N the tavern of my heart
Many a one has sat before,
Drunk red wine and sung a stave,
And, departing, come no more.
When the night was cold without,
And the ravens croaked of storm,
They have sat them at my hearth,
Telling me my house was warm.
As the lute and cup went round,
They have rhymed me well in lay;--
When the hunt was on at morn,
Each, departing, went his way.
On the walls, in compliment,
Some would scrawl a verse or two,
Some have hung a willow branch,
Or a wreath of corn-flowers blue.
Ah! my friend, when thou dost go,
Leave no wreath of flowers for me;
Not pale daffodils nor rue,
Violets nor rosemary.
Spill the wine upon the lamps,
Tread the fire, and bar the door;
So despoil the wretched place,
None will come forevermore.
please help, honestly its really improtant...
Help me with this poem's meaning.?
I get the feeling that this is an old inn talking -- an analogy of what happened in the Inn, the love and romance, and then being left alone. This is both the house and a spinster, perhaps owner of the tavern.
It also appears to be an Old English poem with words like stave (stanza of poetry) and rue and dost; when she was romanced by lovers who stayed because she (the Inn) kept them warm.
The second stanza tells of more men, bards, poets, players, who have left their marks upon the Inn (the woman); loved and left. This is the middle of life -- the exciting part of joy and happiness.
Now the Inn is tired, it no longer is fresh and young, and it is ready to be shurt down. Much like an aged spinster in the final days of her own life. A bit bitter, slightly searching, but not succeeding in joy.
Reply:It's about a woman who has been hurt by everyone she's been with and wants the man that is with her now knowing he's going to leave to completely ruin her so that no one else will come and then leave her life hurting her that much more in the end. It talks of how her lovers have given her presents and left their memories for her and it just hurts her that much more that there are the memories because what she remembers tears her apart (metaphoically speaking). and she just wants to be a bitter old lonely woman that doesn't ever have to go through such an ordeal ever again.
very sad
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012
What color table linens?
Bridesmaids will be wearing lt.blue dresses %26amp; carrying bright pink %26amp; orange flowers.
At the reception, the tables will be decorated w/a *ton* of pink, orange %26amp; yellow spring flowers (tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, etc.) %26amp; small candles.
I would like the tables for the bridal party %26amp; buffet/bar to be ivory ~ to make them stand out. But really want lt. blue for the guests tables w/a slightly darker blue napkin.
Fiance says it will be too much color to have the spring boquets on the blue tables ~ but I think a whole room of ivory tablecloths always looks so plain %26amp; boring. (Sorry to everyone who likes that!)
What does everyone on YA! think? Would lt. blue tablecloths be too much?
What color table linens?
with those bright pretty flowers in that heavy dark wood room I would think the ivory or white might be too stark.. I would go with more of a parchment or khaki color for the tableclothes and white napkins.. i also agree that small simple white lights in the room would be fine.
Reply:Im doing my wedding baby blue table cloths to the floor and then sheer silver overlay.u could do that? i think the ivory thing is gross.
Reply:I don't think white or ivory table cloths will be too much at all. White with a blue napkin would be great. Blue table cloths and a different blue of napkins will be a bit much.
Reply:depends on your venue. if you have a "white and large" venue it could work.
however, if the venue is smaller and darker, then this could be overkill.
even if it's large and white, i would prefer ivory long tablecloths with a blue overlay.
Reply:Hi and congratulations!
Here is my opinion after seeing the room. With the dark ceilings...I think it would look so nice to have WHITE table linens for all the tables with the light blue napkins (if available) and all the pretty bright colored flowers. That will look very elegant.
If you want the bridal table to stand out.....why not have the bridal table with a dark or medium blue tablecloth and light blue napkins. OR...go with white on the bridal table too and decorate the front of it with blue tulle and lights.
Reply:ivory or white will not look plain or boring, what it will do is give you a beautiful backdrop for your floral arrangements and candles.
all those gorgeous flowers on coloured cloths would be too much and the colours really would clash. i'm sorry, i know you'd love us to agree with you, but even though i don't know you i want your day to be wonderful. the white or ivory table linens will add that little touch of elegance that you want. and it will allow your bridal colours to stand out and really show them off in all their glory. your photographs will be gorgeous!
good luck and come on back and let us know what you decide on!
At the reception, the tables will be decorated w/a *ton* of pink, orange %26amp; yellow spring flowers (tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, etc.) %26amp; small candles.
I would like the tables for the bridal party %26amp; buffet/bar to be ivory ~ to make them stand out. But really want lt. blue for the guests tables w/a slightly darker blue napkin.
Fiance says it will be too much color to have the spring boquets on the blue tables ~ but I think a whole room of ivory tablecloths always looks so plain %26amp; boring. (Sorry to everyone who likes that!)
What does everyone on YA! think? Would lt. blue tablecloths be too much?
What color table linens?
with those bright pretty flowers in that heavy dark wood room I would think the ivory or white might be too stark.. I would go with more of a parchment or khaki color for the tableclothes and white napkins.. i also agree that small simple white lights in the room would be fine.
Reply:Im doing my wedding baby blue table cloths to the floor and then sheer silver overlay.u could do that? i think the ivory thing is gross.
Reply:I don't think white or ivory table cloths will be too much at all. White with a blue napkin would be great. Blue table cloths and a different blue of napkins will be a bit much.
Reply:depends on your venue. if you have a "white and large" venue it could work.
however, if the venue is smaller and darker, then this could be overkill.
even if it's large and white, i would prefer ivory long tablecloths with a blue overlay.
Reply:Hi and congratulations!
Here is my opinion after seeing the room. With the dark ceilings...I think it would look so nice to have WHITE table linens for all the tables with the light blue napkins (if available) and all the pretty bright colored flowers. That will look very elegant.
If you want the bridal table to stand out.....why not have the bridal table with a dark or medium blue tablecloth and light blue napkins. OR...go with white on the bridal table too and decorate the front of it with blue tulle and lights.
Reply:ivory or white will not look plain or boring, what it will do is give you a beautiful backdrop for your floral arrangements and candles.
all those gorgeous flowers on coloured cloths would be too much and the colours really would clash. i'm sorry, i know you'd love us to agree with you, but even though i don't know you i want your day to be wonderful. the white or ivory table linens will add that little touch of elegance that you want. and it will allow your bridal colours to stand out and really show them off in all their glory. your photographs will be gorgeous!
good luck and come on back and let us know what you decide on!
Have you had a lasting impact on people in 2007?
Just like in my real life some of you have made my 2007 memories worth preserving. I’ll be logging off in the next twenty four hours for the rest of the year. I need to do this. Pity that some will not see it, but for those who will – this is from the bottom of my heart……
I’ve never met the following people but have the greatest respect for them. If I trampled on your toes, please accept my apology. I am truly sorry!! DV, Porgie, cakes, HD, Jeez, zxcv, Commodore, Tsepo, MJ, JM, Alfie, Bull and Ayiza…..each one of you had contributed to a better person that I believe I’m at the end of 2007……
……Bull and Alfie, I’ll keep on disagreeing with their philosophy but I thank them for offering good debates. I learnt a lot from them
…..sins, the two of us have scores to settle next year….she always left the best for last
……cakes, if there is a person who should be credited for keeping this section of the forum alive, it’s her….…she deserves a standing ovation!!!
………HD, his story of losing everything he worked for and how he is trying to put himself back again is an inspiration……I am amazed by his positive spirit
…… DV, the wounds are healing but the good memory will linger on
……Porgie, he doesn’t know how I appreciate our “Daffodils” encounter
…Commodore, she commanded her family to bring her laptop to the hospital…that was sweet of her and the lesson was that even in pain, don’t lose touch with those close to you…we are her closest virtual family
…..MJ, I enjoyed his provocative, if not controversial questions….it’s a pity some tended to personalise issues
…….Ayiza, I know that HD said he’ll never forgive him for claiming to be God….but overall I enjoyed your cheekiness and HD was hurt but he is a good person, I believe he has forgiven
……. Tsepo, it never stops amazing me how he comes with those “flashing answers”
Is there any event on YA that has left lasting impression on you?
Have you had a lasting impact on people in 2007?
You know guys, I just love this section. I have seen over the few months since I have joined this section so much debate, laughter, fun stuff and empathy in times where some regulars had personal losses and injuries. The true South African spirit really shows in this section. I have learned so much from many of you and I really think guys like Zim, Cakes, Porgie, Heavy D, Commondore, MJ, Cheri, Alf, Bull, Tsepo, Ayiza, Unathi, Darth, zxcv, Styvies, Jade Moon, Ms1810, Jeez and Tweety.
There are times when we all get ‘gatvol’ with the personal stuff that was going on but time and time again, we got through that and we went on as true Saffas. I will not miss all the reporting and now thumbs down stuff but I have seen that we even rise above those problems.
There are the few I also miss like London Oval and MR Mars . Would love to see them back more regularly. Noted London Oval started to answer again and hope she is back for good.
I closing, that you everyone for all the pleasure you have given me here and I trust the same will be in 2008. May 2008 just be good for all of you and I wish the sun and Gods hand will be on each and everyone of you.
Love you all,
Blue Bull
Reply:It has been a wonderful year for me on this section. I have had the opportunity of meeting friends that I would never have met in real life. I have learnt a lot about other South Africans, a lot more about SA, and a lot about humans and myself in general. There have been lots of lessons and tests on all kinds of human traits, patience and tolerance, mine and others too, that have brought us together as friends because we have allowed each other to say our say, whether we agreed or not.
The thing that really "got my goat" was the spate of reportings and deletions. And more recently, our poor, despicable little thumbs-downer.
There have been many of whom I have become very fond, a few unfortunately left for other pastures, but we have also gained many new friends who are keeping up their side in this section. Hope you stay many moons with us.
Heavy D, thanks for the news from Inno.
My secret little dream is that I should win in the lottery, sommer groot, and invite ALL of you for a bit meet-up Indaba somewhere in the Kalahari, sommer a long weekend conference!!
