Coleus ready to plant

Thirteen days in a glass of water

 and this cutting is ready to pot up.

 Thanks, T!

Google Noir

A student showed me this the other day:
Black Google
"bpled has been made black to reduce the energy of your computer screen by making a black background. It will consume less energy than a white screen. In addition it's better for your eyes."
(By the way, BPLED doesn't mean a thing ... although, think of all that mental energy you could waste puzzling out a meaning for it!)
It is also called Blackle.
Blackle

I like fish, but ...

I don't want to get into them to this extent!

Dusky grouper

Enduring color

My floral favorite this summer is a mixture of portulacas, also called moss rose. Each  blossom lasts only a day or two and on a cloudy day the buds won't open at all. The more you nip them back the more flower buds appear. Great for small gardens like mine.

In the driver's seat

In a dog's mind

Even a non-dog person would get a chuckle out of Julie's recent post,
http://juliezickefoose.blogspot.com/2011/09/chet-baker-captain-and-schlemiel.html
I just love this blog. She writes so well and is so alive to nature in all its forms, and what a sense of humor she has. (Takes good pictures, too)