tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post2248625940091951798..comments2024-03-21T03:35:20.539-04:00Comments on writing as jo(e): The stories they telljo(e)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-49796736910574433002011-07-19T00:08:39.155-04:002011-07-19T00:08:39.155-04:00What color do the leaves turn in the fall?What color do the leaves turn in the fall?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-88241893329447021242007-05-20T15:09:00.000-04:002007-05-20T15:09:00.000-04:00I love your garden stories! I hope you will consid...I love your garden stories! I hope you will consider joining my Sunday Garden Stroll linky with one of these lovely posts. It doesn't have to be a Sunday post BTW. Your flowers are gorgeous!Andromeda Jazmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-47562514759842870902007-05-18T21:00:00.000-04:002007-05-18T21:00:00.000-04:00Because I just finished the plant section in Biolo...Because I just finished the plant section in Biology, I can tell you that those beautiful pink flowers are dicots and that they are complete and perfect. Now let's see how long I'll retain that knowledge.<BR/><BR/>Do they smell good?Liz Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09469435277058701080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-8882697744656842082007-05-18T11:28:00.000-04:002007-05-18T11:28:00.000-04:00YES!You've described exactly my situation now. Mo...YES!<BR/><BR/>You've described exactly my situation now. Most of the old familiar plants have been replaced by new ones, and they tend to blur into a great, green, leafy sameness. And identifying them is very, very hard. <BR/><BR/>Partly it's because I haven't learned what to look for (unlike when I'm looking at birds, say) and partly there's so much mixing and mingling going on. Is that plant in my yard a weed? An escaped planting? A native plant put there on purpose? <BR/><BR/>What's particularly galling is when the plant (or animal) is very distinctive and yet I still have no clue about what it is, or how to determine what the important parts are, so that I can track down the possiblities.<BR/><BR/>"Big leafy weed that has huge leaves and grows in the ground out of a little hole" isn't good enough. Whereas if you show me a creosote bush, my brain doesn't bother with things like leaf shape, waxiness, presence or absence of hairs... it just goes "creosote." <BR/><BR/>I think I need an on-call ecologist to live next door.Ranahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11041247235612040796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-42832961357014782142007-05-18T08:01:00.000-04:002007-05-18T08:01:00.000-04:00Ianqui: Perhaps you are right. Perhaps it is jus...Ianqui: Perhaps you are right. Perhaps it is just that so many of my friends and colleagues are trained to be scientists so I never notice detail to the kind of level of precision and accuracy that would satisfy them ....jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-85568960359827462202007-05-18T07:35:00.000-04:002007-05-18T07:35:00.000-04:00You're not much for noticing detail? I may not kno...You're not much for noticing detail? I may not know you in real life, but this is definitely not a description I would say about you.Ianquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03268223727887685830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-88818419394959500282007-05-18T00:27:00.000-04:002007-05-18T00:27:00.000-04:00I've just started reading your blog in the past fe...I've just started reading your blog in the past few weeks and wish I had the time to go back and read everything. Thanks for being so disciplined and for caring about your words.A-https://www.blogger.com/profile/16392382150045394785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-44708717388845546182007-05-17T23:47:00.000-04:002007-05-17T23:47:00.000-04:00I love your photo and I love your stories. Great ...I love your photo and I love your stories. Great colors! Mary :-)Mary Stebbins Taitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10626507461216769140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-40431640503626452922007-05-17T22:46:00.000-04:002007-05-17T22:46:00.000-04:00Another piece of eye candy.Another piece of eye candy.Yankee Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11533568911291967397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-50066518363098592732007-05-17T19:51:00.000-04:002007-05-17T19:51:00.000-04:00Is there anything in your life that doesn't have a...Is there anything in your life that doesn't have a story? I doubt it :). And I'm so glad you share so many with us.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000470374101306070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-82414129662705643582007-05-17T19:32:00.000-04:002007-05-17T19:32:00.000-04:00Chip: After a whole winter of taking photos of sn...Chip: After a whole winter of taking photos of snow, it's hard to resist all the colour blossoming outside right now ....<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Berrybird.jo(e)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-61675854009182823372007-05-17T19:27:00.000-04:002007-05-17T19:27:00.000-04:00Gorgeous photo, as always.Gorgeous photo, as always.BerryBirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01688522956177325844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-19457313485851082712007-05-17T18:44:00.000-04:002007-05-17T18:44:00.000-04:00ah, I see you just can't resist the blogging of fl...ah, I see you just can't resist the blogging of flower photos! Very nice, as always.Chiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01503422107908380716noreply@blogger.com