A few of my crown of thorns plants (Euphorbia milii), which are great bloomers for the indoor garden. The first is covered in coral-pink flowers, the second is a cream-and-pink variety, and the third is a variegated type with cream, green, and rosy leaves along its thorny stems. They’re tough, drought-tolerant, and they’ll bloom nearly year-round with enough light.
Almost the big day — eight days until Akiva turns 7. Here he is on his dog bed with his scruffy stuffed puppy, the one that goes just about everywhere with him. Can hardly believe he’s about to be seven. Please visit Akiva’s blog and leave him birthday wishes in the comments: Akiva The Dog.
Photo history unknown. St. Mary Central High School and Church. Some buildings stay standing long after we leave them, waiting for us to come back and visit. This one doesn’t have that luxury. The St. Mary Central High School I walked through every day is gone now, demolished not long after my class filed out…
The rabbit cage stands I built are now painted a nice brown color, using a good washable paint that should hold up well outdoors. I have just a little finishing-up to do on them tomorrow, and then I’ll get them back in place so the rabbits can move back into rabbit land! Here’s how they’re…
Our Dog of the Day for 5/3/2012 is Iverson, a distinguished 7-year-old Shih Tzu with a birthday coming up. Iverson is seven years old — turning eight on 2/2 — and he is sitting on that red couch with the composed, distinguished air of a dog who has spent seven years becoming exactly who he…
“I have been a cat person all my adult life. When I was 18 yrs old and not living with my parents I got a dog. My dog had bad habits because I was not a good dog owner being so young. The people I lived with raised game cocks, fighting chickens. My dog would…
Update (October 2026) Looking back, most of this held up. Monthly subscriptions really did replace buying software once, and services really do disappear: MobileMe, Picasa and Google Play Music are all gone now. The part that changed the most is speed. That 768K upload I was fighting with is a tiny fraction of what a…