Mystery Achievement

Yesterday I thought I'd have one bloom today, but two proud orange flowers greeted me this morning! Spurned on, perhaps, by its neighbor, a second California Poppy plant burst forth with a colorful Springtime flower, marking a bright advent to the season.

To further celebrate Spring, I planted some other native poppy varieties in the pots on the porch, and a dozen different heirloom tomato plants in the backyard beds. Look for more photos as they grow and bloom.

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Mystery Achievement	Song by Pretenders

Rite of Spring

The first California poppy bloom of the season began to unfurl today!

I'd noticed that the poppies were especially prolific this year, inhabiting the whole front yard, but wasn't sure how many of the new plants would actually flower. Well, one's taken up the challenge, at least. It's got one bloom unfurling now with at least two more to follow. And the plant behind it looks like it's not far behind.

What's more, just about every other flowering plant in the garden is beginning to bloom. Looks to be a colorful Spring!

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Rite of Spring	Ballet by Igor Stravinsky

Running in Fear from Imaginary Assailants

Ezra Klein at The American Prospect made a fantastic observation today regarding the Dow Jones Industrial Average:

Anyone else noticed that the Dow Jones Average now serves the same purpose on cable news shows that the terrorism alert level served between 2001 and 2004?"

I really wish the mass media could do a better job of framing economic (or political) issues instead of falling back on simple, athletically inspired metrics like "up" or "down," "ahead" or "behind."

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Running in Fear from Imaginary Assailants	Song by Charlie Hunter Trio