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In 1899, Oregon Grape (Berberis aquifolium) was declared the Oregon state flower by the Legislature. The plant, with its holly like foliage and yellow flowers can be found mainly on the Pacific Coast.

The insides are green.

The purple bush bean doesn’t taste as good as the green bush bean. It’s kind of gamey.

Google maps has street views of Brooklyn now.

Scum landlords, Manz Realty Corp., work out of this building.

I fantasize about spray painting MANZ REALTY ARE SCUM!!! all over this building.

The nicest gift is to let people deal with stuff on their own.

From the SkyMaul book.

Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip Poplar

I love the shape of this leaf. I’m going to say it’s in my top three of favorite leaves. Yup, I have a top three. I’m not sure what the others are, but I know if I thought hard about it tulip poplar would be up there. I picked it off century-old trees at the NY Botanical Garden. It’s shaped like a tulip, right?

Facts:

Native to North America.

Wood is rot resistant—used by American Indians for canoe building.

President Lincoln used tulip tree wood for his log cabin in Indiana.

Daniel Boone used the wood for canoes

Jean-Leon Gerome Crossing the Desert

‘Orientalist’ painter. He toured Egypt in 1856.

Check this out in person at the Metropolitan Museum. The colors are amazing.

BUNK Moreland, played by Wendell Pierce, is my favorite character on The Wire.

He’s “murder police.”