🌹Plant Flowers Like Crazy

reject the monoculture fam

Hello friends! Welcome to The Land of Random.

It’s starting to warm up here in Middle Tennessee - we’re going to see some days in the 70’s this week.

All of our flowers are coming up too!

I’m certainly ready for Winter to be over. I do kinda wish we got a real snowstorm - and not that crazy ice storm.

The Sidephone is finally getting into people’s hands! I’m curious to see how people end up liking it.

Did you see that video game preservation archive Myrient is shutting down at the end of March? Another loss for retro gamers everywhere.

I hope data hoarders are able to back it up before it shuts down.

In other news - my openclaw is moving along slowly. lots of memory issues but it is useful for some things!

Let’s hop in shall we?

🌷Plant Flowers Like Crazy

Ever since I was little, planting flowers has always brought me joy.

First - they’re pretty, and second p it’s cool to see what sorts of butterflies and hummingbirds come round to visit.

ALSO - I despise the grass monoculture that permeates much of USA's suburbs. Grass is not pretty. Wildflowers are pretty. Moss is pretty.

Let me sum up my thoughts and feelings in one image.

Moving past the monoculture issues - I think it’s high time to spice up the kind of flowers we plant.

Everyone has daffodils, tulips, marigolds . . .

BUT do they have black tulips? Probably not.

You can buy them for about a dollar a bulb - which isn’t too bad.

and if you DO get some - make sure you read The Black Tulip by Alexander Dumas as well.

or - get some glow-in-the-dark petunias. Yes - they truly glow in the dark.

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And MY PERSONAL FAVORITE - which i’d do in a heartbeat to my entire yard if I could - lots and lots of wildflowers.

Why . . . shouldn’t I get a 10 pound bag of wildflower seeds to transform my yard into a cottage core delight??

or H U G E Sunflowers???

or Chinese Lanterns?

or - better yet - turn your grass into moss.

or turn your backyard into a stream, complete with rocks and plants.

Most people don’t take the opportunity to do these sorts of fun things - but why not?

Why not introduce some whimsy into your life?

Like check out the garden on this recently sold home.

Take the work out of picking various flower options and just plant a whole garden.

• Here’s a Butterfly garden flower pack.

• or how about a Victory Garden?

Reject the grass monoculture.

Embrace the flowers.

🐙The Land of Random

you want them - crazy links from the internet

Fruit of the Loom Suit

Japan gets all the good stuff - including a literal suit in a bag made by Hanes.

@fruitoftheloom_japan

Fruit of the Loom Japan on Instagram: ".
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The Centered Bean

bean is centered. press bean for more beans.

The Basic Phone

Another keyboard phone - but eink and even more minimalist. Honestly the page is so low effort IDK if it’s even real.

Terminal Winamp

It really whips the llamas ass - in your terminal no less.

Need. More. Macroblank.

This album slaps too.

Dead Startup Graveyard

Want to revive a good idea? examine the dead startup graveyard for inspiration.

Nonstop MTV

There’s a couple of these now - but this one’s fullscreen by default! You can select different categories and everything.

Federated TikTok?

Think TikTok, but in the universe of Mastodon.

That’s all for this week friends! Seeeee youuuu next time.