Clivia

blooming at the right time this year.   Last year it bloomed after I had cancer surgery in March.

Olli lecture

We toured the Cessna Citation Research Aircraft operated by the Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences at UND.  What was a 12 passenger plane is now filled with instruments to measure clouds.  And other atmospheric stuff.  It can fly up to 42,000 feet and take airborne measurements.  Most research is done at a lower altitude.  

J.P. CONNELL ROSE

Supposed to be yellow but really pale this year because of all the rain and no sun.  Hybridized by Svejda Agriculture Canada 1987 1.25m ('Arthur Bell' x o.p. seedling of 'Von Scharnhorst') Part of the explorer series of hardy roses produced by Canadian research.  A non-suckering upright narrow plant with butter yellow blooms that fade to ivory. Superbly formed and repeating till frost. Productivity increases with age. The flowers are deliciously fragrant.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE

EERC

Olli class 

touring EERC in yellow hard hats.

Mike helped me get

bowling ball fountain going.

Luminaries in University Park

at Relay for Life.

Deb's Square Foot Garden

The rain came down and the unbrellas came out.  Deb made her square foot garden with cement block and Dakota peat.