown' 'mystery' 'damn caterpillar eating my fern, how do I get rid of it.'

Finally I go to one of the forums to get rid of it, 'this caterpillar sneaks in on fern imported from Florida grown plants'. More googling.

So, guess what the common name of it is? The Florida Fern Moth. ARGH. I should have known. :^)

At this point I don't know if I have ANY Strawberry Spinach plants. There are a couple of suspects left that haven't yet turned into Cinderella, so maybe.
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