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Showing posts with label beautiful. Show all posts

Friday, July 6, 2012

Do you know what this is? Deadly Oleander.

This is a beautiful Oleandar blooming on my deck.

                                 
No matter how you look at it you see something beyond comprehension as to how something this beautiful can be so deadly.  The leaves of the Oleandar are slender and grayish green.  And they can be made into a tea that will kill you.  I remember seeing that in a movie once and when I checked I seen that it was true.  course the description did not give me clear directions on how to make the tea, so I am probably not going to do that!

But it is something worth thinking about.

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