I thank you all for giving me something to chuckle about every day, And wish everyone all the best for the New Year.
Zim, you and Unathi will definitely enjoy bringing in the New Year in good African style under our huge African sky. We will all be with you in our thoughts. Come back safely next year!
Reply:Have I made a lasting impression on YA answers SA, I dont think so. However, the above regulars with their snappy remarks and constant bickering convinced me to visit here every day. Tnx to you all I have to enroll at the AA !
(Answers Anonymous)
You all have a great 2008!
Reply:damn! today is my first day in the South African section. i wish i could have gotten a dedication. maybe this time next year? have a good one
Reply:I may not have made a lasting impression, no. Give me another year. LOL
Various people on here has made a difference - and I think some of them might be surprised by how deep they touched me with one or two answers. The event that stands out for me is our lovely Commodore getting better after scaring the daylights out of us.
I don't read and answer a lot of questions, it feels to me as if I am cheating - taking all that time to myself! Yet, YA is where I come to when I am home sick. Where I sit and giggle for how typical South African this section and it's people are. And I usually feel better for it.
As you are the one asking this - let me tell you...
about you. :-)
You made me giggle at times, always a welcome addition to my day.
You made me respect you with the way you fairly disagree with other's opinions (well, mostly!) ;-)
You left me intrigued by the way your mind works - maybe you showed more through your questions than what you realized.
Your questions made me wander down roads I sometimes was not ready for - therefor you made me stronger.
So thanks, Zim. For making my life that bit richer.
Wishing you and your loved ones the happiest New year you can dream of.
Reply:Firstly Zim thank you for posting this, what a wonderful idea at the end of the year.
So Guys - All of you - I have been gone for about 3 or so months - firstly to have an op and then to travel to my family in Cape Town to recover. So sorry for my absence.
But also the bickering in July and August made me really think twice about coming back to YA. I am truly glad that I did though, I find warmth and affection here like nowhere else other than with my family and it feels like I have come home.
I wish all of you a wonderful exciting 2008 and may all you wish yourselves come to pass.
Reply:Shot Zim,
Ja, this section really is better than Egoli sometimes! I loved it when Ayiza claimed to be God and also when he used Lethal Weapon II as a basis for his arguments!!!! There are many other regulars whose quirks I could mention....... Cakes, Heavy, Styvies, Blue Bull, Wonderstar, Cheri and so on!
Happy New year to you and Unathi and all of those guys too!
Reply:To me it was just amazing to get feelings of warmth, loyalty, anger, compasion, friendship and sharing with people I have never met, but yet feel so close to.
Reply:Thank you Zim ! I didn't think that any of my blabbering would make a differance ! And I must thank you for learning me to look at both sides of the coin . I am very ridgit in my ways and sometimes even ''hardegat'' as I am used to in ''real life'' my word is law .Suddenly I found myself in a situation where everything I say gets critisized or needs to be motivated .
This factor alone made such a huge differance in my life I can not even begin to explain . I have learned patience and to say I am sorry !
Inno : For being such a good person ! OH my ,I forgot to tell you, she sends her regards to all the regulars ! She was in the boendoes for Christmas !
Sins: For giving me hope !
MJ: For learning me not to loose my temper so fast if I hear what I don;t like !
CAKES : My dierbaarste vriendin ! Who kept me busy with her questions and my mind of negative thaughts when I needed it most !
ha ha ha Alf Garnette : Spelling and grammar lessons on my first day !
Bull : to stay true to myself !
Ayiza : Learning me to love my God more for everything he has given me !
To all the other regulars in this section ,If I did not mention your name ,I am sorry ,I could mention many more things about everybody but I will settle with these thoughts for now !
Reply:I would like to mention Cakes, Commodore, Heavy, Darth, Zxcv, Jade, Ms1810, Jeez, Styvies, Blue Bull, Tshepo and all the other regulars i did not mention - thanks for all your efforts and i hope you have a wonderful and healthy New Year
Reply:This is now my favourite 'hang-out' simply because of you all. Some people have made a huge impact on my life this year and I still believe that without all your support and prayers, I could have been 'looking down from above'. (well at least I hope from above instead of looking up from below!) LOL.
I have a special bond %26amp; friendship with Vango %26amp; Jade, Cheri, Cakes, Zimmy, Unathi %26amp; zxcv. The loves %26amp; smiles of my life are Sins, London Oval, MB1810, HeavyD, DarthV, Styvies, Tsepo, Blue Bull, Jeez, Tweety, One Love %26amp; Turniton. The entertainers of whom I could not live without now are: Ayiza, Alf, Bull and MJ. They have shown me how to argue %26amp; overcome it all. There are just so many people to acknowledge, but it's strange how even the newcomers make the family circle so comfortable and enjoyable.
With all this in mind, I want to thank you all for being so very special and pray that each and everyone of you go into 2008 with good health, safety wherever you go and prosperity, ( especially Cakes with that lottery so that we can all be together!). I have said it before and I will say it again: I love you all and value each and everyone of you!!!
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I’ve never met the following people but have the greatest respect for them. If I trampled on your toes, please accept my apology. I am truly sorry!! DV, Porgie, cakes, HD, Jeez, zxcv, Commodore, Tsepo, MJ, JM, Alfie, Bull and Ayiza…..each one of you had contributed to a better person that I believe I’m at the end of 2007……
……Bull and Alfie, I’ll keep on disagreeing with their philosophy but I thank them for offering good debates. I learnt a lot from them
…..sins, the two of us have scores to settle next year….she always left the best for last
……cakes, if there is a person who should be credited for keeping this section of the forum alive, it’s her….…she deserves a standing ovation!!!
………HD, his story of losing everything he worked for and how he is trying to put himself back again is an inspiration……I am amazed by his positive spirit
…… DV, the wounds are healing but the good memory will linger on
……Porgie, he doesn’t know how I appreciate our “Daffodils” encounter
…Commodore, she commanded her family to bring her laptop to the hospital…that was sweet of her and the lesson was that even in pain, don’t lose touch with those close to you…we are her closest virtual family
…..MJ, I enjoyed his provocative, if not controversial questions….it’s a pity some tended to personalise issues
…….Ayiza, I know that HD said he’ll never forgive him for claiming to be God….but overall I enjoyed your cheekiness and HD was hurt but he is a good person, I believe he has forgiven
……. Tsepo, it never stops amazing me how he comes with those “flashing answers”
Is there any event on YA that has left lasting impression on you?
Have you had a lasting impact on people in 2007?
You know guys, I just love this section. I have seen over the few months since I have joined this section so much debate, laughter, fun stuff and empathy in times where some regulars had personal losses and injuries. The true South African spirit really shows in this section. I have learned so much from many of you and I really think guys like Zim, Cakes, Porgie, Heavy D, Commondore, MJ, Cheri, Alf, Bull, Tsepo, Ayiza, Unathi, Darth, zxcv, Styvies, Jade Moon, Ms1810, Jeez and Tweety.
There are times when we all get ‘gatvol’ with the personal stuff that was going on but time and time again, we got through that and we went on as true Saffas. I will not miss all the reporting and now thumbs down stuff but I have seen that we even rise above those problems.
There are the few I also miss like London Oval and MR Mars . Would love to see them back more regularly. Noted London Oval started to answer again and hope she is back for good.
I closing, that you everyone for all the pleasure you have given me here and I trust the same will be in 2008. May 2008 just be good for all of you and I wish the sun and Gods hand will be on each and everyone of you.
Love you all,
Blue Bull
Reply:It has been a wonderful year for me on this section. I have had the opportunity of meeting friends that I would never have met in real life. I have learnt a lot about other South Africans, a lot more about SA, and a lot about humans and myself in general. There have been lots of lessons and tests on all kinds of human traits, patience and tolerance, mine and others too, that have brought us together as friends because we have allowed each other to say our say, whether we agreed or not.
The thing that really "got my goat" was the spate of reportings and deletions. And more recently, our poor, despicable little thumbs-downer.
There have been many of whom I have become very fond, a few unfortunately left for other pastures, but we have also gained many new friends who are keeping up their side in this section. Hope you stay many moons with us.
Heavy D, thanks for the news from Inno.
My secret little dream is that I should win in the lottery, sommer groot, and invite ALL of you for a bit meet-up Indaba somewhere in the Kalahari, sommer a long weekend conference!!
I thank you all for giving me something to chuckle about every day, And wish everyone all the best for the New Year.
Zim, you and Unathi will definitely enjoy bringing in the New Year in good African style under our huge African sky. We will all be with you in our thoughts. Come back safely next year!
Reply:Have I made a lasting impression on YA answers SA, I dont think so. However, the above regulars with their snappy remarks and constant bickering convinced me to visit here every day. Tnx to you all I have to enroll at the AA !
(Answers Anonymous)
You all have a great 2008!
Reply:damn! today is my first day in the South African section. i wish i could have gotten a dedication. maybe this time next year? have a good one
Reply:I may not have made a lasting impression, no. Give me another year. LOL
Various people on here has made a difference - and I think some of them might be surprised by how deep they touched me with one or two answers. The event that stands out for me is our lovely Commodore getting better after scaring the daylights out of us.
I don't read and answer a lot of questions, it feels to me as if I am cheating - taking all that time to myself! Yet, YA is where I come to when I am home sick. Where I sit and giggle for how typical South African this section and it's people are. And I usually feel better for it.
As you are the one asking this - let me tell you...
about you. :-)
You made me giggle at times, always a welcome addition to my day.
You made me respect you with the way you fairly disagree with other's opinions (well, mostly!) ;-)
You left me intrigued by the way your mind works - maybe you showed more through your questions than what you realized.
Your questions made me wander down roads I sometimes was not ready for - therefor you made me stronger.
So thanks, Zim. For making my life that bit richer.
Wishing you and your loved ones the happiest New year you can dream of.
Reply:Firstly Zim thank you for posting this, what a wonderful idea at the end of the year.
