Just planted these yesterday. Canary Wing Begonias.
Those are gorgeous.
My friend plants something similar, a variety called Dragon Wings. Flowers are deep red and leaves are much darker green than yours.
Dragon wings:
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Heat waves in the UK and IndiaRoads and markets have emptied during afternoons and some farmers have switched to nighttime work to avoid scorching temperatures as a heat wave grips large parts of India.
The India Meteorological Department forecast maximum temperatures Thursday of around 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) in the capital, New Delhi, where authorities have opened temporary “cooling zones” to help people cope.
The weather department warned conditions will likely persist across several northern regions in the coming days, with temperatures staying well above seasonal averages. Authorities urged people to stay indoors during the hottest hours and take precautions against heat-related illnesses.
India declares a heat wave whenever temperatures are above 40 C (104 F) in the plains and 30 C (86 F) or more in its hilly regions.
https://apnews.com/article/india-heatwave-temperatures-3aa179491366cc8a283907392c70c73d
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Heat waves in the UK and IndiaTemperatures are expected to hit 35C in parts of England on Monday, in an “unprecedented” May heatwave.
The Met Office is already predicting that records will be broken. A spokesperson said: “Today will be the hottest day in May in the UK in our temperature records, with highs of 35C expected. The current May record is 32.8C. Records are usually only broken by tenths of a degree, making this heatwave unprecedented for the time of year.”
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/25/uk-weather-35c-england-unprecedented-may-heatwave
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Payam Method for piano lessons@ShiroKuro There is a video of the segment, along with extra video they call Overtime.
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Payam Method for piano lessonsOn 60 Minutes tonight.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/payam-method-piano-lessons-60-minutes/
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A Danish MCM piano?Definitely overpriced.
Same piano but with a gloss finish.
https://www.klaviano.com/pianos-for-sale/brod-jorgensen/used-brodr-jorgensen-424241.html
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Hay WTG
Thanks. Readily available around here.
My world traveling neighbor used to bring me something local, often a food item, from the countries she traveled to. One year she went to Hungary and brought back some fabulous paprika.
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The Shaolin monastery and the NBA basketball playerMASTER YAN'AN HAS trained at the Shaolin Temple in the Henan province of China since he was 6 years old. He has climbed the roughly 1,500 stone steps up Wuru Peak to the Bodhidharma Cave thousands of times. None of the steps is the same size or height. Some are narrow; some are tall. During the day, tourists who visit the temple usually take one to two hours to reach the peak. It is not advised to climb at night. There are no lights along the trail, and one wrong step could send a hiker tumbling down the steep staircase.
But Master Yan'an had an unusual student last summer. San Antonio Spurs All-NBA center Victor Wembanyama was looking for a challenge that would test him in ways he'd never been tested before. He wanted to build his inner strength alongside his already prodigious physical strength.
His goals, he said, transcended mere athletic glory.
"I told him: You play basketball, and I do kung fu. If you want to be great, you have to do things that other people can't do," Master Yan'an told ESPN. "There are two parts to climbing the mountain. The daytime is for your body. Your endurance, your strength. The nighttime is for your mind. Your awareness."
Wembanyama understood.
After darkness fell on the sixth night of his retreat at the Shaolin Temple last summer, he joined Master Yan'an and a group of monks for a hike to the Bodhidharma Cave.
"There were no lights anywhere," Master Yan'an said. "You can't see anything. The only way to go is step by step. Listen to your breath and listen to your heart. Feel each step with your foot. Use your awareness."
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Not sure how it plays but would make a heck of a piece of art to hang on the wall
https://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/msg/d/palatine-trenchtown-cb-custom-guitar/7915961134.html
(No, I'm not looking for musical instruments. I was doing a search for "teak")
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A Danish MCM piano?Produced by Brødrene Jørgensen in the 1960s. (Denmark). Jorgensen was Danish piano factory known for Scandinavian craftsmanship.
Model: "Minerva," their most iconic model, which is even featured in the Danish Music History Museum.
The teak wood is even more stunning in person.
https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/msg/d/chicago-jorgensen-upright-piano-mid/7934035221.html
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Another brand bites the dustthose of you who appreciated fine and sophisticated music in the 1960s would associate the brand with the song… What's made Milwaukee famous
Has made a loser out of me …
My era, but the music was unknown to me, probably because I didn't listen to country music.
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Another brand bites the dustSchlitz beer. I remember my Dad used to drink it. He also liked Blatz and Hamm's.
https://www.tastingtable.com/2177282/legendary-midwest-beer-schlitz-discontinued/
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The week that broke Trump's control of the SenateFrom the WSJ's lips to God's ear.
Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, and a team of White House aides arrived at a hastily organized meeting near the Senate chamber hoping to reassure Republicans about a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization fund” promoted by President Trump.
Sen. Tom Cotton, a Trump ally from Arkansas, wasn’t having it.
“Who thought this was a good idea? Who chose this timing?” Cotton asked bluntly inside the Senate’s ornate Mike Mansfield Room, pressing Blanche, White House legislative affairs director James Braid and others about the fund with a series of point-blank questions, according to people familiar with the tense exchange.
Cotton was far from alone—more than a dozen Republican senators grilled Blanche about the settlement in the two-hour meeting, the people said, questioning its merit and warning that it could derail approval of a $70 billion multiyear package funding immigration enforcement.
“One of the roughest meetings I’ve seen in my entire time in the Senate,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas), said Friday on his podcast. “Fiery does not begin to cut it,” Cruz said, adding that some senators were screaming at Blanche.
For more than a year, Republican senators had largely been deferential to Trump’s wishes—from backing contentious cabinet nominees to giving the president free rein on tariffs and the Iran war.
This week, they revolted en masse, fed up with Trump’s insistence on settling personal scores and pursuing pet projects at the expense of their legislative agenda. The tipping point came when Trump endorsed a rival to Texas Sen. John Cornyn on Tuesday, a move that stunned many of Cornyn’s colleagues. They saw it as a reckless way to treat a senior Republican incumbent whose seat the party can’t afford to lose in November.
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Ahoy bread bakersGood article from the Breadtopia blog
https://breadtopia.com/bread-baking-strategies-and-techniques/?utm_content
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How do erasers work?wtg, once again sharing little known and even less cared about information...
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Remarkable use of our tax dollars@Bernard Yes, I guess they would be.
I doubt that Comey is actually going to apply. I think he's just pointing out the unintended consequences and needling Trump about the lawfare he is exercising against Comey
Cohen falls in the camp with the rioters, at least theoretically. Lawfare by the Biden administration against him. And I'm guessing he's more desperate for money, which I doubt Comey is. I've never thought of him as someone acting on principle.
I would be totally surprised if Powell applied for compensation. as a matter of fact, I doubt he would ever even make any comments about the compensation fund, and certainly not while he's still a Fed governor.
