Al, Tell Jewel congratulations on the caption contest, beautiful dog in the picture. That means hail down here. Black rolling clouds with a greenish hue would send us looking for a windowless room.
8:40AM 3-23-07 25F, feels like 33F, Humidity 70%, wind ENE @ 5mph. 1.7 inches of rain yesterday. Stopped raining by 12:00PM. Yesterdays High was 59F, The greenish sky is just some thing to oooHHHHHH and AAAAAAAWWWWWW over as we don't see the sky like that often. Jewel got her eye checked yesterday and isn't healing so we took her this morning for an operation. She gave us that sad look when we were leaving. Artic Star Dianthus. :-D Al
I hope the op does the trick for Jewel Al. What a lovely dianthus - the name certainly suits it. :-D It's a lovrly mild day here today so let's hope the rain stays away.
9:22AM 3-24-07 47F, feels like 45F, humidity 80%, wind SSW @ 5 MPH. Yesterdays high 61F mostly sunny. Rained during the night and is cloudy and damp today. Jewel is resting easy here at home after yesterday operation. She slept soundly nearly all night. She woke me at 4:00am and we stayed awake for about an hour an a half. New Queen line 2 pound honey jar label. Made from one of Kares pictures. :-D Al
That label should sale lots of honey Al.Its really pretty and that flower sure helps it stand out.It really is a pretty label.
WOW if I saw that label on a jar of honey then it's the one I'd buy!!! Beautiful - absolutely beautiful. Congratulations Kare on the photograph. I'm sure your sales will rocket now. :-D
8:49AM 3-25-07 30F, feels like 39F, humidity 80%, wind SW @ 10MPH. Yesterdays high 62F rain in the morning, cloudy till about 3:00 PM then sunny. :-D Bees are bringing in pollen from some thing. This is 5 days earlier than we have recorded. 2005 & 2006 first sightings was March 28th. :-D Thank you all for the nice comments on the honey label. I do hope you are right and we sell a lot because of the label. Our new one pound label. We for got to add the weight of the product in the jar on this one. I added it in when I did the paint on the phone number, Other wise Kare is writeing it in. :-D Al
8:20 3-26-07 61F, feels like 61F, humidity 75%, wind SSW @ 13mph. High yesterday was 64F after a early morning rain. Sorry I don't remember the name of this one. Maybe a Purple Ice Plant. :-D Al
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-saxifrag.html http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9065975/saxifrage Al, it would appear that Saxifrage is the common name. The britannica article does also call it aka Rockfoil There is also a Saxifrage Society. http://www.saxifraga.org/default.asp
8:18 3-27-07 56F, feels like 55F, humidity 83%, wind W @ 5MPH. Thanks for the plant name, although it isn't ringing any bells with me. Guess I really lost this one . Yesterdays high 81F. Set record high temps many places in Michigan. Even the dogs didn't want to be outside. Jacobs Ladder. :-D Al
8:19am 3-28-07 40F, feels like 32F, humidity 70%, wind ENE @ 15MPH Yesterdays high 82F Saw my first butterfly of the year. Dogs all stayed inside where it was some cooler. Hope this isn't a sign of a hot humid summer. Looked at the daffys and they are up good and will bloom in just days if it stays this warm. Lilacs has huge buds too. Kare and I did some shopping yesterday and saw a forcynthy shrub in a south east corner of a house and garage that is all yellow so ready to bloom fully. Trillium :-D Al