Science is All Around Us

Science is happening as I write and you may not even know it. It could be from anything cooking or pickling some cucumbers, both common occurences in my house. Animals and plants are common occurences around us. So join me on jaunt through my domicile and around it.

So let's start with what is around the house. Unfortunately, for you and fortunately for me, I just cleaned the house and if there were any insects crawling around I swept or vaccuumed them up. As you can see I have flora in my house. That's latin for plants. :)

If you come with me outside I have many other plants of unique beauty as well.

This is a hibiscus, a rare beauty to find among my family. No one seems to have quite as green a thumb as my mom.

 

This aloe and it used for medicinal purposes such as burns.

Mini peppers, a must have for any garden in the south.

Flowers are merely a neighborhood for smaller living things.

Pretty peppers that I'd rather admire than eat.

Science at work. Peppers riping for some picking then come eating.

Science at work in the rain droplets and in the rose itself. So pretty.

Dead cucumbers, science has worked againt them. :(

Fungi growing amidst the flora.

The neighborhood with the many trees and bushes. As you can see my lawn is the most beautiful and green because my dad is a mad scientist and must have the most trim and most green grass on the street. It must be because he's a recovering farmer.

The other side of the street. Photosynthesis at work.

Alas, what is that spec in the background? Could that be the elusive neighborhood tabby cat venturing out for a stroll.

Looks like a former home, of what we call the mud dobber. They're a bunch of hooligans and like to cause trouble, so the landlord probably kicked them out and to ensure no unwelcome trespassors must've razed the dwelling.

Spider web with what looks like several eggs. Going to have to warn the landlord, because I'm pretty sure they paid for two people in a room and there looks like there may be hundreds soon.

This is Bitsey, she's a felis catus, and a sub category to that 'the never dius.'

 She's 22 years old and it doesn't like she's going anywhere any time soon. She may be deaf, but with the lungs of a blue whale, our neighbors can hear her crying out for attention. She also has a nose of a bloodhound and can smell from the across the house at the opposite side of the kitchen that you're warming up something in the microwave.

Meet Oscar, a canis lupus familiaris. He's my nephew and I was watching him this weekend. He's super smart and cute. He talks to me and can say 'hello' and 'I love you.' Explain that science.

Meet the very lovely, Cleo, she is also a fetis catus. She's the baby of the family and often gets away with a lot of stuff. For instance, sitting in the chair with her front paws on the table trying to swipe at all the food. That's called adaptation. She doesn't eat human food, but she like to lick it and try it out. 

Thanks for joinging me on my jaunt around the house and neighborhood. I have found several scenarios of science at workand am glad to see it alive and well. Until next time...