So Guys - All of you - I have been gone for about 3 or so months - firstly to have an op and then to travel to my family in Cape Town to recover. So sorry for my absence.
But also the bickering in July and August made me really think twice about coming back to YA. I am truly glad that I did though, I find warmth and affection here like nowhere else other than with my family and it feels like I have come home.
I wish all of you a wonderful exciting 2008 and may all you wish yourselves come to pass.
Reply:Shot Zim,
Ja, this section really is better than Egoli sometimes! I loved it when Ayiza claimed to be God and also when he used Lethal Weapon II as a basis for his arguments!!!! There are many other regulars whose quirks I could mention....... Cakes, Heavy, Styvies, Blue Bull, Wonderstar, Cheri and so on!
Happy New year to you and Unathi and all of those guys too!
Reply:To me it was just amazing to get feelings of warmth, loyalty, anger, compasion, friendship and sharing with people I have never met, but yet feel so close to.
Reply:Thank you Zim ! I didn't think that any of my blabbering would make a differance ! And I must thank you for learning me to look at both sides of the coin . I am very ridgit in my ways and sometimes even ''hardegat'' as I am used to in ''real life'' my word is law .Suddenly I found myself in a situation where everything I say gets critisized or needs to be motivated .
This factor alone made such a huge differance in my life I can not even begin to explain . I have learned patience and to say I am sorry !
Inno : For being such a good person ! OH my ,I forgot to tell you, she sends her regards to all the regulars ! She was in the boendoes for Christmas !
Sins: For giving me hope !
MJ: For learning me not to loose my temper so fast if I hear what I don;t like !
CAKES : My dierbaarste vriendin ! Who kept me busy with her questions and my mind of negative thaughts when I needed it most !
ha ha ha Alf Garnette : Spelling and grammar lessons on my first day !
Bull : to stay true to myself !
Ayiza : Learning me to love my God more for everything he has given me !
To all the other regulars in this section ,If I did not mention your name ,I am sorry ,I could mention many more things about everybody but I will settle with these thoughts for now !
Reply:I would like to mention Cakes, Commodore, Heavy, Darth, Zxcv, Jade, Ms1810, Jeez, Styvies, Blue Bull, Tshepo and all the other regulars i did not mention - thanks for all your efforts and i hope you have a wonderful and healthy New Year
Reply:This is now my favourite 'hang-out' simply because of you all. Some people have made a huge impact on my life this year and I still believe that without all your support and prayers, I could have been 'looking down from above'. (well at least I hope from above instead of looking up from below!) LOL.
I have a special bond %26amp; friendship with Vango %26amp; Jade, Cheri, Cakes, Zimmy, Unathi %26amp; zxcv. The loves %26amp; smiles of my life are Sins, London Oval, MB1810, HeavyD, DarthV, Styvies, Tsepo, Blue Bull, Jeez, Tweety, One Love %26amp; Turniton. The entertainers of whom I could not live without now are: Ayiza, Alf, Bull and MJ. They have shown me how to argue %26amp; overcome it all. There are just so many people to acknowledge, but it's strange how even the newcomers make the family circle so comfortable and enjoyable.
With all this in mind, I want to thank you all for being so very special and pray that each and everyone of you go into 2008 with good health, safety wherever you go and prosperity, ( especially Cakes with that lottery so that we can all be together!). I have said it before and I will say it again: I love you all and value each and everyone of you!!!
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Romanticism elements?
I'm writing an essay on Romantic characteristics and two of the characteristics of the essay are clashing with one another. I'm not sure if this would fit in the "nature" element of Romanticism or the "supernatural/surreal" element of Romanticism.
Wordsworth: "I wandered lonely as a cloud" Where the narrator descrbies himself as a cloud, and in his loneliness flies over daffodils that also personify humans by dancing in a "crowd."
Then there is Percy's "To Autumn" the narrator personifies the beauty of Autumn to that of a human and then he wishes Autumn would whisk him away like it does the leaves so that he can renew his life.
These are metaphors...so does that mean they should be taken as just metaphors? Or are these metaphors that are surreal and never really before used pre-romantic era?
Thanks!
Romanticism elements?
Because they are metaphors involving nature, I would say to include them with the "nature" element of Romanticism.
Reply:natural and supernatural / surreal metaphors were also used in earlier period where the art of literature heavily referred to the Bible (where metaphors are used in various instance), such as during the Renaissance.
To separate the natural metaphors from the surreal ones, it takes the understanding of the entire literary work we review, also the author's background and intention with that particular piece of literature.
Wordsworth: "I wandered lonely as a cloud" Where the narrator descrbies himself as a cloud, and in his loneliness flies over daffodils that also personify humans by dancing in a "crowd."
Then there is Percy's "To Autumn" the narrator personifies the beauty of Autumn to that of a human and then he wishes Autumn would whisk him away like it does the leaves so that he can renew his life.
These are metaphors...so does that mean they should be taken as just metaphors? Or are these metaphors that are surreal and never really before used pre-romantic era?
Thanks!
Romanticism elements?
Because they are metaphors involving nature, I would say to include them with the "nature" element of Romanticism.
Reply:natural and supernatural / surreal metaphors were also used in earlier period where the art of literature heavily referred to the Bible (where metaphors are used in various instance), such as during the Renaissance.
To separate the natural metaphors from the surreal ones, it takes the understanding of the entire literary work we review, also the author's background and intention with that particular piece of literature.
Help with half dead roses?
I moved into the beautiful old house where the previous owner did NOTHING with her yard for 3 years. Literally. No mowing, no trimming, no pruning. The daffodils have grown wild since, and I love them, but the poor roses look terrible. They are the tea type so they have grown tall, but where they haven't been trimmed and pruned for a few years, they are very sparse. I thought about cutting them down and seeing what will happen, but I don't want to kill them. The same for the azaleas and rhododendrons. What can I do for them?
Help with half dead roses?
Roses are very tough. Give then a good hard prune to size them down and shape them - preferably in winter when dormant (however, I have done mine in summer too when necessary and give them a good water and they've never suffered).
As for the grass, I recently scraped off just the top of my lawn to get rid of as many dormant weeds as possible, bought some lawn seed, loosened the top soil, sowed the seed (thicker than recommended as the birds kept eating it lol) and follwed the rest of hte seed pack instructions. After about 6 weks it looked really nice.
Reply:Have you ever thought of laying banana skins round your roses and just adding a little soil over the top of them. As when they rot down they produce potassium which really gives a good boost of fertilizer at not much cost to yourself. Report It
Reply:To save time later spraying roses for green fly and black fly grow garlic round them as the roses draw up some of the flavor of the Garlic and really makes them think twice to settling in your roses over the summer or you can use Lavenders but remember to leave enough room for the rose and Lavender. Report It
Reply:Cut them back, don't cut them down. It sounds like you have got great soil. Plant a vegy garden and a herb lawn. Have a great time gardening.
Reply:its early April so you can cut roses back hard to 18 inches then water in some rose fertilizer (it sounds drastic but the reward will be worth it), leave the daffodils to die off naturally and if you want to move them leave that until October, it wont be long before the azaleas and rhododendrons will be in flower leave them alone for now, when they have died off remove all dead flowers and sickly thin bits of stem leaving only healthy strong stems feed both with Azalea feed, do the same every year. hope I've been of help
Reply:Your best bet is to go to a nursery and find out what to do. everything you mentioned has different fertilizer needs and pruning.
you might be the lady that did nothing in her yard for 3 years if you ask people on yahoo a big serious question. you need to spend some money honey.
EDIT...if she did "nothing" in her garden for 3 years, she probably did "nothing" inside that old house for much longer. I hope you had a home inspection.
EDIT#2: If you had a flea problem, you might also want to check for termites. since it was an older property. best wishes, really.
Reply:you cant go wrong if you follow the advice of the second answer. good luck.
Reply:1. Tea rose care:
http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/...
http://gardening.about.com/od/rose1/a/Hy...
2. Azaleas care:
http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/hgic1...
3. Rhododendron care:
http://www.demesne.info/Garden-Help/Flow...
Grass:
It would be best to let a professional lawn service or landscaper put in a lawn for you the first time. Be sure to ask them how to take care of it.
It would also be best to put in an automatic lawn sprinkler system because water is what makes a lawn pretty. It is a must to have a good weekly watering and mowing schedule.
But if you want to do it yourself, go here:
How to grow a lawn, click this link
http://www.wikihow.com/Grow-a-Lawn-Easil...
Help with half dead roses?
Roses are very tough. Give then a good hard prune to size them down and shape them - preferably in winter when dormant (however, I have done mine in summer too when necessary and give them a good water and they've never suffered).
As for the grass, I recently scraped off just the top of my lawn to get rid of as many dormant weeds as possible, bought some lawn seed, loosened the top soil, sowed the seed (thicker than recommended as the birds kept eating it lol) and follwed the rest of hte seed pack instructions. After about 6 weks it looked really nice.
Reply:Have you ever thought of laying banana skins round your roses and just adding a little soil over the top of them. As when they rot down they produce potassium which really gives a good boost of fertilizer at not much cost to yourself. Report It
Reply:To save time later spraying roses for green fly and black fly grow garlic round them as the roses draw up some of the flavor of the Garlic and really makes them think twice to settling in your roses over the summer or you can use Lavenders but remember to leave enough room for the rose and Lavender. Report It
Reply:Cut them back, don't cut them down. It sounds like you have got great soil. Plant a vegy garden and a herb lawn. Have a great time gardening.
Reply:its early April so you can cut roses back hard to 18 inches then water in some rose fertilizer (it sounds drastic but the reward will be worth it), leave the daffodils to die off naturally and if you want to move them leave that until October, it wont be long before the azaleas and rhododendrons will be in flower leave them alone for now, when they have died off remove all dead flowers and sickly thin bits of stem leaving only healthy strong stems feed both with Azalea feed, do the same every year. hope I've been of help
Reply:Your best bet is to go to a nursery and find out what to do. everything you mentioned has different fertilizer needs and pruning.
you might be the lady that did nothing in her yard for 3 years if you ask people on yahoo a big serious question. you need to spend some money honey.
