The watermelon and honeydew melon bed. The youngest watermelon seedling was thinned to one, the older plants are vining fast, and the center planter with marigolds, fireweed (I think), and a tomato plant is looking good.

#gardening #melons #tomatoes #RaisedBeds #watermelon #SugarBabyWatermelon #HoneyDewMelon #garden #June18

The Rudbeckia hirta is starting to bloom.

I noticed in the photo a couple of small beetles too.

#RudbeckiaHirta #YellowFlowers #florespondence #flowers #PollinatorPlants #BlackEyedSusan #BloomScrolling #FlowersOfMastodon #June18

Yarrow is blooming.

#flowers #yarrow #wildflowers #BloomScrolling #FlowersOfMastodon #WhiteFlowers #June18 #florespondence

Vegetable garden bloom scrolling. Hot pink petunias, pink hollyhock, orange marigold, and Scarlet runner beans.

#BloomScrolling #gardening #petunias #hollyhock #hollyhocks #ScarletRunnerBeans #flowers #FlowersOfMastodon #PinkFlowers #RedFlowers #OrangeFlowers #beans #garden #today #June18 #MarconiPepper #SweetPepper #omgwtfbbqsomanyhashtags

June 18

This day in history:

• 1900 – Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
• 1391 – Tokhtamysh–Timur war: Battle of the Kondurcha River: Timur defeats Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde in present-day southeast Russia.
• 1429 – Charles VII's army defeats an English army under John Talbot at the Battle of Patay during the Hundred Years' War. The English lost 2,200 men, over half their army, crippling their efforts during this segment of the war.
• 1815 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time.

Births:

• 1993 – Dennis Lloyd, Israeli musician, producer, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
• 1988 – Josh Dun, American musician
• 1980 – Antonio Gates, American football player

Deaths:

• 2008 – Jean Delannoy, French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1908)
• 2012 – William Van Regenmorter, American businessman and politician (born 1939)
• 1726 – Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer (born 1657)

Holidays:

• Queen Mother's Birthday (Cambodia)
• National Day (Seychelles)
• Waterloo Day (United Kingdom)

Random Article of the day:

Scull Twins

Haydée Scull (1930s–2007) and Sahara Scull (1930s–2008), known as the Scull Twins or the Scull sisters, were a duo of Cuban-Chinese folk-artists.

June 18

This day in history:

• 1908 – Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
• 1920 – The Troubles in Northern Ireland (1920–1922) begin with a week of sectarian violence in Derry.
• 2023 – Titan, a submersible operated by OceanGate Expeditions, imploded while attempting to view the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five people on board including the co-founder and CEO of the company, Stockton Rush in the North Atlantic Ocean.
• 1887 – The Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.

Births:

• 1931 – Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Brazilian sociologist, academic, and politician, 34th President of Brazil
• 1937 – Jay Rockefeller, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of West Virginia
• 1928 – David T. Lykken, American geneticist and academic (d. 2006)

Deaths:

• 1234 – Emperor Chūkyō of Japan (b. 1218)
• 1997 – Lev Kopelev, Ukrainian-German author and academic (b. 1912)
• 2008 – Tasha Tudor, American author and illustrator (b. 1915)

Holidays:

• Waterloo Day (United Kingdom)
• Human Rights Day (Azerbaijan)
• Queen Mother's Birthday (Cambodia)

Random Article of the day:

Marshall Cogan

Marshall S. Cogan (born 1937) is an American investor and entrepreneur and former financier and trader. Cogan was the founder of United Automotive Group, which he built into one of the largest retailers of cars and trucks in the U.S. As a private equity investor, Cogan acquired a number of businesses in the 1970s and 1980s. He was also a partner of Cogan, Berlind, Weill & Levitt an investment banking and brokerage firm that would be instrumental in the consolidation of the financial services industry in the 1970s.

Song of the Day June 18 2024

In honor of the birth of Vyshonn King Miller bka Silkk The Shocker

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silkk_the_Shocker

Silkk The Shocker - "Business"

https://youtu.be/v6hwAf8r13A?si=-azDDWylj9mgRKAV

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #June18 #VyshonnKingMiller #SilkkTheShocker #Business #HipHop #Rap #Music #MusicVideo #BeverlyHills #RodeoDrive #2010s

Song of the Day June 18 2024

In honor of the birth of Vyshonn King Miller bka Silkk The Shocker

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silkk_the_Shocker

Silkk The Shocker - "Business"

https://youtu.be/v6hwAf8r13A?si=-azDDWylj9mgRKAV

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #June18 #VyshonnKingMiller #SilkkTheShocker #Business #HipHop #Rap #Music #MusicVideo #BeverlyHills #RodeoDrive #2010s