Spring springs

So do Viola perfumes…

Viola odorata var. subcarnea (Originally uploaded by –Tico–)

Berry Go Round #15

It’s spring. And Berry Go Round, installment # 15 is right here. Delightfull.

It could have been funny, alas it’s sickening

A few days after the pope’s condoms issue, a French bishop (from Orleans) is doubling concerns pricelessness. According to him,
There’s “danger” printed on cigarette packs.
We should print on condom boxes: incomplete reliability.
Well, first a careful reading of notices in condom boxes will reveal that this information is indeed provided to all (users and non-users alike, I [...]

Guerilla gardening

Take over an unused urban public area and plant a garden in it. Make your city a more beautiful place to live in. A few examples, so far.

More March 19th…

Just go FlickHere.

Streetwide walk

There’s a crisis worldwide. Almost everywhere can we expect anger at face value, given the dramatic effects of the current crisis. But here in France, there’s a crisis inside too.

Attempts at reforming Academia and School have met with incredibly sustained opposition, and once isn’t a rule, with a quite general collateral sympathy.
That said, a president [...]

Milestone

Seeds Aside just reached its 40 000′th hit, and I was lucky enough to witness the event. The fortunate visitor is from Hangzou, Zhejiang. Welcome! I hope you’ll come back visit here!

How to tell orchid males from females?

This is an internet search that led here.
First, let’s remind what should be obvious but is apparently not realised by many people: since plants in general both have stamens and pistil(s), they are hermaphroditic. Of course, there are great variations with regard to realised gender in plant species, though, please go here for a short [...]

More plant sunburns protection…

So, well, we might start series as well, because we’re back to anti-sunlight adaptations.
Plants can’t move, or when they do, it’s still still-nature like more than those fasty animal races. Basic fact, but cruel reality.

Striking demonstrations

Yours truly’s been busy demonstrating yesterday (at Rennes), though this time it was sort of a generalist strike against current policies to get out of the crisis. Many people (hum, like a huge gigantic frantic union). Probably a post with many pictures next week.