EDIT...if she did "nothing" in her garden for 3 years, she probably did "nothing" inside that old house for much longer. I hope you had a home inspection.
EDIT#2: If you had a flea problem, you might also want to check for termites. since it was an older property. best wishes, really.
Reply:you cant go wrong if you follow the advice of the second answer. good luck.
Reply:1. Tea rose care:
http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/...
http://gardening.about.com/od/rose1/a/Hy...
2. Azaleas care:
http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/hgic1...
3. Rhododendron care:
http://www.demesne.info/Garden-Help/Flow...
Grass:
It would be best to let a professional lawn service or landscaper put in a lawn for you the first time. Be sure to ask them how to take care of it.
It would also be best to put in an automatic lawn sprinkler system because water is what makes a lawn pretty. It is a must to have a good weekly watering and mowing schedule.
But if you want to do it yourself, go here:
How to grow a lawn, click this link
http://www.wikihow.com/Grow-a-Lawn-Easil...
Is my yard “partial sun” or “shade” and how important is that, really?
I’m trying to figure out what I can grow in my front yard. My house faces North and the flower beds in the front seem to never be in direct sunlight. To me that would imply “shade.”
But there is a hydrangea plant in my flowerbed that bloomed last year, and when I was plant shopping last night, the ones I saw said they were good for full sun and partial shade. I also seem to have daffodils coming up in the same flowerbeds. I though those were also plants that needed full sun.
In fact, the only plant I could find for partial shade to shade was something that looked like an elephant ear but was red. (Not so good with the plant names…). It wasn’t unattractive, but I’d like just a little more variety.
So how do I know which category my yard falls into?
Dos it really matter if I put a partial sun plant into a shaded area? Will it actually not grow, or will it just grow less than it could have?
Is my yard “partial sun” or “shade” and how important is that, really?
The north side of the house is considered partial shade. Hydrangea and daffodil do just fine on this side of the house because they are receiving bright indirect sun. Choose any plant that says part sun or part shade to full shade. You won't usually find a very good selection at your local 5 and dime store. Go to a real garden center or shop on line to find great plants you'll be happy with. Check my sites below.
PS Yes it does matter what the label says. Sometimes your plant will grow in other situations but not to there potential.
Reply:Too much sun will burn some plants. If the area is in the sun all the time, no trees etc to shade it, it is full sun.
Part sun means sun some time but not all the time.
Shaded is no or very little sun.
A partial sun plant in a shaded area may grow, just depends on the conditions combined.
Just see what works best for you. Supposedly, you cannot grow roses bushes in containers but I can. I live in an apartment and have no yard do so all of my plants are in containers.
Reply:there is such a thing as micro-climate. this is where the area is affected by something eg close to house and so behaves differently.
The thing is that you can plant what you want. If it grows great - it is happy. If it doesn't then the situation is not to it's needs.
also when it comes to shade and sun it also depends on when the area is sunny.
Just enjoy.
There are a lot of plants that will be happy in many places. maybe they won't be as enormous as they might be elsewhere but just try. Don't be foolish in your choices as some plants have definite needs.
What I have learned is that the worst thing that cna happen is the plant becomes compost.
Reply:If your not seeing direct sunlight, then it's not full sun. Some plants and bushes recommended for full sun will grow for a few years in partial sun or shady areas, but will not be as full or flowers as well. Eventually they may die out completely, as they never quite get the light they need to store up the energy for the next year. There are a lot of plants and shrubs that grow best in shade or indirect sun. I've listed a link to one company that I typed "shade" into their search to give you ideas for plants to look for in your area. Shade gardens can be like a walk in the woods-lush ferns, lacey red and pink astilbe.
Reply:If you put sun plants in a shadier area than they're supposed to be, watch how much you water them. They may need more fertilizer if you get something that flowers...
Mona lavender is good for shade/part sun
It has purple flowers in the fall with an interesting scent. It's a member of the mint family if that helps.
There are many varieties of ferns that you can get too. Japanese painted fern is a beautiful variation.
When you go to the plant store, just ask one of the people there for help with shade/part sun plants. At the very least they'll point you in the right direction.
But there is a hydrangea plant in my flowerbed that bloomed last year, and when I was plant shopping last night, the ones I saw said they were good for full sun and partial shade. I also seem to have daffodils coming up in the same flowerbeds. I though those were also plants that needed full sun.
In fact, the only plant I could find for partial shade to shade was something that looked like an elephant ear but was red. (Not so good with the plant names…). It wasn’t unattractive, but I’d like just a little more variety.
So how do I know which category my yard falls into?
Dos it really matter if I put a partial sun plant into a shaded area? Will it actually not grow, or will it just grow less than it could have?
Is my yard “partial sun” or “shade” and how important is that, really?
The north side of the house is considered partial shade. Hydrangea and daffodil do just fine on this side of the house because they are receiving bright indirect sun. Choose any plant that says part sun or part shade to full shade. You won't usually find a very good selection at your local 5 and dime store. Go to a real garden center or shop on line to find great plants you'll be happy with. Check my sites below.
PS Yes it does matter what the label says. Sometimes your plant will grow in other situations but not to there potential.
Reply:Too much sun will burn some plants. If the area is in the sun all the time, no trees etc to shade it, it is full sun.
Part sun means sun some time but not all the time.
Shaded is no or very little sun.
A partial sun plant in a shaded area may grow, just depends on the conditions combined.
Just see what works best for you. Supposedly, you cannot grow roses bushes in containers but I can. I live in an apartment and have no yard do so all of my plants are in containers.
Reply:there is such a thing as micro-climate. this is where the area is affected by something eg close to house and so behaves differently.
The thing is that you can plant what you want. If it grows great - it is happy. If it doesn't then the situation is not to it's needs.
also when it comes to shade and sun it also depends on when the area is sunny.
Just enjoy.
There are a lot of plants that will be happy in many places. maybe they won't be as enormous as they might be elsewhere but just try. Don't be foolish in your choices as some plants have definite needs.
What I have learned is that the worst thing that cna happen is the plant becomes compost.
Reply:If your not seeing direct sunlight, then it's not full sun. Some plants and bushes recommended for full sun will grow for a few years in partial sun or shady areas, but will not be as full or flowers as well. Eventually they may die out completely, as they never quite get the light they need to store up the energy for the next year. There are a lot of plants and shrubs that grow best in shade or indirect sun. I've listed a link to one company that I typed "shade" into their search to give you ideas for plants to look for in your area. Shade gardens can be like a walk in the woods-lush ferns, lacey red and pink astilbe.
Reply:If you put sun plants in a shadier area than they're supposed to be, watch how much you water them. They may need more fertilizer if you get something that flowers...
Mona lavender is good for shade/part sun
It has purple flowers in the fall with an interesting scent. It's a member of the mint family if that helps.
There are many varieties of ferns that you can get too. Japanese painted fern is a beautiful variation.
When you go to the plant store, just ask one of the people there for help with shade/part sun plants. At the very least they'll point you in the right direction.
Full season bulb garden help?
I live in WI (cold winters) and would like to plant a garden entirely from bulbs (or other hardy perennials). I have full sun. Any ideas on how to plant bulbs so that from early spring to later summer I have some nice color? I can look up the info on when certain bulbs will bloom, but I'm not sure how to plant them so that they aren't competing with each other and end up looking like a big crowded mess. I love daffodils and tulips, but am certainly open to anything else. I don't know much about non-bulb perennials.
Also, any ideas for full shade? I have hostas, but would like to add some color.
Thanks!
Full season bulb garden help?
When planting the bulbs and tulips, put them together in clumps. As you make each hole, put the later-blooming ones in first and the earlier-blooming ones in last. That way, as one is losing its bloom, another one is blooming to take its place.
These are only going to last you until the very beginning of summer.
No perennial is going to bloom the entire summer. You have to put in a mix of them that bloom at different times, then supplement with annuals. Annuals are the only ones that will retain color the entire year.
Other fun flowers are lilies. Day lilies can bloom more than once, whereas Asiatics (the tall ones with thin, almost spiky leaves) will have one longer-lasting glorious display per year. You can grown these from bulbs.
Dahlias are also good from bulbs.
Other cool-hardy perennials are columbine, which blooms throughout the beginning of summer, ivy geraniums (early to mid, sometimes later), and mums. If you plant mums, pinch off the early buds that form in July in order to have a late-summer/early fall bloom.
For a shaded bed, you can try different fern varieties (read the label to determine sun requirements), the hostas, Jacob's ladder, various forms of ivy. I found something called a Japanese rose bush that has spectacular yellow blooms. For annuals in this bed, impatiens give the best color. Sometimes begonias also do well here.
These are just a few ideas.......
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Also, any ideas for full shade? I have hostas, but would like to add some color.
Thanks!
Full season bulb garden help?
When planting the bulbs and tulips, put them together in clumps. As you make each hole, put the later-blooming ones in first and the earlier-blooming ones in last. That way, as one is losing its bloom, another one is blooming to take its place.
These are only going to last you until the very beginning of summer.
No perennial is going to bloom the entire summer. You have to put in a mix of them that bloom at different times, then supplement with annuals. Annuals are the only ones that will retain color the entire year.
Other fun flowers are lilies. Day lilies can bloom more than once, whereas Asiatics (the tall ones with thin, almost spiky leaves) will have one longer-lasting glorious display per year. You can grown these from bulbs.
Dahlias are also good from bulbs.
Other cool-hardy perennials are columbine, which blooms throughout the beginning of summer, ivy geraniums (early to mid, sometimes later), and mums. If you plant mums, pinch off the early buds that form in July in order to have a late-summer/early fall bloom.
For a shaded bed, you can try different fern varieties (read the label to determine sun requirements), the hostas, Jacob's ladder, various forms of ivy. I found something called a Japanese rose bush that has spectacular yellow blooms. For annuals in this bed, impatiens give the best color. Sometimes begonias also do well here.
