Honey Bee on Autumn Joy Sedum

58 Days until the Midterms!

Shhhh...secret painting!

This is a painting reminiscent of the back yard at Youngest's first house. 

(It's secret because I haven't gifted it yet.) ~ listener

59 Days until the Midterms!

Looks like the comments problem has been fixed--Renee

Rescue coleus thriving

I've gone back and forth on whether this is worth posting. Mainly, our  front deck has seen better days and I'm not sure it's something that I want to draw attention to. But it's kind of a sweet little story, and we need more of those right now.  ~ Renee

We were at the grocery store--one of those bigger stores that seems to sell everything.  When we looked inside our cart,  we noticed that a stem and some leaves had broken off of a coleus plant.  My husband took the sprig home and put it in some water.  Once it rooted up he put it in a pot on our front deck.

I smile every time I see it.  It was destined to be trash, but here it is thriving. :)

 60 Days until the Midterms!

Note from listener:
Currently, I am able to see the blog and write on the blog,
but for some reason nothing will post...from phone or computer.
If anyone else is experiencing this, email me:  jschulte at together dot net

Map Apps (Thanks to Renee)

 On Google Maps they've renamed Lake Ontario to Lake America for U.S. users

 

As of September 2, Apple Maps has also made the change.

 
Mapquest has declared "We're not changing it", leading to Mapquest skyrocketing in popularity in app stores.

61 Days until the Midterms!
(Turns out I was off by one day.  We're a day CLOSER than I counted! Yay!)
~ listener

How other countries view the American flag currently

                                                                                            ~ via Meanwhile in Canada

63 Days until the Midterms!