Highway 52

A new section of Highway 52 was opened to the public for biking/jogging/walking this morning. There was a lot of free stuff like popcorn, coffee, cookies, t-shirts, live bands, cotton candy and automobile clubs.

Backyard Show

Currently showing in the backyard this morning and ready for their close-up shots:

The honey bush (Melianthus major) has two flower stalks about to bloom. the flower and leaves are showy, but the plant is toxic. You won't find any grasshopper bites or aphids on this plant!

This plum tree has 100's of flowers on it, so it's about 10X more than what I've seen it do in previous years. There's going to be a lot of fruit, so I should look into how to make plum sauce and plum preserves and plum bread and plum pudding and ....

The native flannel bush is budding several yellow flowers. They haven't opened fully, yet.