The ditch lillies rose up to conquer the world for one glorious day.

Not every dog can do every trick, and breeding matters. The short-legged, long-bodied dachshund, for example, will never execute a backflip.

With a wry smile Abraham said, “things may come to those who wait, but ONLY the things left by those who hustle."

No sooner had he set foot on the bridge than he saw lying right across his path a huge serpent-dragon.

It's like Forest Bathing, but in an eggplant garden, tended to by silent gnomes.

One fateful day, Sutro Tower came to life and stalked down the hill to attack the Golden Gate Bridge - just as the newspaper writer had foretold.

I really hate how itchy this wool sweater is. I wish someone would knit me one made out of pig intestines instead.

Wonder is the heaviest element on the periodic table, even a tiny fleck of it stops time.

The paleontologist proudly showed off their discovery: at last, indisputable proof that cats' fear of vacuum cleaners was due to a long-dormant memory of an ancestral predator.

When packing for a trip to the upside down, no amount of monster repellant is enough.

At sunset, under the large oak tree at the top of the hill, Kelly, the ventriloquist, proposed to her fiancé!

Black cockatoos fly slowly, defying gravity — but what is defiance anyway?

On the windswept peak of Mt. Baldy, Tilda Swinton defeated Willem Dafoe at Chess Boxing.

Every morning Xochitl turned on the lights with her eyes.

At the ice cream truck, Napoleon carefully considered his options and chose a neapolitan ice cream cone.

Jane Goodall sat in a pup tent and sighed, drowning in her notes piled high around her.

But these philosophers, whose hands seem only made to dabble in dirt, and their eyes to pore over the microscope or crucible, have indeed performed miracles.

She peered over the edge at the valley below and though the smoke obstructed much of the view, she was hit by a wave of odor that carried probably too much information about the delights and horrors of the horde’s camp below.

The last thing I remember was waking up in a Taco Bell parking lot wearing a wedding dress and holding a ferret.

The two crows that handle my social media let me know that my fears had come to pass: the rats had breached our defenses and entered the house. Fortunately, they just want to cuddle!