Toad Lily on the Shellpot Creek

I thought I had lost this toad lily twice this year due to Shellpot Creek flooding and overflowing its banks. It seems to have done just fine and has some pretty wildly spotted flowers.

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Ghostbusters Quiz

Mental Floss has a quiz on Ghostbusters, which has lately been on cable, so I felt really prepared. Some of the questions were not trivia from the film, they were trivia about the making of the film, which is unfair in a quiz purporting to see how much of the film you remember. I got a 90%.

Take it yourself here.

(via Mental Floss, via Neatorama)

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Are they really POFOLK?

This family better be extreme fans of Edgar Allen Poe or enthusiasts of a river in Europe, because I don't know how poor you can be driving around a BMW SUV X5.

This POFOLK Delaware license plate seen during my travels. Are there other interpretations?

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