The

Japanese Maple tree

in front of the house here is not a native species, but is an imported one...and the House Finch (closely related to the Rosefinch that we know in India) is not a native species to Missouri, having been introduced, according to this

Wiki entry in the 1940's, from Mexico and the southwestern United States ( Read more... )

I've just had quite a disappointment, and am trying to put it in perspective. I've organized a reasonable-sized event, only to have one of the high priorities of that meet drop out, at the last-but-one minute...and I have done all I can to reverse the situation ( Read more... )

beast_666 and I were supposed to meet up tomorrow and we wanted him to join us for dinner. Today he called up and said that the last bus to where he lived would leave at 7pm, and so joining us for dinner would not be possible ( Read more... )