Indian paintbrush

Yes, it's from last summer. This is about halfway up Mt St Helens, on the west side, just above treeline.


In 1775, the “shot heard ‘round the world” was fired in Lexington Square, after shots rang out from among British troops while attempting to confiscate American weapons in Lexington Square. American troops had been ordered not to fire first.

In 1993, the 51-day siege of the Branch Davidian complex ended in Waco, Texas, when the complex erupted in flames.

In 1995, the Murrah Federal Office Building was bombed, in Oklahoma City.

faux reality

Looks fake, doesn't it? These are pear blossoms again, in the sunrise, but this time I used a flash (in case you hadn't figured that out).


In 1924, Henry Mancini was born.
In 1943, Dr. Albert Hoffman accidentally became the first person to ingest LSD.

McBush demonstrates his ignorance of contemporary military issues.

We blow up space shuttles for breakfast

Little flowers, about the size of a dime.

In 1452, Leonardo da Vinci was born.

In 1912, the RMS Titanic sank. Fourteen years earlier, Morgan Robertson's novel 'Futility' had a giant ship called Titan sink on her maiden voyage after hitting an iceberg in about the same place. In 1939 a ship called the Titanian was reportedly damaged by an iceberg in the same place the Titanic went down, but later investigation showed that the Titanian was far from where the Titanic met its doom.

Morels

I found these growing in the yard, by the door to my shop.

In 1561, in Nuremburg, a large number of 'plates', 'blood-coloured crosses', and 'two great tubes' staged an aerial dog-fight, “enthralling and frightening the whole population of the town.”

nascent pears

Beautiful sunrise this morning. I went to look out the window by the pear tree, and noticed that it's suddenly full (FULL) of blossoms. I'm trying to talk Phil into trying his hand at making some pear wine or something, because we're going to have a lot of pears.

In 1570, Guy Fawkes was born. Long live the King of the Patsies.