#OnThisDay in 1988, Kurt Cobain posted a "Drummer Wanted" ad in The Rocket magazine. historylink.org/File/10378

Bouquet of hawthorn branches from my friend. So lush and gorgeous.

#OnThisDay in 1861, the steamer Cortez reached Portland with news of the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter. historylink.org/File/9892

Mountain bluet (Centaurea montana) is a herbaceous perennial. I've incorrectly called it love in a mist. Member of the bachelor button family.

Since ancient times, 30 April, the eve of Saint Walpurga’s feast day and May Day, has been linked with spring festivals and fertility rites. Homes were adorned with rosemary and birch, and St. Walpurga invoked to keep malevolent forces at bay. #FairytaleTuesday #WalpurgisNacht

#OnThisDay in 1912, the steamship Alameda crashed into Seattle's Colman Dock. historylink.org/File/766

Greetings from #BrookSide Senior Living. Tiny little buds on the heucharia this morning! Every day a garden adventure! #GardenGrewPeas #Gardening 🌱

Last of the cherries to bloom. Last but not least, as the old saying goes.

What about the bus? Why yes, I would like to ride the magic bus.

Much needed sunshine today and through the weekend.

#OnThisDay in 1909, a postal clerk horsewhipped a Bothell newspaper publisher for a critical editorial. historylink.org/File/4188

Scott Bessent says Americans, "in their heart of hearts, they feel good" Whata whopper

Sunflowers as soil builders youtu.be/HAOOUf2uiCs?...

Steller’s Jay displays blue wings and gray crest #birds #jay #corvid

Well the powers that be removed the wild roses and planted fruit trees & broadcast clover. I've been tossing hollyhock & other wildflower seed in there for a decade. Yes they removed most of the topsoil but a kid has dreams. Also, Johnny sunflower seeds has logged on. #germinationWatch

It gets me that under the guise of forest management and health, they clear crop every last tree. It takes pioneerspecies several decades to rebuild. Man can intervene, but not simply planting a monoculture of confers.

#OnThisDay in 1942, Bainbridge Island's Japanese American residents, the first to be incarcerated under Executive Order 9066, were removed from their homes. historylink.org/File/8277

#OnThisDay in 1989, KING-TV's "Almost Live!" ran an April Fools' prank that the Space Needle had collapsed, and more than a few people fell for it. historylink.org/File/20446

#OnThisDay in 2002, Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley died in Seattle. historylink.org/File/3778

This gardener uncovering her overwinter dahlia tubers, complete with cattle wire. Most bulbs overwinter here but I've had trouble with dahlia. Wishing the best here as these are white and quite showy.

From a few weeks ago. This massive oak didn't take kindly to this house and nearby cars.

Weather forecast changing frequently but finding time to pot around. Snow in the mountains, windy and wet down here.

I cant find the trumper's quote on glyphosate-based herbicides. I only finding what folks says he said. Both parties in bed with big ag.

#OnThisDay in 1977, Seattle's Fat Tuesday crowds turned unruly. historylink.org/File/2223

So I watch a few videos on lilies. Now here come the ads. I moved and cleaned up a bunch of lilies last fall into an abandoned alotment at the back of the border. I always ask will they be Allright?. Snow snifters this a.m. Chances for light snow continues. On light duty. Trying to ease back in.

As the cherries and flowering plums (zone 8a) begin to bloom, off and on snow showers in the forecast this week, which won't amount to much and the lows near freezing.

Shortly after his birth, Barack Obama and his mother, 18-year-old Stanley Ann Dunham Obama, moved to Seattle where she rented an apartment in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. www.historylink.org/File/8926 #BlackHistoryMonth #PresidentsDay

#OnThisDay in 1977, Seattle's first Fat Tuesday celebration opened in Pioneer Square. historylink.org/File/2222

Now in their sixty first year of publication.

Rain continues tonight in Spain and onto next week. Although not as bad. Our friends there will have time to tidy up & make adjustments. They should raise the ground water considerably.

youtu.be/TJNMqXD32pw?... the story of Olympia Beer.

#OnThisDay in 1919, the Union Record published Anna Louise Strong's Seattle General Strike editorial. historylink.org/File/739

#OnThisDay in 1919, the Seattle General Strike began when 65,000 laborers walked off the job. historylink.org/File/5372

#OnThisDay in 1931, Seattle police were called when piano music from a private party got a bit too loud. The culprit? Visiting pianist Vladimir Horowitz. historylink.org/File/8945

#OnThisDay in 1947, a ruptured tank car of syrup in Seattle led Ivar Haglund to serve up pancakes in the street. The photo taken of him circulated around the world and he was crowned the "Prince of Corn." historylink.org/File/2507

Some nice dust ups regularly between regenerative Agriculture folks and ranchers that depend on expensive imputs, & government handouts, over on twitter. Those that do it the way grandpa and grandma traditionally did, are quite sensitive to change.

#OnThisDay in 2018, Prohibition-era murals that had long been covered over at Seattle's Louisa Hotel were seen once again. historylink.org/File/20550

Calling the rain in Andalucia 🇪🇸 a 50 or 💯 year event. They've experienced drought in recent years. Those that have water harvesting works, will benefit greatly. Also, the heavy rain will let you know where tidying up is needed also the observation of what a near max event feels like.

Storm Marta arrives in the Spain Portugal area. This a day after Leonardo rumbled through. Thoughts and prayers.

#Caturday, when there’s no such thing as privacy

#herbchat bacopa monnieri, brahma, water hyssop and a few others. You've probably notice varieties of, or purchchased bacopa for your hanging baskets. b. monnieri is a super brain food that needs constant moisture, likes shade, easy to propagate by cuttings. Grown in India for 1000s of years.

youtu.be/MOdAKu8r2s8?... watching Leonardo as it continues to hover over Andalucia 🇪🇸. Crazy s*** batman.

In the sunlit thickets and riverside groves of the Americas, this golden voice flits through leaves like a drop of morning light. It hunts caterpillars and tiny insects among willows and shrubs, moving constantly, rarely still for more than a heartbeat.

February is generally our coldest, snowiest month but forecast by the weather goddess calls for 60f - 48f today. 60f in Alaska, freezing cold for most of the country, including the deep south and Florida. Weather? Ask the russians.

#OnThisDay in 1933, Amelia Earhart spoke at Seattle's Civic Auditorium under sponsorship of the Woman's Century Club. historylink.org/File/10018

Watching storm Leonardo approaching Andilucia Spain through a video by a creator whom I subscribe. The edge of Leonardo has reached them. Recent storms have raised the water table. Earth works created by the Romans & swales they have built seem to be running at about 75%. We will continue to watch.

Agronomist William Owen Bush (1832-1907) served in Washington state's first legislature and played a significant role in the establishment of an agricultural college in Eastern Washington, the precursor to Washington State University. historylink.org/File/10435 #BlackHistoryMonth

#OnThisDay in 1943, fire killed 32 residents of the Lake Forest Sanitarium. historylink.org/File/21387

Urban rain water harvesting, New Mexico youtu.be/tACMWOWkEuQ?...