Just Some Wildflowers

I Found These Interesting

American Woods - pictures of woodgrain identified by species

Food Art - I love this kind of art (not just food but other botanical art too) but I can never find any prints for sale that are as good as the stuff I find on websites like this.

Stories of Stupid - I'm fortunate that I have very rarely run into people like this. Frankly this level of stupid makes me angry and I know that's not fair. (I have only read up to #30)

National Geographic Photo Contest Winners

Science Fiction Concept Art

437 Complete Issues of Soviet Photo Magazine - I must browse this site sometime.

UFO Earrings - Impatiently waiting for someone to make knockoffs of these.

The Epergne - You say "kitsch," I say beautiful.

Rhiannon Giddens

I recently discovered Rhiannon Giddens and there will very likely be an album purchase in my near future. Give a listen.

Another One

I am fascinated by this particular mushroom. (more than I am usually fascinated by them) It is growing on a stump beside our driveway. Most individual mushrooms I see on our place are only around for a day or two before they shrivel up and die or whatever happens to them. Other than growing very slowly in size, this one has remained unchanged for over a week. And the brown part of it is shiny, which is also unusual.

Fungi Appreciation

We got more than the normal amount of rain last month so we've been seeing a lot of these.

It's like some creepy horror movie stuff when you spot them as they're first emerging from the ground.

Here are a couple more nice ones.

The Internet Will Never Be the Same

I have been thinking for a long time about re-starting this blog. I hate that I'm posting again for this reason. Charles Hill has died as a result of injuries from a car accident.

His blog, Dustbury, is one of the ones I have been reading the longest. He was blogging long before blogging became popular and was one of the most consistent bloggers. Why Dustbury was never considered one of the "A List" blogs is something I will never understand. It was the perfect mix of current events, local (Oklahoma) happenings, pop culture, and ridiculous things found on the Internet.

I never got to meet Charles in person but I have no doubt he would have been a fun person with whom to have a drink and a conversation. And if there are blogs in Heaven you can be absolutely sure Charles is continuing daily posting on the Heavenly version of Dustbury.