Ok, I finally received my bismuth and started trying to make crystals. Its fairly easy to make the crystals, but harder to make good quality...
Also Eileen, I too thought about making bismuth jewelry to give away for Christmas presents.
It should be a fairly easy process. I basically liquify the bismuth metal and let it cool slowly. The rest of the crystal making process is...
I'm going to try my hand at growing bismuth crystals. I've been reading up on it and it doesn't seem too difficult except for getting the metal to...
I think they are pretty neat how they make those nests in the trees. They mostly do that on oaks from what I have seen. I had one of these nests...
I love these guys. They sometimes eat out of my bird feeder.
Yes, it is definitely a flavor to get used to. I actually found it at a World Market store.
:lol: Vegemite is a vegetable yeast extract. It's kind of difficult to describe its taste, but it tastes very briney. It's actually a product of...
[img] ( photo / image / picture from FlowerFreak22's Garden ) I'm not sure what to call this sandwich, but it is very delicious. It's also...
[img] St. Andrew's Cross ( photo / image / picture from FlowerFreak22's Garden ) [img] Cleome ( photo / image / picture from FlowerFreak22's...
These were blooming before the heat killed/wilted most of them. [img] Achellia 'Pomegranate' ( photo / image / picture from FlowerFreak22's...
Yesterday we had temps around 102F, but today is when we really got hit. We had temps of 106-110F today. I don't think my AC has turned off all...
#10 might be Geranium carolinianum. If #13's flower is actinomorphic it is probably a verbena or in that family, if they are zygomorphic then...
Haha, good one. :lol: :lol:
It looks like a Penstemon to me.
1. Phytolacca americana or Poke Weed 2. Could be Hustonia purpurea
I think you discovered a new species, the Tree Gull. lol
I was not thinking elderberry because the most common one that grows around here is Sambucus canadensis which has black berries and is very...
Also some botanical names have recently been changed which may be why you can't find them.
I think you are correct DeepWoods. Thanks for the ID. Wartrop, that was very close, the two assassin bugs do look very similar though.
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