Gourd-geous Nativity Scene

Posted on 2019-12-242019-12-28 by Mellow Curmudgeon

The gourds in the foreground are kneeling shepherds. No, I did not take this photo last fall and save it for the Xmas season. The backstory is more interesting than that. It’s a minor miracle.

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I took the original photo on 2019-02-25 after noticing that my display of 5 gourds and a few rocks looked a little like a Nativity display. (I edited the photo to have more of the chiaroscuro in some old Nativity paintings.) The gourds were the survivors from the 10 gourds I had bought on 2018-09-24, still looking good after 154 days. Those gourds were like the temple’s oil supply in the Hanukkah story.

Sure, it’s unlikely that gourds will last 154 days. But unlikely things do sometimes happen. Don’t bet on when or where.

Have a Merry Xmas

and take it in stride if the New Year brings U yet another illustration of the statistical truism

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Vibrant Synergy

Posted on 2018-09-222022-06-28 by Mellow Curmudgeon

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Vibrant Colors

I like the synergy when a few good things up their game by working together, as with peanuts and chocolate. When they do not clash, bright colors can work together in vibrant synergy.

Pink and Green:

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Magenta and Yellow (with a bee):

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With help from blue and green, the pink and yellow flowers in the following photo team up to illustrate a deep truth about statistics. Really.

Outside of CFFC, I posted the photo along with a beautiful image found on the web that espresses the same deep truth in another way. Both ways have no equations, no jargon, and no saturated fat. Click on the photo to see the details.

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Unlikely Blooming

Posted on 2018-05-072021-02-28 by Mellow Curmudgeon

The Pink Rebel is a Xmas cactus that blooms when it damn well pleases. Experts say a Xmas cactus left to its own devices is unlikely to bloom at all, let alone during the daffodil season.

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The Pink Rebel is actually a Thanksgiving cactus (if U want to draw the distinction). It earned its nickname by blooming when it damn well pleases, with no special treatment from me. I keep the soil moist all year, with a little diluted fertilizer in the water. The plant gets as much light as my window will give it, with no enforced darkness or coolness. Experts say a Xmas or Thanksgiving cactus so treated is unlikely to bloom at all, let alone during the daffodil season. But unlikely things do sometimes happen. Don’t bet on when or where.

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