The World's Greatest Chrysanthemums

On the Sunday before Thanksgiving we saw the end of the Chrysanthemum festival at Longwood Gardens. 

That is more than 1000 chrysanthemums trained into this globe shape.  They said they make two of them each year just in case.  It takes 17 months to grow it.

It was at the entrance to the gardens.

 I snuck in a picture of this bird of paradise, they are always in such perfect shape.

Obviously my favorite ones were purple.

Egyptian artifacts and mummies at the University of Pennsylvania

Mayan Artifacts at the University of Pennsylvania

As red as they get

The japanese maple is at or just past it's most red and glorious this fall.  I don't think it can get any redder from now it may be time to lose its leaves.  I love the red of this tree, it's practically purple (or wine or burgundy or cordovan...).

Latest Irises ever

Lynn rescued these Irises that had started budding in the Fall and we definitely not going to finish in time with the weather we are having.

She cut them and put them in water indoors and these are the second and third blooms.  I like having a memory of Spring as winter begins.

Dumb whiteboard is smart

Fall flowers fine foliage

Asters are a big favorite of butterflies, moths and bees.

I think this one is called Jupiter's Beard but I am not sure.

Hopefully these new purple coneflowers will spread.

WHASUP license was probably hilarious in its day

I am sure this WHASUP license plate was hilarious and topical in its day.  Probably around the time the ribbon magnets were put on.  Now that you have read this you will all go around yelling WHASUP! at each other again for know good reason.

PROPP License looks pretty real to me

This SUV with Delaware PROPP license plate looks pretty real to me.

The Honest Hypocrite among the galaxies

The volunteer galaxy classifiers at Galaxy Zoo have found a galaxies that look like every letter of the alphabet.  My Galaxies let's you write any phrase in galaxies!  Here is the Honest Hypocrite in galaxies.

Go try it yourself.

(via Space.com,  I am also a proud member of Galaxy Zoo)