Identify Stuff with Your iPhone!

If you have an iPhone with IOS 15 or above, it can identify plants and animals in pictures you take…pretty cool!

A Filipino-American 4th of July

This is a re-edit/re-post of our live videos from Denny & Wena’s fireworks party last night, this time with some copyright-free background music so I don’t get put in YouTube jail 🤣! I also took the opportunity to edit out the dead spaces of the live videos and combine Rose’s and my videos into one. Thanks to Denny & Wena for allowing us to burn down their home on an annual basis…it wouldn’t be a real 4th of July without it!

Yay! It’s My Birthday!

My name’s Ashley and I’m one year old! I was born on the 4th of July, so I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy!

What is a Shamrock?

This past Saint Patrick's Day we were out shopping--I can't remember where--when I saw these little potted plants advertised as "Real Irish Shamrocks!" Being proud of my Irish ancestry (which mostly involves Guinness Stout) I decided to buy one.
Today I noticed that its doing well! Its really filled out, and its blooming, so I took a picture of it. My iPhone told me it was Oxalis trilliifolia, a wildflower native to the Pacific Northwest, not Ireland! Must be some mistake!
After some more research I found out that apparently nobody knows for sure just what an Irish Shamrock actually is! A consensus is that it’s probably Suckling Clover (Trifolium dubium). Or maybe white clover. Who knew? Anyway, I'm still happy with this Oxalis, even if I don't know beans about the land of my ancestors!

They were Snapdragons!

What I thought were weeds in our roses containers bloomed one day. Turns out they are snapdragons! I have no idea how they got there, but now that I know what they are, we'll certainly take better care of them!

Southern Alligator Lizard

Southern Alligator Lizard- I saw this little critter in our backyard by the fence. According to Wikipedia: The southern alligator lizard (Elgaria multicarinata) is a common species of lizard in the family Anguidae. The species is native to the Pacific coast of North America.[1][2] It ranges from Baja California to the state of Washington and lives in a variety of habitats including grasslands, chaparral, forests, and even urban areas.[2][3] In dry climates, it is likely to be found in moist areas or near streams.[2] There are five recognized subspecies. I figured he would eat bugs and spiders and such so I deemed him a friend!