These are just a few ideas.......
mens leather sandals
Do you like my old poem? Wrote it and revised it a year ago. It's a poetry exchange. What do you think?
for you...
sometimes when dark clouds reign
and light is dimmed
when the rains fall without relent
and thinking is blurred
we will recall moments -
moments when reality changed
moments when larger selves emerged
moments when our beings knew love -
tenderness with a different face
cementing shared visions
as the waters cleanse the muddied earth.
-the sun
for you...
sometimes when the wind blows by
and daffodils go out of shape
tender thoughts of you flutter by
as i lie lazily under the shade
i will ponder moments -
moments we savour
moments we treasure
moments of endeavor -
hidden from the world's gaze
clandestine beings behind rays
celebrating the gift of knowing
solemnizing the art of loving.
-the moon
Do you like my old poem? Wrote it and revised it a year ago. It's a poetry exchange. What do you think?
Both were sw33t I'd say, great subtle imagery and very well written my friend *^_^*
Reply:I must agree with our poetic mistress that they are indeed well written.
Reply:Overall, a pretty good effort. I would want to make these two adhere to a similar form/structure so as to emphasize those places where the language is shared. I also think some of the repetition is a bit much for these short poems.
Reply:like the first one.flows,,,,
D.
Reply:ok well i think both are great but i like the first part better
ummm...
it catches me in a way it makes me finish reading it i give it 2 thombs up
good job thanks for sharing
Reply:I loved both of them but the first i liked a Little bit better ..your really good though Mary keep writing.
Reply:i like it alot i wish that i could write like that damn thats good.^_^
sometimes when dark clouds reign
and light is dimmed
when the rains fall without relent
and thinking is blurred
we will recall moments -
moments when reality changed
moments when larger selves emerged
moments when our beings knew love -
tenderness with a different face
cementing shared visions
as the waters cleanse the muddied earth.
-the sun
for you...
sometimes when the wind blows by
and daffodils go out of shape
tender thoughts of you flutter by
as i lie lazily under the shade
i will ponder moments -
moments we savour
moments we treasure
moments of endeavor -
hidden from the world's gaze
clandestine beings behind rays
celebrating the gift of knowing
solemnizing the art of loving.
-the moon
Do you like my old poem? Wrote it and revised it a year ago. It's a poetry exchange. What do you think?
Both were sw33t I'd say, great subtle imagery and very well written my friend *^_^*
Reply:I must agree with our poetic mistress that they are indeed well written.
Reply:Overall, a pretty good effort. I would want to make these two adhere to a similar form/structure so as to emphasize those places where the language is shared. I also think some of the repetition is a bit much for these short poems.
Reply:like the first one.flows,,,,
D.
Reply:ok well i think both are great but i like the first part better
ummm...
it catches me in a way it makes me finish reading it i give it 2 thombs up
good job thanks for sharing
Reply:I loved both of them but the first i liked a Little bit better ..your really good though Mary keep writing.
Reply:i like it alot i wish that i could write like that damn thats good.^_^
What is your opinion of this poem?
The Cornfield
In the malaise
Of a rudely setting sun
Your tungststen shield
Transparent and over-run
Quiet on quixotic passes
Through thick thickets
Of Pine. oak, and fern
Black forest
Black magic gift
Those tiny daffodils
Lying tranquilly abound
In the soft yellow countryside
Follow me tonight;
Down that dim path
Of pitiful moonlight
Our frenetic hearts
Will be blazed
By neon sparks
What is your opinion of this poem?
Containing grievous errors such as use of the words quixotic, and tungsten (as evidenced by the butchery of its spelling), the line "Black magic gift", and an entire lack of direction or purpose, this poem rests in the bosom of refuse, along with its companions.
Reply:You have a gift of excellent alliteration...a lot of writers don't practice that. But, a free verse poem can sound like a rythming poem when good alliteration is there...internal rythme works just as well.
I'll give you a 10 for this one! Da_n good work, and the message is self-contained, not sprawling all over the place!
Reply:I think it's a very good poem...
I might have adjusted it a little...
"Lying tranquilly abound
Down that dim path
Follow me tonight;
In the soft yellow countryside
by pitiful moonlight"
...very nice poem how it is, though.
Reply:i dont know. i found this really boring. you stuck a bunch of romantic adjectives together and called in poetry.
i'm guessing you could do much better than this.
Reply:wow. i like it. i really like the " by neon sparks" part. veryy good poem
Reply:You have defeated a tricky task with this noble performance.
Reply:i like the part where it says "by neon sparks" its very good.
In the malaise
Of a rudely setting sun
Your tungststen shield
Transparent and over-run
Quiet on quixotic passes
Through thick thickets
Of Pine. oak, and fern
Black forest
Black magic gift
Those tiny daffodils
Lying tranquilly abound
In the soft yellow countryside
Follow me tonight;
Down that dim path
Of pitiful moonlight
Our frenetic hearts
Will be blazed
By neon sparks
What is your opinion of this poem?
Containing grievous errors such as use of the words quixotic, and tungsten (as evidenced by the butchery of its spelling), the line "Black magic gift", and an entire lack of direction or purpose, this poem rests in the bosom of refuse, along with its companions.
Reply:You have a gift of excellent alliteration...a lot of writers don't practice that. But, a free verse poem can sound like a rythming poem when good alliteration is there...internal rythme works just as well.
I'll give you a 10 for this one! Da_n good work, and the message is self-contained, not sprawling all over the place!
Reply:I think it's a very good poem...
I might have adjusted it a little...
"Lying tranquilly abound
Down that dim path
Follow me tonight;
In the soft yellow countryside
by pitiful moonlight"
...very nice poem how it is, though.
Reply:i dont know. i found this really boring. you stuck a bunch of romantic adjectives together and called in poetry.
i'm guessing you could do much better than this.
Reply:wow. i like it. i really like the " by neon sparks" part. veryy good poem
Reply:You have defeated a tricky task with this noble performance.
Reply:i like the part where it says "by neon sparks" its very good.
Which is the odd one out---and why?
Grass, Iris, Palm, daffodil.
Which is the odd one out---and why?
All the plants mentioned in the list are Monocotyledonous plants.
BUT
Palm is a tree and all others are non-woody plants and they are herbs ; So Palm is the odd one!
Reply:I think palm because it is a type of tree
Reply:Grass.
Seed.
Reply:grass, it is because there are lots of different types of grass. it is more of a general thing
Reply:Palm is a dicot, the rest are monocots. RScott
Which is the odd one out---and why?
All the plants mentioned in the list are Monocotyledonous plants.
BUT
Palm is a tree and all others are non-woody plants and they are herbs ; So Palm is the odd one!
Reply:I think palm because it is a type of tree
Reply:Grass.
Seed.
Reply:grass, it is because there are lots of different types of grass. it is more of a general thing
Reply:Palm is a dicot, the rest are monocots. RScott
Monday, February 13, 2012
Anyone know about mushroom hunting (MORELS)?
I live in southwest Michigan on Lake Michigan. Our area is heavily wooded as well as having sandy soil. It has been very rainy lately which I heard is great for Morels! Where should I look for them? Do they grow by certain trees? What about the terrain? Do they like ravines (creeks)? And if I do find good Morels, where can I sell them since I don't care for them and they are worth a lot some years? Any advice appreciated. IS MARCH, APRIL, or MAY the best month for my area? And is it good to look when it's really wet and muddy out? We just had our last snow (I'm assuming) last week. Our Tulips and Daffodils are starting to sprout so Spring is here. THANKS for any advice.
Anyone know about mushroom hunting (MORELS)?
Unless you absolutely know what you are doing, do not pick and eat mushrooms. There are many types that look very much alike, and some are deadly. In some instances, the symptoms don't show up for a few days, until the mushrooms have all ready done irreparable damage to your liver, or other important organs. It's just not worth it. Even people who have picked and eaten mushrooms for years sometimes make fatal mistakes. If you are determined to do this, don't just go off into the woods with some friends. Take a class from the Agricultural Extension office near you, or from an expert at the college near you. Be darned sure what you're picking and eating.
Reply:Morels are usually found in Michigan in May. They generally are associated with dead Elm trees, and can be found on several different types of terrain, often old apple orchards are the best location. Lots of people dry morels and sell them on eBay.
Reply:HI,
I ALSO LIVE IN MICHIGAN,MID STATE.MORELS GROW IN ASPEN WOODS A LOT OF THE TIME.....I HAVE HAD GOOD LUCK IN EDMORE AREA.
ITS TOO EARLY I BELIEVE NOW..AROUND FIRST OF APRIL.AND EARLY MAY IS A GOOD TIME TO FIND THEM...THEY ARE VERY GOOD EATING....MIKE
Reply:hi there
I'm north of you in Ontario Canada, your season is probably 2 to 3 weeks ahead of ours, i start looking here April 15, so around the last week in march you should start, there are a couple kinds of morel , the big black ones are called pine morels here in Ontario, and are found near pine trees , then there are the field morel, they are white or cream colour, and are found in fields near poplar trees and fern patches, the wetter the spring the better the morel picking. up here if people want to sell morels they put an add in the local buy and sell magazines. if you get to many ship me up a bushel, they are getting harder to find here we havn't had the big snow we used to have, and its dryer in the spring, good luck
Bleaching
Anyone know about mushroom hunting (MORELS)?
Unless you absolutely know what you are doing, do not pick and eat mushrooms. There are many types that look very much alike, and some are deadly. In some instances, the symptoms don't show up for a few days, until the mushrooms have all ready done irreparable damage to your liver, or other important organs. It's just not worth it. Even people who have picked and eaten mushrooms for years sometimes make fatal mistakes. If you are determined to do this, don't just go off into the woods with some friends. Take a class from the Agricultural Extension office near you, or from an expert at the college near you. Be darned sure what you're picking and eating.
Reply:Morels are usually found in Michigan in May. They generally are associated with dead Elm trees, and can be found on several different types of terrain, often old apple orchards are the best location. Lots of people dry morels and sell them on eBay.
