Steve Nellis

A photo of mother iris tubers making new daughters in seed trays on my garage floor. Wont people discard mothers when dividing as they will not broom again, but the will continue to make more daughters which will either this season or next depending an size! These will get divided off and potted up a bit later in spring to grow up!

A photo of various hydrangea cuttings waking up. Some are further along than others, some still look mostly dead! If memory serves I have about ten different varieties here. These will spend this year summer growing and I may find new plant parents for them this fall!

Babies! Discarded mothers from last year making me new tiny daughters for me to grow up! These are just sitting in trays with about an inch of soil. Iris are amazing plants. Also the baby hydrangea cuttings from fall are waking up! 🌱🌷

Ah! No… vestigial memories transferred via ancient dinosaur mnemonics.

They like their old digs… feels like home.

Trump’s former AI adviser Dean W Ball: “Nvidia, Amazon, Google will have to divest from Anthropic if Hegseth gets his way. This is simply attempted corporate murder. I could not possibly recommend investing in American AI to any investor; I could not possibly recommend starting an AI co. in the US.”

This is amazing.

www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com

Ooof… long, hot summer.

First they came for the…scouts?

TV entertainer and inexplicably Secretary of Defense/War/whatevs Pete Hegseth: “The Department of War has officially put Scouting America on notice.

“It’s time to get back to basics, and DoW is leading the charge.”

He really wants his Hitler Youth.

A photo of a Jury's Yellow camellia bloom. A fully-double, white flower with a ruffled center of yellow petaloids.

A small iris reticulata in bloom. Pale creamy white flower with pale blues, purples and yellow coloring.

A pot consisting of deep purple anemones, with a bright orange ranunculus. Please ignore the cat food, we feed cat friends!

Some flowers! Jury's yellow camilla started blooming, an iris reticulata, and a bowl of ranunculus and anemones. Although very early it is feeling very much like spring. Got out and started cleaning potted plants today, need to finally do the roses this weekend. 🌱🌷

Things are looking up. Morning…

The Constitution clearly gives Congress the power to spend taxpayer funds, and no law allows the president to halt if he feels some US states aren’t being “good stewards” of the money.

In case there’s any confusion on this, the Impoundment Control Act forbids it.

Taxation without representation.

it's 2016: north carolina introduces a bill to ban trans people from using bathrooms safely. there's a national outcry; companies withdraw business up to and including the NCAA cancelling a publicized game. the bill fails.

it's 2026: kansas passes a law nullifying trans people's licenses. crickets.

Hi,

The President has no authority to determine how states conduct their elections, not even if he manufactures a crisis involving Chinese interference. This will fail. Bigly.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

My reputation precedes me… to my shame and horror? 🤣

Do it. You’ll be fine. Worst case is… you’ll have to pot them up again.

my local park is full of hundreds of snow sculptures and someone has been adding museum labels

I like this photo a bit more. The grey was less grey (more sun?) and it’s opened a bit more.

Although… it looks the same in the photo. 😕

Hawaii wasn’t part of the Roman Empire then?

And no pineapple!!!

Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

“The Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds.”

Lovely camellia Mark.

Dude. Just make a shed or greenhouse. You have land!

It is! Can’t wait to plant it out… somewhere…

Probably the worst tasting brownies, but it’s three rows of 4 soil block cubes in a black tray. Purple basil, cilantro, and an heirloom basil.

🌱Started some herbs for the Garden Manager’s mom.
Soil blocks. On heat.
No pressure…

A wee lined crocus in a grit covered terracotta pot with tulip leaves pushing and shoving their way.

🌱Some crocus in a pot from last year’s display. We have last year’s pots on the east side driveway for a bit of color.

Creamy yellow medium sized anemone form bloom with shiny dark green leaves. Reminds me of a rose or peony… soft and romantic.

🌱Camellia Jury’s Yellow.
One of the new camellias purchased last year and finally putting on its blooms. Not the best light under the covered patio on a rainy grey day.

But oh… to have something else in bloom.

What I can recall of it? It was a blast.

I was in college in the 80’s, child.

Our greenhouse is overwintering roses.

US women’s hockey team declines Trump’s State of the Union invite, citing scheduling | CNN Politics The gold medal-winning US Olympic women’s hockey team has declined an invitation to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, citing scheduling issues.

I have to feed the cat, sorry.

I recall… fondly… the flavor of summer tomatoes. Not these cardboard balls commercially available.