5 things

[truepenny]

1. cmpriest has a pair of wonderful posts about the oil spill and what you can do to help.

2. The Planckendael Zoo in Belgium has a snow leopard cub (I particularly recommend the second video, in which Laila demonstrates her ferocity upon a hapless rubber glove.)

3. So in January, the local high school's Future Farmers of America chapter has a seed sale. Everything they don't sell, they donate to a local small animal welfare group, who then has a plant sale, which I went to this afternoon. I came away with two flats of marigolds, two Wisconsin 55 tomato plants, two Long Thin Cayenne Peppers, and three (or hopefully four) Chocolate Beauty Peppers. I spent the afternoon digging a small vegetable garden in the side yard.

I've never tried to grow vegetables before. We'll see what happens.

4. Also! The Anthropophagous Rosebush, the Grandfathered Rosebush, and one of the Cerise Bouquet climbing roses are blooming! So is one of the hydrangeas (and the other is looking happily leafy)! I'm restraining myself from grabbing passersby and dragging them into my yard to admire things. Especially with the Grandfathered Rosebush, which is all but invisible unless you're standing right in front of it, and which is blooming in this FABULOUS deep purplish-red color, the restraint required is greater than you might think.

5. This is amazing, and if I ever get to Australia, I want to see it.

Comments

[grass-angel.livejournal.com]

Laila's squeaks are indeed very ferocious.

But that last link is absolutely gorgeous, and there should be more random architectural art in the countryside.