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Today in 1935 the game Monopoly goes on sale for the first time. I remember playing that game a lot. I think the game Catan has kinda taken Monopoly's place in the last several years.

I just learned that plants know what time of day it is and they use sugar signals to do so! They keep track of the time so they don't starve at night. They also need to know the time of day to know when to release scents, open flowers and just when they should spend energy to grow!

We are getting a strangely warm winter. It often feels like April!

It's supposed to be almost 60 here tomorrow! That is unheard of in February!!!

Welcome to forum the Pacific Northwest!

It's making me sad tho because I love this plant! 😍

I bought a beautiful wintergreen plant this winter that had lovely red berries on it. There are a lot of crows around here and the crows have picked off every single berry! Any ideas for keeping crows away?

Just my luck, my 250 million year old salt has expired 😁

We have been having a strange winter too. I'd say it feels more like early April during the day!!

Just gorgeous? I'm especially fond of the Hellebores!

We go spot prawn fishing every summer and make wonderful dishes like shrimp scampi, Mediterranean Shrimp, shrimp tacos, Thai Shrimp, Friitti di mare, etc!

I made Mediterranean Shrimp & Spinach last night and it was oh so delicious!

I used to think that sunflowers were just one flower. This is not the case. One sunflower can be made up of one to two thousand mini sunflowers and each produces its own seed!

Bottom beans win the prize for most beautiful! I wonder which of these three wins for best flavor!?

Today in 1799, the first US patent for a seeding machine was given to Eliakim Spooner in Vermont. Wow! That was a long time ago!

I just learned that supposedly if you add a few teaspoons of baking soda to your garden, you can boost the sweetness of your tomatoes!!

I enjoy reading the "On this day" history facts! Thx for sharing

It was pretty nice during the day today - sunny and mid 40s but tonight the low is 28! Burrrrr!

That's awesome that you started writing children's books! I'd love to see them! Did you self publish any?

Did you know that there are more microorganisms in one tsp of soil than there are people on earth!? That's a lot of life!