Reply:HI,
I ALSO LIVE IN MICHIGAN,MID STATE.MORELS GROW IN ASPEN WOODS A LOT OF THE TIME.....I HAVE HAD GOOD LUCK IN EDMORE AREA.
ITS TOO EARLY I BELIEVE NOW..AROUND FIRST OF APRIL.AND EARLY MAY IS A GOOD TIME TO FIND THEM...THEY ARE VERY GOOD EATING....MIKE
Reply:hi there
I'm north of you in Ontario Canada, your season is probably 2 to 3 weeks ahead of ours, i start looking here April 15, so around the last week in march you should start, there are a couple kinds of morel , the big black ones are called pine morels here in Ontario, and are found near pine trees , then there are the field morel, they are white or cream colour, and are found in fields near poplar trees and fern patches, the wetter the spring the better the morel picking. up here if people want to sell morels they put an add in the local buy and sell magazines. if you get to many ship me up a bushel, they are getting harder to find here we havn't had the big snow we used to have, and its dryer in the spring, good luck
Bleaching
Some help with hamsters and tulips... please?
I bought several hamsters two weeks ago but they all died. I didn't want to waste my money so I decided to make jam out of them. But the jam tasted too sweet so I threw it into the garden. Last week, there was a bunch of daffodils growing in the jam.
Now... this is puzzling because I thought you only get tulips in hamster jam. Any thoughts?
Some help with hamsters and tulips... please?
You're thinking of a place in the netherlands, cant quite recall the name now ...
Reply:too obscure,i just thought tulips grow in holland,oh crap Amsterdam is this where you were heading mouse,i didnt read between the lines. :)
Reply:Oh dear....new depths of humour.
Reminded me to look at the bulbs I've planted!
Now... this is puzzling because I thought you only get tulips in hamster jam. Any thoughts?
Some help with hamsters and tulips... please?
You're thinking of a place in the netherlands, cant quite recall the name now ...
Reply:too obscure,i just thought tulips grow in holland,oh crap Amsterdam is this where you were heading mouse,i didnt read between the lines. :)
Reply:Oh dear....new depths of humour.
Reminded me to look at the bulbs I've planted!
Do you have any last minute Gardening tips for Contest?
My yard will be judged on Monday so I have the weekend to make sure everything is looking great, however, this is my first gardening competition so not really sure what they will be looking for.
My driveway has two rock gardens on each side. The left is nothing but White Creeping flock.
The right side is filled with different kinds of flowers which consist of Giant Day lillies, star gazer lillies, Iris's, tulips, Hyacinths, daffodils, purple corn flowers, yellow buttercups, White Peonies, looks like dragonflower but has blue flowers, (beautiful though) and mini deep pink daylillies. bottom has purple creeping flock, and throughout the rocks are chick pees. The taller flowers naturally are on the top and the smallest are on the bottom with the creeping flock draping over wall all around.
Vegetable garden in back. on both sides in the back mixture of 2 liliac trees, 2 dogwood trees, orange daylillies, carnations, bleeding hearts, yuccas, azalea, Viburnum,
Do you have any last minute Gardening tips for Contest?
It sounds beautiful! Spend the weekend deadheading and hydrating your garden, and make sure there is not a weed to be found, particularly coming up through your creeping phlox.
Good luck and let us know if you win!!!
Reply:To spruce up the left side of your drive you could place odd numbers of pots filled with annuals that mimic the perennials on the right. Also, you don't mention a water feature of any kind....not even a bird bath. I would certainly have some type of water feature that makes noise, even a bubbler in a bird bath. People and creatures are naturally drawn to the sound of moving water. Good luck in the contest!
Reply:sounds like you have it looking beautiful already...and that you have all your bases covered. GOOD LUCK, and enjoy your day...let us all know how you do.....
Reply:Not really any last minute suggestions but stopping by to wish you the best of Luck on Monday! I'll be rooting for you and sending some prayers for a wonderful day too!!
GOOD LUCK!!! GOD BLESS!!
My driveway has two rock gardens on each side. The left is nothing but White Creeping flock.
The right side is filled with different kinds of flowers which consist of Giant Day lillies, star gazer lillies, Iris's, tulips, Hyacinths, daffodils, purple corn flowers, yellow buttercups, White Peonies, looks like dragonflower but has blue flowers, (beautiful though) and mini deep pink daylillies. bottom has purple creeping flock, and throughout the rocks are chick pees. The taller flowers naturally are on the top and the smallest are on the bottom with the creeping flock draping over wall all around.
Vegetable garden in back. on both sides in the back mixture of 2 liliac trees, 2 dogwood trees, orange daylillies, carnations, bleeding hearts, yuccas, azalea, Viburnum,
Do you have any last minute Gardening tips for Contest?
It sounds beautiful! Spend the weekend deadheading and hydrating your garden, and make sure there is not a weed to be found, particularly coming up through your creeping phlox.
Good luck and let us know if you win!!!
Reply:To spruce up the left side of your drive you could place odd numbers of pots filled with annuals that mimic the perennials on the right. Also, you don't mention a water feature of any kind....not even a bird bath. I would certainly have some type of water feature that makes noise, even a bubbler in a bird bath. People and creatures are naturally drawn to the sound of moving water. Good luck in the contest!
Reply:sounds like you have it looking beautiful already...and that you have all your bases covered. GOOD LUCK, and enjoy your day...let us all know how you do.....
Reply:Not really any last minute suggestions but stopping by to wish you the best of Luck on Monday! I'll be rooting for you and sending some prayers for a wonderful day too!!
GOOD LUCK!!! GOD BLESS!!
What time of year is best to buy and plant annuals?
I've had the same old annuals going throughout my yard for the past several years. They are becoming poor quality and smallish; producing little plant growth and even fewer blossoms. It's definitely time for something new. Right now I have in some daffodils, tulips, and some other small purple flower that I can't remember the name of. I'm thinking of getting new flowers, but still buying similar species. When is the right time to buy and plant these types of blooms? It seems logical to purchase the actual flower (potted) in spring, when the flowers are in growth, but I've also heard of buying the seeds in fall and planting them so that they'll appear the next spring. Help?!
What time of year is best to buy and plant annuals?
You'll get the best looking annuals right at planting season in your area. Don't put in the ground until you're sure you've had the last frost. If you already planted them, cover them at night with an old towel. Just remove the towel in the morning. If you've been planting the same annuals each year, your soil, or the plants by have a fungus. Home centers usually buy in bulk and most of the plants get leggy and look sick by the middle of summer. (I love impatients but last year, they just looked sick.) Make sure you give your annuals fertilizer, especially the ones that encourage blooming. One good thing about annuals is they can take abuse. You can break of a stem, put it in the soil, keep it watered, and within a few days, it has already got roots.
If you want tulips, daffodils, crocus, hyacinth, etc for the spring you have to buy the bulbs in the fall. Around September-November they are usually on the market. They can be planted through late winter, as long as you can work the soil. Good Luck.
Reply:May is the best time, usually after "Mothers Day"
Reply:Now is the time to plant annuals where you live. However I hear you are having some snow this weekend, so you might want to wait another week or so.
You cannot buy spring annuals in the fall. It's too cold where you live to overwinter them. You can, however, plant tulips, daffs, crocuses in the fall and enjoy them in the spring.
Reply:mid may is a good time maybe late may or early june so that way they wont die from a rare frost
also put them in decorative pots.
use miracle gro which is a common plant food. it works really well. just wait about 3 weeks for results
Reply:The small purple flower is either a crocus (looks like a mini tulip) or a wind flower ( looks like a tiny daisy)
You can get your answers also at www.gardenweb.com - there is a forum where you can get more answers from top gardeners there.
Planting seeds in the fall works but I've only had the morning glories do this repeatedly and I live in Michigan...zone 5. I have also known more perennials to drop seed and regrow in spring that way as well. It happens with some annuals here and there like allysum, but to answer the question as to when, your zone is probably 6? My planting time is mid May - yours may be early to mid May.
I grow impatiens for shade areas - they fill in nicely, and petunias, geraniums, salvia......to name a few in the sunny ones.
I grow my seeds indoors in March to be ready for May.
www.parkseed.com has many varieties for your home - you'll like this site very much.
What time of year is best to buy and plant annuals?
You'll get the best looking annuals right at planting season in your area. Don't put in the ground until you're sure you've had the last frost. If you already planted them, cover them at night with an old towel. Just remove the towel in the morning. If you've been planting the same annuals each year, your soil, or the plants by have a fungus. Home centers usually buy in bulk and most of the plants get leggy and look sick by the middle of summer. (I love impatients but last year, they just looked sick.) Make sure you give your annuals fertilizer, especially the ones that encourage blooming. One good thing about annuals is they can take abuse. You can break of a stem, put it in the soil, keep it watered, and within a few days, it has already got roots.
If you want tulips, daffodils, crocus, hyacinth, etc for the spring you have to buy the bulbs in the fall. Around September-November they are usually on the market. They can be planted through late winter, as long as you can work the soil. Good Luck.
Reply:May is the best time, usually after "Mothers Day"
Reply:Now is the time to plant annuals where you live. However I hear you are having some snow this weekend, so you might want to wait another week or so.
You cannot buy spring annuals in the fall. It's too cold where you live to overwinter them. You can, however, plant tulips, daffs, crocuses in the fall and enjoy them in the spring.
Reply:mid may is a good time maybe late may or early june so that way they wont die from a rare frost
also put them in decorative pots.
use miracle gro which is a common plant food. it works really well. just wait about 3 weeks for results
Reply:The small purple flower is either a crocus (looks like a mini tulip) or a wind flower ( looks like a tiny daisy)
You can get your answers also at www.gardenweb.com - there is a forum where you can get more answers from top gardeners there.
