Brighten Up The Day/Evening with Plants & Fun Stuff

[Joan Marie]

I planted some lettuce plants in pots for my bunny so she can graze on the balcony. There is also a peppermint plant she likes.






In other balcony news,

If you want to attract bees, plant nasturtiums. They grow easily and quick, are beautiful and the bees go crazy for them. I am surrounded by busy bumblebees at the moment. I've never seen so many at once.





People always say you can eat nasturtium flowers and I guess you can but I prefer to let them produce seeds. This one flower made 3 seeds. I collect them and save them for next year. Every year I have more and more.

Enjoy your Sunday!

[Joan Marie]

What do you see?

[Joan Marie]

Saw this yesterday on a walk. I call it , Optimism.

[qndynes]

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Saw this yesterday on a walk. I call it , Optimism.

Optimism indeed, I love it.

[Papageno]

A series of delightful radio dramas from way back in the day, pre-cast of thousands, Technicolor and modern CGI.

It’s like the black and white films of the period when light and shadow we’re used to amazing effect.

Just well written scripts, sound effects, atmospheric music and generous dash of hokeyness.

Naively entertaining, but throughly satisfying.

The Gypsy's Hand 1934

The incomparable Maria Ouspenskaya

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[Pen]

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What do you see?

Two very fluffy tailed creatures running away together.

[Pen]

A lesson in drollery - this made me laugh aloud . I think I can just about get away with this as 'Fun Stuff' (and it's informative too...)

The Naked Mole Rat

[Joan Marie]

A lesson in drollery - this made me laugh aloud . I think I can just about get away with this as 'Fun Stuff' (and it's informative too...)

The Naked Mole Rat

This series is so brilliant. Really weird but brilliant. My boyfriend loves these videos. He's also really weird but brilliant.

[Joan Marie]

I started these from seeds.

[Papageno]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MslQAMj6mfA

calming, soothing, healing......effortlessly drifts you back into focusing on your core.
love the settings and backgrounds.....amazing how gifted this musician is on many levels
the entire series so far, never disappoints

[Papageno]

https://www.tuttartpitturasculturapoesi ... Lippi.html

Filippo Lippi and Medici Patronage

[Joan Marie]

I'm gonna be so busy on instagram.

I just spent a couple of hours looking through just a tiny portion of photos I've taken over the years that have just been sitting on my computer unloved.
Well, I won't be hurting for Instagram content.

But I did want to share a couple here of my Christmas tree from a few years ago.

The tree is outside our dining room window because THOSE ARE REAL CANDLES!

We might be crazy but we're not insane.

It was really pretty and the element of danger added something to the evening.

[Joan Marie]

I just ran into this on twitter and it has totally redeemed twitter for me.

http://radio.garden


It looks like a google map of the world and you can zoom all around it just like google maps, but there are thousands of little green dots all over it and every dot is a radio station streaming live. You can listen to radio from everywhere. It's cultural teleporting.

It's just remarkable. Really.

[Joan Marie]

My current favourite channel is called Arctic Outpost on the Norwegian Archipelago of Svalbard.
They only play old 78s.

So fun. I imagine them in all that frozen darkness...

The direct link:
http://radio.garden/listen/arctic-outpo ... 0/sl0laSBK

(don't forget to click on the dot to make it play..)

[Pen]

Sunshine and happy times...

[Joan Marie]

Sunshine and happy times...

How beautiful. I can just feel the light. I have tears in my eyes.

Thanks.