We need to find meaning. We need to be useful. We need to know that who we are matters. I give, you give, we all give.
BB king says: Ah, Black hollyhocks ! ( alcea nigra ). Thomas jefferson loved them. And I do too.
Winnie Nielsen says: I have never seen these black Hollyhocks and they are quite stunning. How cool that our Thomas Jefferson loved them too!
Madelyn Shields says: I love the brilliance of these black Hollyhocks. They are magnificent and very inspiring. It is extemely interesting that Thomas Jefferson love them too.
Winnie Nielsen says: Are these currents not yet ripened?
MaryJane says: They are ripened berries on my honeysuckle vines and aren’t edible, just beautiful! Some of my honeysuckle vines/bushes have red berries.
BB king says: Wow never saw these berries before!
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They say that the prettier the insect, the more poisonous it is. Or is this an Idaho Lady Bug?
Did you get to see the Eclipse today?? It just finished here at my house at 2:47. It got so dark outside! I remember seeing it in 1963 when I was 12 and we made those boxes to do the viewing. It was also in the Summer.