Flowers regenerated from 30,000-year-old frozen fruits, buried by ancient squirrels
Saturday 26th of May 2012 01:14:28 AM
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| Fruits in my fruit bowl tend to rot into a mulchy mess after a couple of weeks. Fruits that are chilled in permanent Siberian ice fare rather better. After more than 30,000 years, and some care from Russian scientists, some ancient fruits have produced this delicate white flower. These regenerated plants, rising like wintry Phoenixes from the Russian ice, are still viable. They produce their own seeds and, after a 30,000-year hiatus, can continue their family line. The plant owes its miraculous resurrection to a team of scientists led by David Gilichinsky, and an enterprising ground squirrel. Back in the... |
Russians revive Ice Age flower from frozen burrow
Saturday 26th of May 2012 01:14:28 AM
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| MOSCOW (AP) -- It was an Ice Age squirrel's treasure chamber, a burrow containing fruit and seeds that had been stuck in the Siberian permafrost for over 30,000 years. From the fruit tissues, a team of Russian scientists managed to resurrect an entire plant in a pioneering experiment that paves the way for the revival of other species. The Silene stenophylla is the oldest plant ever to be regenerated, the researchers said, and it is fertile, producing white flowers and viable seeds. The experiment proves that permafrost serves as a natural depository for ancient life forms, said the Russian researchers,... |
ANNUAL FLOWER AND GARDEN SHOW, ST. JOHN'S COUNTY, FLORIDA
Saturday 26th of May 2012 01:14:28 AM
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| I spent about 3 hours at the flower and garden show, got tired long before I covered everything. The exhibits were spread out over at least 4 or 5 acres, and there were more displays in the main conference room. They were running gardening clinics in another room.It's a charity event sponsored by the garden clubs.The turnout was impressive and it's still got another day to run.Y'all keep the noise down, I'm gonna take a nap! |
Zippity Doo Dah
Saturday 26th of May 2012 01:14:28 AM
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| Zippity Doo Dah Zippity Ay My oh my What a wonderful day. Plenty of sunshine Comin' my way. Zippity Doo Dah Zippity Ay Mr. Bluebird on my shoulder, It's the truth; It's actual; Everything is satisfactual. Zippity Doo Dah Zippity Ay Wonderful feeling, Wonderful day! |
I KNOW IT'S SPRING NOW
Saturday 26th of May 2012 01:14:28 AM
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| When the Cottonmouth Mocassins come out you know it's really Spring! |
FLORIDA MEANS FLOWERS
Saturday 26th of May 2012 01:14:28 AM
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| I spent some time at the St. John's County Arboretum today, by next week it's going to explode with blossoms. The annual garden show is less than a month from now, my friend the master gardener is working hard to get things ready.Some of these shots are of the same flowers as my last posting but they're all new from today. More variety is on the way |
SUNDAY MORNING SUNSHINE
Saturday 26th of May 2012 01:14:28 AM
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| Down in the upper 30s ar night but near 70 in the daytime and things are popping out all over. The little pear trees are blooming like never before.The annual flower and garden show starts this coming wek at the St. John's County Arboretum. There is always enough pretty stuff there to keep a camera working. It's almost Easter, Freeper folks! |
Starting to Look Like Spring!
Saturday 26th of May 2012 01:14:28 AM
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| Something for all you frozen Northern Freepers to look forward to!Hang in there, Spring is coming! |
SIGNS OF SPRING, BIRDS AND BEES AND FLOWERS
Saturday 26th of May 2012 01:14:28 AM
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| The Daffodils are popping, the bees are busy and the birds are almost ready to pair off and build nests. Today, in sunny St. John's County Florida. |
Bits and Pieces
Saturday 26th of May 2012 01:14:28 AM
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| Got out for a while, but I'm just going to have to accept that I can't take the heat anymore. 5 minutes in the Sun and I start getting light headed The tomcat is Loki, he is very gentle but on the wild side. It's taken him 3 years to fully trust me. He weighs at least 20 pounds, not too much fat. He just showed up one day skinny and hungry. He flinched any time you moved your hands. |
Arboretum Thursday
Saturday 26th of May 2012 01:14:28 AM
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| I only had a few minutes to get out today, made a short ride through the county arboretum. |
MOTHER'S DAY FLOWERS
Saturday 26th of May 2012 01:14:28 AM
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| Fresh from the arboretum. It was windy, everything was a moving target! |
ARBORETUM EXPLOSION
Saturday 26th of May 2012 01:14:28 AM
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| The arboretum got a late start, stuff is busting out all over now! |
Arboretum Today
Saturday 26th of May 2012 01:14:28 AM
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| Today was the first day that really felt like summer, it was up in the 90s. The arboretum is exploding with blossoms. |
Prosumer Bridge Camera VS DSLR
Saturday 26th of May 2012 01:14:28 AM
