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Wednesday 23 April 2025
2025 Snowdrops, Found In The Garden, Eugene, Oregon
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A closer vciew of the blooms of our snowdrop flowers. Snowdrops were in full bloom at one end of our Snake Raised Garden.
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Tuesday 22 April 2025
2025 Mushrooms, Found In The Garden, Eugene, Oregon
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Those same mushrooms were growing near the base of our leaf compost bin. Mushrooms were growing on the ends of cut tree limbs that will dry over the summer to become fire wood.
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Monday 21 April 2025
Misc. Grass, Poaceae, Eugene, Oregon
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A tuft of grass was growing behind the Beast raised garden bed. A renewed tuft of grass was growing behind the first pond. A mass of grass grew at the backyard end of the Beast raised garden bed.
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Sunday 20 April 2025
Houseplants, As A Flowering Plants Eugene, Oregon
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One of our houseplants had developed a few tiny lavender flowers. A closer view of the tiny lavender flowers blooming on one of our houseplants.
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Saturday 19 April 2025
Flower Buds, As A Flowering Plant, Eugene, Oregon
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Some plants in our wild flower garden were just beginning to show a few flower buds in April.. Lavender flower buds first began to appear on the plants under our Tulip Tree in April.
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Friday 18 April 2025
2025 Jacobaea Maritima, AKA Dusty Miller, As A Flowering Plant, Eugene, Oregon
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One of our two Dusty Miller plants was showing new leaves. Our other Dusty Miller plant was by the pond, and it too was showing new leaves.
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Thursday 17 April 2025
2025 Brown Heuchera (Coral Bells), As A Flowering Plant, Eugene, Oregon
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One of the brown heuchera plants in our back yard was growing next to the pond.
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Wednesday 16 April 2025
Boxed Groundcover, As A Flowering Plant, Eugene, Oregon
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A closer view of the small yellow flowers blooming in one of our raised Vegetable garden boxes. We planted a patch of groundcover in one of our raised Vegetable garden boxes. That groundcover was beginning to bloom with tiny yellow flowers.
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Tuesday 15 April 2025
2025 Kingsblood Tulip, As A Flowering Plant, Eugene, Oregon
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A view looking down inside one of our Kingsblood Tulips. Only one of our Kingsblood Tulips had opened enough to see inside. The Kingsblood Tulips in the corner of our front yard had just started to bloom. Later in April, our Kingsblood Tulips had opened so far as to resemble poppy blooms. Our cluster of Kingsblood Tulips grew in dappled shade.
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Monday 14 April 2025
2025 Amber Glow Tulip, As A Flowering Plant, Eugene, Oregon
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A view looking down inside one of our Amber Glow tulips. Three Amber Glow tulips grew next to the sidewalk in front of our house.
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Sunday 13 April 2025
2025 Ice Princess Tulip, As A Flowering Plant, Eugene, Oregon
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A view of the inside of the ice princess tulips revealed contrasting black lines. The ice princess tulips grew next to the driveway. They were in a happy yellow color. Their yellow matched the yellow of the daffodil. A closer view of the sides of the yellow ice princess tulips.
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Saturday 12 April 2025
People At, Eugene, Oregon Protest 2025
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A man held a sign edge on toward the camera. A tree over the protest was blooming with white flowers. Several people carried protest signs that were butterflies. A man held up a sign that read, "As America Burns Trump Golfs." A woman walked past carrying a sideways sign. A Video which shows all the people at this Protest. Someone brought premade signs that people without signs could use." A man displayed a sign that read, "Hands Off Our Public Lands." Terry rested in a folding chair and held a sign that read, "We The People Will Stop you the Traitors." A woman shaded her eyes with her hand. She held a sign with an upside down flag, that read, "We Are Not Ok."
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Friday 11 April 2025
Crowds At, Eugene, Oregon Protest 2025
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Some of the protesters hung out in the shade, while others stood in the bright sun. Some of the protesters stood and rested on a patch of lawn on the opposite side of the street. The crowd filled the area between the two City Hall buildings. An overhead path connected the two buildings. The other side of the buildings ended at the Willamette River . There were so many signs that is was difficult to see the individual people. The only way to photograph the other side of the buildings, was by looking through a fence. All the protesters faced the river side of the plaza. A faintly heard announcer caused the protesters to chant together.
