Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Succulent Flowers
Two of my succulents are in bloom. The yellow flowers are on one of the succulent plants I inherited from a friend of mine. The other is an older succulent of mine and it’s developed a long stalk with red florets.
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Happy Birthday
Doug and Kaitlyn Two of my nephews had birthdays last month. My family has expanded even further since they were born. In the past four years my three sisters have also added two little girls and a little boy to the group. These photos are from my nephew Doug’s fourth birthday party. They were too…
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Wordless Wednesday Morning Glories My Beautiful Nemisis
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Sailing the Bay
This past weekend I participated in a sailing race for the first time. I helped out on a sailboat called the Ultimate 20. The crew typically consists of two to three people. The first day was action packed as we participated in three separate races against similar boats. The race committee sets up bouys that…
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Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween, I hope everyone had a great holiday. I missed out on most of the Halloween celebrations because I was sailing in San Francisco. But I did manage to do some pumpkin carving and watch some really bad scary movies. Jolly Roger Jack O’Lantern My Tiki Jack O’ Lantern
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Looking for the Great Pumpkin
Saturday was gorgeous, it was the perfect day to jump in the car and head on over to the local pumpkin patch. Bobby Dazzlers Pumpkin patch is surrounded by farm land so it feels more authentic then the pumpkin patches of my youth. I love all of the colors, shapes and textures of the various…
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Garden Bloggers Bloom Day for October
The calendar may say it’s October but the weather is making it feel like July. It was in the low to mid nineties this past week. The garden is going through a transition phase. Since it’s been so hot I haven’t had the heart to remove all of the summer plants to make room for…
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Wordless Wednesday Yellow
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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Harvesting Hops
My ten hop plants flourished all summer long. I inherited these plants along with the community plot. They are rhizomes and started to appear in late May. After six to eight weeks they spread upward and entangled themselves into the fence. Around late July they started to form little cones which reached maturity after three…
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