Heh

Double rainbow, from space.

"The Ghirardi Compton Oak has been a piece of League City's history for over 100 years. The tree stands 56 feet tall, has a canopy that is over 100 feet wide, and is 135 inches around. It also weighs an incredible 518,000 pounds. A county road widening project put the future of the Ghirardi Oak in jeopardy. Council voted to use park dedication funds to hire Hess Landscaping Construction to move the majestic oak. A project that took them just under a month to complete. Watch the incredible process from start to finish in this video."


People get kinda funny about they way they feel about certain trees.


Via American Digest

The oldest daughter is working two part time jobs over the summer to earn money for school.

Both of them are for local small businesses.

When she opened her paycheck from one of them the other day, she discovered that her boss had enclosed something more.  Check out what she saw below.

Santa don't talk in ebonics

Uhh. Happens every time I order the tandoori chicken extra spicy...

                                                              Steppin' out tonight!

                                                Holy chit, look at the ears on that babe....

Rescued cat is not happy.

Unclear on the concept.

Best Reddit thread ever.   And I mean it.

It has been awhile since I planted a tree on the property out here where I live, but this year I was seized by the urge to put in a grapefruit.  For years I have had a Meyer lemon dwarf that has performed like a champ even though I absolutely ignore it, so I thought I'd try my luck with another citrus.

I found nearly the last one at the local nursery, brought it home and planted it here.  It's an Oro Blanco, a cross between a pomelo and a grapefruit, developed originally down at U.C. Riverside in 1958.  I am told that it is sweeter than a regular grapefruit, so now that it is in the ground I'm anxious to get a harvest, even though it might take a good solid year before I get a true crop.  Such is the nature of fruit trees, one must plan in years before any return at all.  Might as well get started.

Below is what the fruit and meat should look like once it is ripe.

Since I was out and about and walking around, I noticed that the apricots are looking good, and about ready to harvest.  Better act fast because I can see some bird damage already on some of them.

It will be another month before the figs are ripe on the monstrous tree that grows near the house, but they are looking good so far.

The blackberries never get enough water to do really well, but they always put on a crop, and a few were even ripe today.  Many more were still red, but the flavor on those that were ready was really intense.  Maybe tomorrow morning I can get enough ripe ones to put over a bowl of cereal.

All in all, everything looks reasonably good.   There are lots of disadvantages to living out in the country, but the advantages of having plenty of room for goodies like this make up for them, I believe.

Courtland , California

I told that cat not to get drunk and hang out in bars....