Gathered my David Austin Roses from the garden yesterday evening along with a few spiders that crawled into my hair and down my back. Nice! They make me happy! Roses and spiders! Here are a few fascinating facts about roses:

World’s oldest living rose? 1,000 years old. Grows on the wall of the Cathedral of Hildesheim in Germany. Documented since A.D. 815.

World’s most expensive rose? The 2006 variety, Juliet, bred by David Austin and goes for $5 million.

In 2002, the miniature rose “Overnight Scentsation” was transported into space to study the effects of low gravity on the smell of roses.

More on rose types and facts. #freshcutflowers

I remember the conversation well. It was a brief exchange of inaudible words.
J: The sea! We must go!
S: No! I came here to shoot…

Yes, but wasn’t the trek to the water’s edge worth it?

Sara Berman’s Closet from NewYorker on Vimeo. It’s amazing what we learn about people by what they keep and how they cherish these things. Artefacts of life. The narrative is so complex and yet distilled down to this beautifully kept closet. Love this.

1. Hands down, jump from one high trapeze to another between the buildings (yes, obviously no net 🙂 ). Balance has yet to be one of my strong points but I’m working on it!
2. Half the normal size. Too big and there would probably be some cervical fusion going on.
3. First to discover alien life. I’m sure there were numerous individuals that first discovered the live T-Rex but were unable to gloat.
4. Forever as a 13-year-old. I need the young, curious, no fear attitude and the resilient knees for all my extreme sports. And 13 was a good year. I was preparing to start both my college and high school courses and was thoroughly enjoying my summer as a junior lifeguard! Team Tola! Would go back in a heartbeat!

Now you, Boo!

Even the #2s in your life have the potential to bloom.
#AlwaysABrightSide #CoffeeFilters #DuctTape #2Pencils #FoodColouring

Longest hopscotch in the world. I think. It sure felt like it. 🙂 #Hopper #WeLoveYou

Summary of my morning conversation with my son.
And those who know my son, know this.
Baha!

Vague forms of speech have so long passed for mysteries of science, and hard words mistaken for deep learning, that it will not be easy to persuade either those who speak or those who hear them, that they are but a hinderance to true knowledge. ~ John Locke

“Penn State’s Ice Cream Short Course is the oldest, best-known, and largest educational program dealing with the science and technology of ice cream. It also is believed to be the first continuing education course in the United States.”

What? This is amazing. And then I went to register and they’re full. So bummed. So bummed. Next year man. #OnMyIceCreamBucketList

Now this is the sort of research I should be doing! Baha!:

Harwood ML, Loquasto JR, Roberts RF, Ziegler GR, Hayes JE. 2013. Explaining tolerance for bitterness in chocolate ice cream using solid chocolate preferences. Journal of Dairy Science 96:4938-4944.