All Svihura, All the Time
Well, sort of. I wanted to make some pumpkin bread this week. I was going to prepare the pumpkin on Wednesday, but I did a bike ride instead, as I couldn’t do the usual Tuesday ride for… reasons. So, today it was a two-fer, preparing fresh pumpkin from the newly acquired sugar-pie pumpkin I got …
I’ve been doing some tweaks to my home furnishings and decor. First, I got a new smaller desk that fits neatly in the corner of my living room. Then, I purchased a nice new sofa, retiring the blue leather chair that I’ve had for over 20 years. The chair served me well, but having a …
A rather large buck was in our backyard this evening. He decided that our newly exposed dirt area was a perfect spot on which to relax. Here’s a close up. His rack is a thing of beauty.
This is our brugmansia, Dr Seuss, which we planted last year. He’s come into full bloom and the flowers are very nice. We just added two more Brugmansias, and they go by the name ‘Miami Orange’. So in honor of Miami Vice, we’ve named them Crockett and Tubbs. Here’s a picture of Dr. Suess with …
I took a picture of Comet Holmes last night. It’s kind of fuzzy, but it’s pretty cool that the comet is visible with the naked eye after its huge expansion.
We found a really cool plant for our yard. We had seen a few of them around the neighborhood and couldn’t figure out what it was. We went to the local nursery and asked, and they said it was a Brugmansia, and they have really large hanging flowers. We ended up getting a “Dr. Seuss” …
