You won't BELIEVE what lined up over the Pyramids 😱
The Moon, Venus AND Jupiter in one frame — with Mercury photobombing the corner.
The ancients would've LOST it. 🌙🪐
The pit you're about to throw away after eating a peach, cherry, or apricot can grow into a tree. All it needs is a few weeks of artificial winter in your refrigerator. 🌱
This process is called cold stratification — mimicking the natural winter a seed would experience in the ground before spring. Stone fruit seeds have a dormancy mechanism that prevents them from sprouting until they've experienced a cold period. Your refrigerator does the job in a fraction of the time nature would.
The method is the same for all five:
Clean the pit thoroughly. Remove all remaining fruit flesh — mold is the main cause of failure. Let it dry for a day before the next step.
Wrap in a damp paper towel, place inside a zip-lock bag with a small amount of moist potting mix or sand, and seal. Label with the date and species.
Refrigerate for the required time. Check every two weeks. If you see mold, rinse the pit, let it dry briefly, and use a fresh damp towel.
When you see a small white root tip emerging — or when the stratification period is complete — pot it up in a 4-inch container with regular potting mix and move it somewhere warm and bright.
Times by species:
Cherry — 6 to 10 weeks. First sprouting 3 to 5 weeks after coming out of the fridge.
Peach — 8 to 12 weeks. Germination 2 to 6 weeks after removal.
Nectarine — same as peach, identical method (nectarine is a smooth-skinned peach variety).
Apricot — 2 to 3 months. Similar rhythm to cherry after removal.
Persimmon — 2 to 3 months. Plant in a deep container — persimmon develops a long taproot early.
Sow 3 to 4 pits per species to account for naturally variable germination rates. Not all will sprout, and that's normal.
One honest note: trees grown from stone fruit pits don't produce fruit identical to the parent. Most commercial varieties are grafted for a reason — seedling trees are genetically variable. The tree you grow may take 5 to 10 years to fruit, and the fruit may be smaller or different in flavor. The point is the process: a living tree from a pit that was about to go in the trash. 🌿
#GrowFromSeed #FruitTreePropagation #ColdStratification #BackyardOrchard #GrowYourOwn
Gratitude is one of the strongest and most
transformative states of being. It shifts your perspective from lack to abundance and allows you to focus on the good in your life, which in turn pulls
more goodness into your reality.
THESE JAPANESE CONCEPTS WILL TRANSFORM HOW YOU LIVE
1. Kaizen
Improve a little, every single day.
You don’t need big breakthroughs—just small consistent steps. Tiny progress repeated daily creates massive change over time.
2. Hara Hachi Bu
Stop eating before you feel full.
Longevity is built on restraint, not excess. When you learn to stop before “enough” becomes “too much,” your body and mind both stay lighter.
3. Shoshin
Keep a beginner’s mind.
Stay curious, open, and willing to learn. The moment you think you know everything… growth stops.
4. Ikigai
Find your reason to wake up.
Purpose gives direction to your life. When what you do has meaning, even effort feels fulfilling.
5. Wabi-Sabi
Embrace imperfection.
Nothing is perfect—and that’s what makes it real. Beauty exists in flaws, growth, and authenticity.
6. Oubaitori
Don’t compare your journey.
A cherry blossom doesn’t compete with a plum flower. Everyone grows at their own pace—comparison only creates unnecessary pressure.
You don’t need a complicated life to feel fulfilled…
just simple principles practiced deeply.
Live with awareness. Grow with patience. Stay authentic.
✨🙌🏾💫
Two wildlife officers discovered a large Moose trapped in a net. It was panicked, struggling violently, and fell to the ground, crying out in fear and pain. The officers carefully approached it (as the large elk could have been dangerous) and quickly cut through the net to free it. After being released, instead of attacking, the Moose got back on its feet and immediately ran into the forest—perhaps understanding that they had saved its life. 🫎🌲
KILAUEA JUST UNLEASHED A VOLCANIC TORNADO 🌋🌪️
Just minutes ago, an extraordinary vortex formed directly above a powerful lava fountain erupting from the summit of Kīlauea Volcano in Hawaii.
As molten lava blasted skyward, a rapidly spinning column of ash, gas, and volcanic debris suddenly developed within the eruption, creating a scene that looked almost impossible to believe.
The towering vortex appeared to twist and dance above the vent while glowing lava continued to surge from below, producing one of the most dramatic volcanic moments captured so far during this eruption.
Events like this are rarely witnessed and even more rarely caught on video.
Video captured June 14, 2026 by MrMBB333.
👇
Have you ever seen a volcano create its own tornado?
#MrMBB333 #Kilauea #Volcano #Hawaii #VolcanicTornado
This is great news:
shockingly only now June 2026 is forced sterilization illegal.
Hopefully they also declare forced abortion illegal.
Anything
“Without free and informed consent” is bodily harm
I’m glad parliamentarians came together to advance legislation protecting people living in Canada from forced sterilization. Bill S-228 amends the Criminal Code to clarify that sterilization procedures carried out without free and informed consent constitute aggravated assault.