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| When I bought my Sony DSLR I hung on to my Panasonic FZ30 and my old Olympus c2100. Sometimes I want to travel light and there are situations where the smaller camera gets results with less effort. The rose is from the Panasonic, amaryllis fron the Sony.I'm on my second FZ30 I ran the first one until it stopped, lots of shots. |
TUESDAY AROUND TOWN
Saturday 26th of May 2012 01:14:28 AM
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| We're in a transitional period, the birds are nesting and hunting far and wide to find nest materials and food for hatched chicks. The flowers are just starting to really pop. This time of year the only big concentrations of wading birds are the rookery areas. They hunt far and wide when feeding chicks. This is a Tri colored Heron, an amaryllis and a really pretty multicolored rose. |
Flower raises a stink in Milwaukee
Saturday 26th of May 2012 01:14:28 AM
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MILWAUKEE , Jan. 8 (UPI) -- A rare, large and foul-smelling plant in the lily family that blooms about every six years may stink up the Milwaukee Public Museum Jan. 18, authorities say. The corpse flower -- a tital arum (large lily), or Amorphophallus titanium (huge unshaped penis) -- normally grows wild in Indonesian rainforests. The schedule by which they flower is unpredictable, and once they do so, it is only for 24 to 48 hours, says a notice on the Web site of San Francisco State University. In 2008 when the museum's other corpse flower bloomed, it gave off...
Around the Lake
Saturday 26th of May 2012 01:14:28 AM
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| Maria Sanchez Lake is almost downtown St. Augustine, a residential area with older homes. The lake is a bird magnet and there are often some nice flowers in yards around the lake. If you don't see any birds near the water look up in the Oak trees. This Great Egret and the White Ibis were waiting for the tide to start in. This flower is a Lycoris, it was almost hidden by someone's garbage can. |
TUESDAY AT THE POND
Saturday 26th of May 2012 01:14:28 AM
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| Grandson Gerry has ROTC drill Tuesday after school, and I pick him up. I leave early and sit by the pond, or cruise around looking for models. I timed it right, the pond crew started showing up about the same time I did. The season change is bringing in a lot of new birds, the Boat Tail Grackles were back in the marsh today.The double Hibiscus was growing in a yard close to the street. |
SUNDAY MORNING SUNSHINE
Saturday 26th of May 2012 01:14:28 AM
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LONG DAY FOR AN OLD MAN
Saturday 26th of May 2012 01:14:28 AM
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| St. Augustine High School hosted a regional JROTC drill competition today. Grandson Gerry rolled me out of the sack at 6AM and off we went. Why we had to leave so early is beyond me, nothing started until about 9AM, but since the army was running things you just got to follow orders! I couldn't get the right angle on the Sun but managed to catch some of the action. I headed out just after 10AM to chase some critters, Gerry was there for the day. I'm trying to calibrate a new monitor, some pics may be light or dark... |
Desperate Help Needed - Re: Sunflower My Daughter Grew From Seed Destroyed By Neighbor Kids
Saturday 26th of May 2012 01:14:28 AM
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| Please help me out! My daughter grew a massive sunflower from seed in a wildflower garden that we planted late this spring. This flower was MAGNIFICENT, it had eight blooms and 3 or 4 more on the way! Neighbor boys cut it down with a tent pole this morning and Bachman's has told us that it will likely die. We are in MN (twin cities area), so I'm trying to find somewhere, anywhere, that has sunflowers (mature ones preferably). Bachman's told us no dice - they don't have any. My 2.5 year old is going to be crushed, and Mom... |
SUNSHINE TODAY!
Saturday 26th of May 2012 01:14:28 AM
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| Pretty day, the Skeeters aren't as bad as they have been. The young Little Blue Heron is getting bluer by the day. The Great Blue kept dozing off, only came up out of the Mangroves for a drink. The Cannas is right by the road, I shot this out the car window. |
Tokyo fights burglars with flower power
Saturday 26th of May 2012 01:14:28 AM
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| TOKYO (Reuters) – A Tokyo district plagued with burglaries has turned to planting flowers to beautify its streets and help stamp out crime. "'Operation Flower' began about three years ago. By planting flowers facing the street, more people will be keeping an eye out while taking care of the flowers or watering them," said Kiyotaka Ohyagi, a Suginami City official. "The best way to prevent crime is to have more people on the lookout." Suginami, with a population of 528,800, saw a record 1,710 break-ins in 2002. When a neighbourhood watch group found that there were fewer burglaries in buildings... |
Around Cabbage Hammock
Saturday 26th of May 2012 01:14:28 AM
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| The skeeters are so thick you can't breath unless you keep moving. Not many critters out, except during twilight hours. I got these shots just rambling around yesterday. |
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