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Thursday 10 April 2025
Forth Quarter Of, Protest Sign, Eugene, Oregon Protest 2025
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A black sign on a stick read, "The Whole World Is Watching. . ." A yellow sign read, "Hands Oof [sic] Medicaid, Social Security." A horizontal sign read, "The Only Minority Destroying This Country are Billionaires." A large sign read, "Get Your Dirty Tiny Hands off Our Social Security, Parks, Dept of Justice, Medicare, Education, CDC. . ." A white sign read, "Trump Is A Swastikar. Salesman, Impeach Now!!!!" A cloth sign was hung over an overpass. It read, "Humanity is bleeding out in Gaza." A balloon had the words, "Fire Musk" on it. A three line sign read, "Hands Off SSA, Hands Off Dept of Ed, Hands Off Medicaid." A pink sign read, "Feed Need Not Greed."
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Wednesday 9 April 2025
Third Quarter Of, Protest Sign, Eugene, Oregon Protest 2025
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A small sign read, "Release Mahmoud Khalil." A vertical sign read, "It's A Moral Moment, Cory B. Left vs. Right, Right vs. Wrong." A sign on a stick read, "Dykes Against Genocide." A small sign declared, "We Defeated Them In 1945." Here the "Them" stands for Nazis." A distant sign on a stick read, "No Dictators In The USA." A sheet of cardboard, read, "Nobody Elected Elon, Get Him Out Of My Business." A sign held upside down, read, "End Cruel Power."
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Tuesday 8 April 2025
Second Quarter Of, Protest Sign, Eugene, Oregon Protest 2025
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A hand decorated sign read, "SEIU Burninate Fascism." At the bottom it defined SEIU as, "Service Employees International Union." A three section sign read, "Zero Tolerance for Privitization, Delivering for America, Hands Off Our Postal Service." A black sign read, "No Kings in America since 1776." A Spanish sign read, "Bienvenidos A Todos, Abrazamos la Diversidad, Santa Clara Community Organization." A vertical sign read, "Liberation Bring It On, Liberate Me From Vance Musk & Trump." A sign read in small print at the top, "The power of the people is always > than the people in power." Below that, in a larger font, "This is a moral moment.. It is not Left or Right, it is Right or Wrong."
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Monday 7 April 2025
First Quarter Of, Protest Sign, Eugene, Oregon Protest 2025
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Two signs, where the leftmost read in layers, "Zero Tolerance for Privitization, Delivering for America, Hands Off Our Postal Service." The rightmost sign read, "Make Good Trouble Now!" A pair of signs created a single sentence, "Unite Against Fascism, Fight For Democracy." Another sign read, "Trans Rights Are Human Rights." A sign showed a portrait of Musk, with the words, " I am Stealing From You." Four arrows pointed inward at a sign that read, "Save Our Democracy." A sign on cardboard read, "Couldn't Care Less, If Trump is hung for Treason."
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Sunday 6 April 2025
Shirts With Words, Eugene, Oregon Protest 2025
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Another shirt read: "Packers can suck my ditka and kiss my butkus." A man wore a sweatshirt with the words, "This cat claws fascists," and "Cat Lovers Against White Supremacy." Another person wore a shirt with the words on the back that read, "Our T!me Is Now."
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Saturday 5 April 2025
2025 Daffodil, As A Flowering Plant, Eugene, Oregon
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A lone daffodil bloomed beside our front yard dogwood tree. Several daffodils bloomed at one end of our "Figure Eight" raised garden bed. A few daffodils were beginning to bloom around our concrete goose in our front side yard. Many daffodils grew next to our driveway. Many were in bloom on this afternoon. A lone daffodil grew up inside a bunch of dried grass. It added a warm touch to beige grass leaves. Behind it grew a few grape hyacinth.
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Thursday 4 April 2025
Groundcover, As A Garden Plant, Eugene, Oregon
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Lovely purple flowers grew on the groundcover surrounding our raised bed vegetable garden.
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Wednesday 3 April 2025
Guinea-Hen Flowers (Fritillaria Meleagis), As A Flowering Plant, Eugene, Oregon
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Two Guinea-Hen flowering plants were shown in context with other flowering plants. Another Guinea-Hen flower bloomed in white in the same "Well" raised garden bed. This was a single bloom on a single stem. Four Guinea-Hen (Fritillaria Meleagis) flowers were in bloom on a single stem. Our first Guinea-Hen plant to flower this year, was inside the "Snake" raised garden bed. Another Guinea-Hen flower was blooming in the "Beast" raised garden bed. Behind it was the base of a Honey Berry plant.
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