Animal Vegetable Mineral?

Animals

Buffalo!

A herd of Buffalo at Domino’s Farms, a hybrid office center and (sort of) zoo in Ann Arbor.

Another animal: a Magnificent Quetzel from a friend who went to Guatemala.
One more magnet for my refrigerator collection.

Vegetables

Cabbage Salad (and lamb chops)

Cabbage was our vegetable alongside lamb chops with roasted red pepper.

Autumn Leaves (Second Vegetable Item)

Minerals

Rocks beside the Huron River

A Lost Diamond Found This Week

From the New York Times: 

“To safeguard jewels that the ruling Hapsburgs had owned for centuries, [Emperor Charles I] had them transported to Switzerland. One gem in the collection was a particular prize, a 137-carat diamond admired not only for its pear shape and yellow hue but also for its illustrious history. Before the Hapsburgs … , it had been owned by the Medici family, the rulers of Florence.

According to the wishes of the last of the Hapsburgs, the diamond, along with a large collection of jewels, has been hidden in a Canadian bank vault for over 100 years. The vault was known only to two surviving members of the family, but they decided this week that it was time for the secret to be revealed.