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The Cultural Landscape Foundation blog has a tourism tip for those of us in northeast Oklahoma, northwest Arkansas, etc. Until March 21st, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art , in Bentonville Arkansas, has a photography show called the Heroes of Horticulture. Click on either of the links above for more info.

Here's the Sweetspire Henry Garnet on our driveway. The October-November color is spectacular this year - must be all the rain - Henry Garnet does like to be wet. Spacing Toronto - Understanding the Urban Landscape, has a Worldwide Wednesday feature where they send readers to interesting sites. One in the Oct. 21 edition is a blog called Urlesque that can be congratulated for a post on the World's Coolest Bus Stops . Check it out and you may join me in wondering why they can't all be this fun. In our town, the public transportation officials can't figure out how to increase ridership. There are no identified bus stops. Not even the bland kind with just a simple sign. Can you imagine the impact on ridership with creative, artistic bus stops like these? ________________________________ The Philippine Star online has a great October 31, column (in English) on Euphorbias by Kevin G. Belmonte. If you grow some of the 3,000 varieties, you'll be interested in his knowle...