Riding down to the park today on my bike it was such a nice day. The recent rain was over and the sun was out. The world smelled wonderful and the fall leaves were all different yellow, red, and orange

Pittossporum undulatum is a fast growing evergreen tree, called by it's various common names Native Laurel, Native Daphne, Mock Orange and Sweet Pittosporum. This plant is native to Australia and it's

This post was co-published at talanhorne.com Last Thursday---October 4th---broke a record on this website. On that day, talanhorne.com got its highest volume of web traffic ever, with 265 unique views.

Hi there. It's been a while since I did a Saturday post. Such posts were usually about Steemit, but Steemit had been stagnating for so long that there was little to write about. But now things are finally

Michelia figo is the Botanical name for the Port Wine Magnolia. This is not a actually a plant closely related to the Magnolia trees, it's just a common name for this plant. This plant is an evergreen,

I am preparing this post the day before and will upload it early on Saturday (my time). I have to rent a truck to haul some tile and they do not take reservations. So I will be up and out the door early

Welcome to my DTube Hebrew reading & language series. The full study is now on line covering the Alef-Beyt here in my blog. This is a beginners program to teach letters, vowels, and reading. The vowels

The Banksia is a plant that most Australians are familiar with. There are story books written about Banksias by an Author and Artist named May Gibbs, with characters like Snugglepot and Cuddlepie and the

This pickup, or "ute" as we call them in Australia has been planted with a garden. It's an unusual feature of one of Northern Sydney's better Nurseries / garden centres, Eden Gardens. Funnily

Welcome to my DTube Hebrew reading & language series. The full study is now on line covering the Alef-Beyt here in my blog. This is a beginners program to teach letters, vowels, and reading. The vowels

Freesias are one of the best Spring Bulbs. The flowers come in a multitude of colours and are beautifully fragrant. Freesias grow from a corm, which is like a bulb. Once you plant them, they will grow

It finally happened. After a year of waiting, we finally get to catch up on The Good Place. And not a moment too soon, because the last season left us with questions. Troubling, troubling questions. And

This post was co-published at talanhorne.com. Because mine are...apparently. Or, at least, I find myself having to confront that possibility, and I want to explore the idea here. (By the way, I won't be

Greetings this fine Saturday. And we start a new month. Our smoke has cleared out quite a bit. We had some rain, which I hope is the start of our early Fall rains. Before I finish this I am going to go

This evergreen climbing plant is sometimes also called the Flame Vine, but it's Botanical name is Pyrostegia venusta. A native to Brazil, it is frost-tender so it's suitable only for temperate to warm

Beaumontia is an outstanding scrambling shrub or climbing plant for larger gardens. It has beautiful large white flowers and large deep green leaves with prominent veins. Naive to the Himalayas, it is

Ah, memories. Memories...are such temporary things. And this shortness of memory can be very useful, especially if you are writing a TV show. As an example, for the sake of everyone out there with amnesia,

Since mid-August, Byteball's price has increased around 80 percent, and the Crypto is now knocking on the door of the Top 100 Cryptos by market cap once again. Byteball has recently taken up several

Kangaroo Paw is the common name for the Anigozanthus, which is native to Western Australia, It has unique flowers that come in many colours, the flowers emerge from sword-shaped leaves. The plant grows

This post was co-published at talanhorne.com. I don't know what. And I don't know whether it will be good or bad. But there's a definite atmospheric shift going on. Perhaps it's just me, or perhaps other