The day in photos, May 4, 2011

"A Well Gnome Fugitive" is directed by Grant Babbitt. This twisted comedy is about — of all things — the recent escape of dangerous serial killer and actual garden-gnome statue Ned the Gnome.

photo by: Kevin Anderson

Dmitri Quercinola, 21 months, had his toes and hands in helping his mother Carrie Wallace plant some native prairie plants at the new educational medicinal garden Tuesday outside the KU School of Pharmacy. The new garden was designed by faculty and staff of the KU Native Medicinal Plant Research Program, a collaboration between medicinal chemistry and botany.

photo by: Mike Reid | KU Memorial Unions

Full Bright Sign & Lighting employees remove the famous Joe's Bakery sign from the business' former home, 616 West Ninth St., March 9, 2011. KU Memorial Unions announced the sign will become part of the KU History Collection.

photo by: Roger Ewing | Special to the Journal-World

Roger Ewing submitted this photo of the flag he flies outside his home Tuesday, May 3, 2011. Ewing said he has been flying the flag in front of his house for "a long time."