Catch-up and another postcard!
Time to catch up on some photos of the day! It’s been a very busy weekend - mostly spent at work trying to get everything ready for our upcoming trip. (We’re not ready.) So, as is the norm, I’ve been remiss in keeping you all up to date with my daily photos! So here you go:
This is Boomer; a friend brought in his dog to spend the afternoon in the office on Friday. It really made my day just that much better. I love dogs. And Boomer is quite well-behaved. We became quick friends.
This is Anya’s bone. After she’s done chewing on it for awhile, she always leaves it upright, and it amuses Logan and I to no end.
While taking a break from work yesterday, Logan and I went to go grab some dinner and saw this on the way. With so many flags of so many different colors, I thought it was like a garden in its own right, so I had to take a photo.
Today’s photo (look, a photo of the day before 9 in the morning!) is another contest. I’m trying to grow this on my deck. Do you know what it is? Take a guess, and win a postcard from Italy if you’re right! (Since this is probably more difficult than the last contest, I’ll come back and post hints periodically - feel free to guess more than once!)
First hint: It’s a dwarf variety. I probably wouldn’t be able to grow the full-size version in a pot like that.
Second hint: It is not a vegetable, but parts of the plant can be used as foodstuffs.
Third hint: One of the (U.S.) states has it as its official state flower. (Not the dwarf version specifically.)
Yay! It has been guessed! Gerhard wins, and the mystery plant is a sunflower!
I’ll be wrong, but I’m going to guess and African Violet.
Good guess, but that’s not it! There’s a hint now!
Hm. I’d say it’s a plant, isn’t it?
Not knowing (and seeing on the picture) the size of the pot, and having next to now knowledge of botany I’ll have to guess. A ginko tree?
It is a plant, Gerhard! Well done! However, it is not a ginko tree. Keep guessing!
Is it a sunflower?
Gerhard wins! Gerhard wins! It’s a sunflower!