Monarch butterfly caterpillar (Monday)... Monarch butterfly pupa (Thursday). The plant they were eating (just one!) was almost completely leafless by Tuesday.

This hawk was sitting right outside my window for 10 or 15 minutes. I felt like it liked the shady spot because of the heat today...

This morning I walked past a quote from FDR that might be relevant these days.

Now that I've lived here for 10 months, it appears to be time to understand what's going on in local politics.

I'm ordering takeout from a restaurant website (via @clovercommerce). I finish the order, enter my credit card number, and then... (I've never had a CAPTCHA show up right after hitting a "Place order" or "Buy now" button before.)

This is the similar (smaller) rug that I have. I believe it's Moroccan, but haven't checked yet.

But was it internationally shipped learning materials that have an address of origin printed on the side of the box that appears intended as a show of status?

Can you identify the 4 countries (or better, cities) that these screenshots from Google Earth are showing, based on the land use, buildings, and vegetation?

My dad had this laser printer (photo from December 2011) sometime into the 2010s. I think he got rid of it because he couldn't get toner cartridges anymore. Purchased 1992 or 1993, specifically because it was 600dpi. I no longer remember if it's an HP LaserJet 2MP or 4MP.

Here's what this triangle of RE zoning looks like on Zillow. The lot with the SB9 development proposal is the one labeled 4.54M on the west side. It's a 1-acre lot. The upper-right is "regular" Palo Alto R-1 for comparison.