Pointy tree, glass shards, and birds of paradise

Dammit, this is going to be one entry that delivers what the title promises, for once.


This is a toothpaste tree.



This smoky glass is blanketing a portion of the ground in Bagdad just exactly as though someone had droppped two thick 6' X 8' panes of it, one after another, from a height of four feet. We may never know why.




Testing out a vase we were given for Christmas. (There is a scruffy birds-of-paradise bush in the backyard.)
Now every time I pass the table, I involuntarily imagine a pterodactyl screech.



It was misting as I walked to my car after work.