Ray's Thoughts for the Day

Mercy! We got 17 tics in the guage in 48 hours. Somebody call Noah.

After a very poor wild weed season by CB standards, due to zippo rain last fall, we enter into the oppressive heat of summer time on the heels of the opressive heat of spring time. To kick off the summer wild weed season we have a special guest today, Helianthus annua. Did I spell yer name correctly?

No Ray, you didn't. It's annuus now. I go by annuus.

All righty then, here's Helianthus annuus.

Hi there. I am a large sunflower of cheerful demeanor and prolific seed production. Me and hundreds of my kinsfolk stay at the CB annually. There is some concern about us on the part of the managers because we really do get quite big. But we also attract Red's favorite bird of these parts, Carduelis psaltria, the black-backed ones. They are cheerful little birds with amazing vocabularies. They come here, post-nesting, hunting for my seeds which they eat and then shit out. Everyone is happy and satisfied with this arrangement.
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Er, Arkdruid, that sunflower spelled shit out.

It's OK Ray, flowers don't know any better.