In Michigan news, thousands/hundreds (depending on the report) of peony blossoms were cut from the U of M's Peony Garden bushes and left lying on the ground in an incident of malicious destruction of property at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum in Ann Arbor early Sunday morning. Police say that 100 signs were also left by the vandals.
"ANN ARBOR, MI – The nation’s largest collection of flowering peony plants is nearing peak bloom at Ann Arbor’s Nichols Arboretum.
The University of Michigan’s W.E. Upjohn Peony Garden holds more than 800 distinct peonies. It began in 1922 when alumnus W.E. Upjohn, founder of Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company, donated a large collection including several plants from his own garden.
Cool temperatures delayed the initial bloom of flowering peonies this year, including the hardier herbaceous “tree peonies” surrounding the main beds. University experts peak bloom this weekend, according to the garden’s official website. At peak bloom, visitors can see about 10,000 individual flowers."
3 comments:
When there's a brawl, everybody plays Guess The Race. Something like this, is it Guess The Political Direction?
(I realize it doesn't have the same zip; if anybody has something better, I'm ready to stand in awe)
I want something like Guess the PEW, as the distinctive smell of death & decay, accompanied by wanton distruction & perverted truth is the tip off.
I guess the peonies shouldn’t have attacked a music festival and killed or kidnapped hundreds of Israelis
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