Planting seeds in the fall works but I've only had the morning glories do this repeatedly and I live in Michigan...zone 5. I have also known more perennials to drop seed and regrow in spring that way as well. It happens with some annuals here and there like allysum, but to answer the question as to when, your zone is probably 6? My planting time is mid May - yours may be early to mid May.
I grow impatiens for shade areas - they fill in nicely, and petunias, geraniums, salvia......to name a few in the sunny ones.
I grow my seeds indoors in March to be ready for May.
www.parkseed.com has many varieties for your home - you'll like this site very much.
It sounds silly, but that's because hate does not belong in it. Did I walk the thin line?
*****
Friends don’t let friends cry alone
by TD Euwaite
I want to sit and hold your hand
Until the afternoon
With sun and rain and robin’s eggs
Daffodils in bloom
I want to hear you let it out
I want to feel your pain
I want to beat the callus cur
That’s treated you this way
As we sit and drink it in
Your heart will slowly mend
And if I see that dog again
He’ll not be man’s best friend
*****
It sounds silly, but that's because hate does not belong in it. Did I walk the thin line?
There is no silly here.
While comforting, you are allowed to feel distaste for the person who seems to have defeated a true friend.
I personally think the line is very thick between hate and the numerous words people should use instead of it.
Morning TD
Reply:Do the mojito....but, work, work, work!
Biloxir would chase that cur away!!!!
Reply:Beautiful. I've also been comforted here by my real virtual friends. (And that's not at all oxymoronic).
Reply:You're a good friend. It is not silly.
Reply:Thank you so much.I am really very much depressed right now.Very much sad.Thanks a lot,it really mean to me a lot
Reply:Well, if you did, (teeter a tad) you walked it well.
Reply:Maybe the answer I gave you yesterday is even more appropriate: a poem is brilliant when the readers think it is about them...
Reply:Uhm, I have a slight critique of your poem TD
The second line: "Until the afternoon " sounds clunky
How about: " Until the 'noon" instead
But otherwise I really like your poem
Yours,
Harry
Reply:Friends dont let friends...? A mongrel curse be on you for your wicked twist from tear to zeal. Think of all reaching for kleenex boxes and then perplexed. lol
Reply:it's nice TD..........sweet and simple and hence so beautiful!
Reply:I don't think it is silly. Actually, I find it quite sweet and sentimental and loving. We all need friends who are willing to hold and listen to us when we are feeling low. It's a lovely poem.
Have I taken this poem too seriously? I just assumed the dog/cur was a metaphor.
Let's hope so...It's bad enough that I have to wear this silly face, but the pout is ultra annoying.
Reply:It's not silly ....I think it's quite good
You may have walked down Lombard Street ............( The Crookedest street in America, San Francisco,California ) a couple of times
And you did not slip%26amp; fall ..........
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Friends don’t let friends cry alone
by TD Euwaite
I want to sit and hold your hand
Until the afternoon
With sun and rain and robin’s eggs
Daffodils in bloom
I want to hear you let it out
I want to feel your pain
I want to beat the callus cur
That’s treated you this way
As we sit and drink it in
Your heart will slowly mend
And if I see that dog again
He’ll not be man’s best friend
*****
It sounds silly, but that's because hate does not belong in it. Did I walk the thin line?
There is no silly here.
While comforting, you are allowed to feel distaste for the person who seems to have defeated a true friend.
I personally think the line is very thick between hate and the numerous words people should use instead of it.
Morning TD
Reply:Do the mojito....but, work, work, work!
Biloxir would chase that cur away!!!!
Reply:Beautiful. I've also been comforted here by my real virtual friends. (And that's not at all oxymoronic).
Reply:You're a good friend. It is not silly.
Reply:Thank you so much.I am really very much depressed right now.Very much sad.Thanks a lot,it really mean to me a lot
Reply:Well, if you did, (teeter a tad) you walked it well.
Reply:Maybe the answer I gave you yesterday is even more appropriate: a poem is brilliant when the readers think it is about them...
Reply:Uhm, I have a slight critique of your poem TD
The second line: "Until the afternoon " sounds clunky
How about: " Until the 'noon" instead
But otherwise I really like your poem
Yours,
Harry
Reply:Friends dont let friends...? A mongrel curse be on you for your wicked twist from tear to zeal. Think of all reaching for kleenex boxes and then perplexed. lol
Reply:it's nice TD..........sweet and simple and hence so beautiful!
Reply:I don't think it is silly. Actually, I find it quite sweet and sentimental and loving. We all need friends who are willing to hold and listen to us when we are feeling low. It's a lovely poem.
Have I taken this poem too seriously? I just assumed the dog/cur was a metaphor.
Let's hope so...It's bad enough that I have to wear this silly face, but the pout is ultra annoying.
Reply:It's not silly ....I think it's quite good
You may have walked down Lombard Street ............( The Crookedest street in America, San Francisco,California ) a couple of times
And you did not slip%26amp; fall ..........
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"Biffy and "Ginger's" trip to Madam Virginia Von Fadglip's Boudoir?
i say old beans "Biffy" and "Ginger" has just returned from a jornt accross the pond to Madam Virginia Von Fadglip's Boudoiur after going on a hunt for the new scullery maid, now one if fritfully confused as too are "Biffy" and "Ginger".
aparently whilst in the lavishly decorated emporium of Fillys and Wenches they became baffled by the question...Daffodils on the piano or Tulips around the organ...one is awfully confused at the riddle can any one help ?
"Biffy and "Ginger's" trip to Madam Virginia Von Fadglip's Boudoir?
My dear man. Madam Virginia's boudoir has its own parlance involving euphemisms themed around the topics of flowers and musical instruments. I won't tell you what goes on there but my husband returned home with scarlet buds around his French horn.
Reply:Dashed if I have any idea old chap, but '....lips around the organ' sounds a bit of all right, don't you know. (Chortle)
Reply:Thank you for informing me that Madam Vagina has an organ. Here was I thinking it was a harpsichord.
aparently whilst in the lavishly decorated emporium of Fillys and Wenches they became baffled by the question...Daffodils on the piano or Tulips around the organ...one is awfully confused at the riddle can any one help ?
"Biffy and "Ginger's" trip to Madam Virginia Von Fadglip's Boudoir?
My dear man. Madam Virginia's boudoir has its own parlance involving euphemisms themed around the topics of flowers and musical instruments. I won't tell you what goes on there but my husband returned home with scarlet buds around his French horn.
Reply:Dashed if I have any idea old chap, but '....lips around the organ' sounds a bit of all right, don't you know. (Chortle)
Reply:Thank you for informing me that Madam Vagina has an organ. Here was I thinking it was a harpsichord.
What flowers can be direct sown in zone 4?
I know poppies can before last frost.Can hollyhocks,sweet williams,or any others be directly sewn now?I am in Wi.%26amp; fragile plants are usually safe by Memorial day from frost warnings.Are there hardy seeds of other flowers,perrenials,biannuals,annuals? My tulips started opening this week,daffodils are ready,dandelion greens are growing but we are going down to 32 tonight %26amp; will again.
What flowers can be direct sown in zone 4?
I gardened in zone 4 for almost 20 years but I was right in the city which made it just a touch milder, I guess, at least for the plants. In my experience you could plant most perennial and biennial seeds within the next week or two.Those take a while to germinate anyway so by the time they sprout you'll be much closer to the last frost. After they've sprouted you might need to protect them if it sounds like it's going to get down into the 20's but if it's just hovering around 30 they'll probably still be OK. When you think about it most of the plants that are hardy here drop seeds which survive even the worst of the winters our region can dish out, which is pretty nasty! My only concern is that where I am it's been a pretty wet "spring" and a bit chilly as well. You want to be sure that seeds, especially annuals, don't have to huddle in the cold dark mud for TOO long. I used to plant most of my annual seeds between the 15th and the end of May, depending on the kind of spring we were having. Even the years I had to wait though, they did fine, grew fast and bloomed profusely. Of course I didn't do anything very picky from seed either, just the tough old stand-bys. Morning glories can go out with the perennials, by the way, and really, so can alyssum, though that will take off no matter when you plant it so there's no real advantage to getting it in early.The annuals I had great luck with from seed include: Cosmos, Zinnia, Marigold, Nasturtium, Candytuft, Alyssum, Morning Glory, Nigella, Sunflower, and Bachelor's Buttons. Perennials include: Lupine, Coneflower, Aster, Daisy, Phlox, Joe-Pye Weed, Heliopsis, Flax, and Mallow. They mostly won't bloom the first year though Lupine often does and the others can surprise you too.
Have fun with your garden, be a little patient (I know, I know, it's hard after this particular WI winter!) and good luck!
Reply:I too am a zone 4 Montana and we just got done with that icky stuff that you are probably getting now my daffodils bloomed in the snow and the freezing rain did not look very good but it warmed up today and they actually looked pretty good. If you are planting from seeds you might want to wait most seeds have different tempatures that they start growing from like pumpkins the ground needs to be 70 degrees for a few days before the seed actually starts growing. But as far as the plants I have hollyhocks and sweet Williams up in the flower bed already from last years plants I also have at least a dozen other plants that are up and growing also the actual plant has a better time surviving these spring temperatures than a seed does.
Reply:Most perennials will be OK like black eyed Susan's, Shasta daisy and others like the blaket flower.
Lupins are ok too.
It is best to wait till after the last frost to plant seedlings.
Remember just because it seems warm does not mean snow is not right around the corner.
Reply:Check the back of the seed pack for sowing times for WI.
I am in Minnesota and will wait a little to direct sow. Especially since it snowed most of today.
Doesn't Mother Nature know it is Spring?
Reply:You can plant anything you want after your last frost date.
What flowers can be direct sown in zone 4?
