Sunday Randomness #102 Mystery plant

This has been growing in a crack in the backyard.  I identified the plant in general but I don't know the specific type.  Anyone else care to venture a guess?

If more people read this blog, I had even entertained thoughts of a prize for the first person to correctly name the plant type in the comments but then I thought I'd be too discouraged at the total lack of comments.

This is where one must be willing to take chances.   If I do get some comments I will mail out a crisp $1 bill to the first correct guess at the type of plant.  I know, not much of a prize, but hey, a dollar is a dollar.  It's still enough buy a small treat at most grocery stores.  If by chance you want to comment, feel free-just be sure to leave some sort of contact information if you'd like a chance at that one dollar bill.

Sunday Randomness #161 Speed Trap

This past month we had a day that started with a police car in our neighborhood.  Further up, and out of sight on account of the bushes, was a second patrol car.  The two police officers, standing across the street, were catching speeders.  The street  goes straight through for a few blocks and is a prime spot for people wanting to  go a bit faster than the traditional 25 mph residential speed limit.  We  talked briefly with the officers and they related that they stopped 4 people going over 40 mph in just the first 20 minutes (plus others also going over 25 mph but the 40 mph people were definitely speeding excessively).

But the catch of the day for shooting these fish in a barrel?  A motorcyclist clocked doing more than double the speed limit at 51 mph with the added irony that the motorcyclist also happened to be a doctor.  One would think a doctor would know better than to be speeding in a non-emergency situation but turns out that at least some doctors go a tad above the speed limit just like a number of other people who zip down this neighborhood cut through.  The officers mostly gave out warnings but a few (like the motorcyclist) got tickets if their speed was deemed too excessive.  So if you come to our neck of the woods, don't speed down the cut through-you never know when a speed trap might be waiting!

Pearls Puzzle

Our most recent puzzle completion: An Anne Geddes design in a small 100 piece puzzle that I picked up at Deseret Industries for $.75.  It only took Hedgehog about 15 minutes to piece this together.   Hedgehog remarked occasionally about finding matching pearls. We had a 1000 piece woodland otter puzzle out for months that we finally just put away because everyone had stopped working on it.  We do better with completing the 500 or less piece puzzles.

More Summer Chalk Art

 Violin music and a starry city night

Tardis

Daisy has added art to the front walk but we haven't always taken pictures.  I did take some pictures and thought I should put them up before the rain (that's suppose to come this week) washes away the latest works.

Sunday Randomness #273 Candy Vitamins

Step right up, step right up, Get yerself and yers family sum of these here delishus L'il Critters Gummy Vites!  Full of good fur ya multi-vitamins and mineeerals!  Shur to help whatere ails ya! Tho' these mite look like them candee ones, these little bears are packed with good stuffs!  Gots natural colors and flavors-none of that ther' artificially stuff in these here vitamens. Yous gots your cherries, tropical punch, orangeey,  lemony, and  fancy white grape flavors all in one bottle!  And for thos' of yuh that's got allergees?  Ther's no gluten, milk, eggs, peanuts or soy to be fohnd in any a one of these!  Plus they's got that ther' seal of approoval from those three fellers from the Chef's Best for BEST TASTE 2011.  Yous can take 'em with mama's approvin' of these l'il beasty candees!

So get yerself some squishy, squashy, chewy, gooey, chomp smackin', chewy, beary, goodness today by buying yur very own bottle of Gummy Vites!

Our opinion: They're an easy and yummy way to remember to take vitamins on occasion.

(Disclaimer: We bought the vitamins on our own and have not been paid, compensated, rewarded,  punished or even acknowledged for our opinion on this product.)

Bountiful Baskets September

Bountiful baskets share for $15: 4 corn, 2 heads green leaf lettuce, 5 lb. bag red potatoes, 4 tomatoes, 7 peppers, 3 grapefruit, 7 plums, 5 pears, 1 bag black seedless grapes, 2 avocados, 6 limes and we got an extra bag of potatoes for volunteering.

Fajita pack for $5: 3 green peppers, 3 red peppers, 2 yellow onions, 1 head garlic, about 1/2 dozen assorted dried hot peppers.    Tortilla pack for $10.50: 3 dozen large flour tortillas, 2 dozen small flour tortillas and 2 dozen small corn tortillas.

Orders are taken starting Monday at 10:00 a.m.  Go to www.bountifulbaskets.org for more information.