I gardened in zone 4 for almost 20 years but I was right in the city which made it just a touch milder, I guess, at least for the plants. In my experience you could plant most perennial and biennial seeds within the next week or two.Those take a while to germinate anyway so by the time they sprout you'll be much closer to the last frost. After they've sprouted you might need to protect them if it sounds like it's going to get down into the 20's but if it's just hovering around 30 they'll probably still be OK. When you think about it most of the plants that are hardy here drop seeds which survive even the worst of the winters our region can dish out, which is pretty nasty! My only concern is that where I am it's been a pretty wet "spring" and a bit chilly as well. You want to be sure that seeds, especially annuals, don't have to huddle in the cold dark mud for TOO long. I used to plant most of my annual seeds between the 15th and the end of May, depending on the kind of spring we were having. Even the years I had to wait though, they did fine, grew fast and bloomed profusely. Of course I didn't do anything very picky from seed either, just the tough old stand-bys. Morning glories can go out with the perennials, by the way, and really, so can alyssum, though that will take off no matter when you plant it so there's no real advantage to getting it in early.The annuals I had great luck with from seed include: Cosmos, Zinnia, Marigold, Nasturtium, Candytuft, Alyssum, Morning Glory, Nigella, Sunflower, and Bachelor's Buttons. Perennials include: Lupine, Coneflower, Aster, Daisy, Phlox, Joe-Pye Weed, Heliopsis, Flax, and Mallow. They mostly won't bloom the first year though Lupine often does and the others can surprise you too.
Have fun with your garden, be a little patient (I know, I know, it's hard after this particular WI winter!) and good luck!
Reply:I too am a zone 4 Montana and we just got done with that icky stuff that you are probably getting now my daffodils bloomed in the snow and the freezing rain did not look very good but it warmed up today and they actually looked pretty good. If you are planting from seeds you might want to wait most seeds have different tempatures that they start growing from like pumpkins the ground needs to be 70 degrees for a few days before the seed actually starts growing. But as far as the plants I have hollyhocks and sweet Williams up in the flower bed already from last years plants I also have at least a dozen other plants that are up and growing also the actual plant has a better time surviving these spring temperatures than a seed does.
Reply:Most perennials will be OK like black eyed Susan's, Shasta daisy and others like the blaket flower.
Lupins are ok too.
It is best to wait till after the last frost to plant seedlings.
Remember just because it seems warm does not mean snow is not right around the corner.
Reply:Check the back of the seed pack for sowing times for WI.
I am in Minnesota and will wait a little to direct sow. Especially since it snowed most of today.
Doesn't Mother Nature know it is Spring?
Reply:You can plant anything you want after your last frost date.
Question about granular weed killers on flowerbeds?
The landscaping just put this on the condo flowerbeds. I have tulips, daffodils, narcissus out there and some roses. I did have bushes that never did well but took those out. I was last summer making rose jelly out of the petals, now I don't know how safe that would be? Also is this going to kill the tulips, etc and harm the roses and did it keep the bushes from growing (golden vicary)? I took the bushes out, because they kept trimming the h*ll out of them.
Question about granular weed killers on flowerbeds?
Granular herbicides are usually specified for broadleaf plants and are definitely no good for roses. The bulbs may be ok. It is very irresponsible of your landscaping to go around throwing weedkillers on your garden.
You might want to check though, there are a lot of slow release fertilisers that come in granular form, they might be throwing this around instead.
If it is a herbicide you will want to get rid of it before it starts to dissolve, get a spade or dustpan or something somilar and scrape the top layer of the soil off, get as much of the weedkiller up as you can.
Any rose products should be fine, a herbicide will kill a plant but most will not make the plant poisonous to consume. Provided they are washed of any surface residue you can do what you like with them.
Question about granular weed killers on flowerbeds?
Granular herbicides are usually specified for broadleaf plants and are definitely no good for roses. The bulbs may be ok. It is very irresponsible of your landscaping to go around throwing weedkillers on your garden.
You might want to check though, there are a lot of slow release fertilisers that come in granular form, they might be throwing this around instead.
If it is a herbicide you will want to get rid of it before it starts to dissolve, get a spade or dustpan or something somilar and scrape the top layer of the soil off, get as much of the weedkiller up as you can.
Any rose products should be fine, a herbicide will kill a plant but most will not make the plant poisonous to consume. Provided they are washed of any surface residue you can do what you like with them.
SPRING IS HERE! Can you write a little story that includes 6 of these lines??
Nope...Not homework...I'm waaaaay past that stage, my friends.
1. Spring-a-ding-ding
2. Ahhh.....Sweet love.
3. Daffodils and cherry blossoms.
4. Love ain't just for the young!!
5. What a day for a daydream.
6. That bird is psychotic!
7. Sunshine and ______.
8. I'm ready for something wonderful to happen.
9. Please share my umbrella.
10. This is so cozy.
11. The thunder rolls.
12. You,me,stormy sky........VERY romantic.
SPRING IS HERE! Can you write a little story that includes 6 of these lines??
It was a warm Spring day and Ahhh.....Sweet love was in the air. The smells and sights of Daffodils and cherry blossoms were enchanting. Predictably Sunshine and Matt were off on a walk to their secret rendezvous. Hand in hand, laughing and looking into each others eyes they walked with the jaunty steps of Spring when they suddenly saw something falling from the sky.
“Spring-a-ding-ding sweet heavens! Is that Superman?” asked Matt with his hand held like a pair of binoculars before his eyes. The red colors of the falling object did lead one to such suspicion.
“Maybe it is a meteorite?” asked Sunshine shielding her eyes too from the glare of the sun.
“I think it is a falling plane!” screamed Matt pulling Sunshine out of harm’s way as the object hurtled through the skies seemingly directly at them.
“It is … it is a bird!” said Sunshine “Oh my word, a bird!” she screamed as she ran towards the nearby field where a large bird had fallen from the sky. It seemed to have a broken wing and lay unmoving with only the flicker of the scared eyes showing any signs of life. The wing span of the huge bird was amazing. It was wider than that of an Emu or an Ostrich. It was larger than any animal they had ever seen.
“The poor big birdie seems hurt!” said Sunshine as she squatted on the ground close to the bird. Matt took out a can of drink he had in a pouch on his pants and offered this to the bird which drank like it had a thirst that would have slain ten camels. Then it rose majestically into the air and flapped open its huge wings sending up a cloud of dust and debris that appeared like a cyclone. It then rewarded Sunshine and Matt with a grateful smile.
“Did it just smile at us?” asked Matt. “That bird is psychotic!” Sunshine sat gracefully under the shade of the spread wings.
“This is so cozy!” she said “Please share my umbrella. Come on and sit here with me. I'm ready for something wonderful to happen next!” Matt wandered over and sat by her side wondering what could possibly happen under the wings of the large bird.
“It was probably dehydrated.” He remarked. Just then the big bird seemed to grunt and laid a golden egg. It rolled this with its beak to Matt and Sunshine and rather slowly and reluctantly took flight. Matt and Sunshine have kept the golden egg to this day.
Reply:I enjoyed the other stories. Thank you for BA Report It
Reply:Spring-a-ding-ding is here, and the daffodils and cherry blossoms are in full bloom. A hummingbird begins to fly recklessly near a man and a woman walking in the park. "That bird is psychotic!" the gentleman exclaims to his companion. He offers her a quick escape. "Please share my umbrella." As they begin to stroll, he thinks to himself, 'Ahh....Sweet love. This is so cozy. I'm ready for something wonderful to happen. Love ain't just for the young!!'
Reply:"Spring-a-ding-ding is HERE!" I thought to myself. "I see daffodils and cherry blossoms! " I decided to drive down to Jimmy's house with the sun roof of my car open. As I was driving, I heard some screeching and cawing. I looked up and a bird was landing on my HEAD! It pecked at my hair and grabbed a beak full of my brown hair. "EEK! That bird is PSYCHOTIC!" I had swerved a bit, but now I was back on course. I got to his house and he jumped in the car. He gave me a HUGE hug as soon as he was in. "Mmm, This is so cozy." He said. "Yeah, I know, but you're gonna have to let go for me to drive!!!" I told him, laughing. Soon, we were where we were supposed to be, the park for a bit or relaxation!When we got there, it had started raining a bit, rolling thunder, a little lightning. Not TOO dangerous I hoped. I got out of the car and Jimmy pulled out an umbrella. "Please share my umbrella with me My Dear." He said, laughing. "Ahh....Sweet Love." I answered him with a smile. We sat under the umbrella on a nice warm blanket. "You, me, stormy sky.....VERY romantic." He told me. He kissed me, and we sat during the whole short storm, together. ?
:D The END!
Haha, that was fun to make.
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1. Spring-a-ding-ding
2. Ahhh.....Sweet love.
3. Daffodils and cherry blossoms.
4. Love ain't just for the young!!
5. What a day for a daydream.
6. That bird is psychotic!
7. Sunshine and ______.
8. I'm ready for something wonderful to happen.
9. Please share my umbrella.
10. This is so cozy.
11. The thunder rolls.
12. You,me,stormy sky........VERY romantic.
SPRING IS HERE! Can you write a little story that includes 6 of these lines??
It was a warm Spring day and Ahhh.....Sweet love was in the air. The smells and sights of Daffodils and cherry blossoms were enchanting. Predictably Sunshine and Matt were off on a walk to their secret rendezvous. Hand in hand, laughing and looking into each others eyes they walked with the jaunty steps of Spring when they suddenly saw something falling from the sky.
“Spring-a-ding-ding sweet heavens! Is that Superman?” asked Matt with his hand held like a pair of binoculars before his eyes. The red colors of the falling object did lead one to such suspicion.
“Maybe it is a meteorite?” asked Sunshine shielding her eyes too from the glare of the sun.
“I think it is a falling plane!” screamed Matt pulling Sunshine out of harm’s way as the object hurtled through the skies seemingly directly at them.
“It is … it is a bird!” said Sunshine “Oh my word, a bird!” she screamed as she ran towards the nearby field where a large bird had fallen from the sky. It seemed to have a broken wing and lay unmoving with only the flicker of the scared eyes showing any signs of life. The wing span of the huge bird was amazing. It was wider than that of an Emu or an Ostrich. It was larger than any animal they had ever seen.
“The poor big birdie seems hurt!” said Sunshine as she squatted on the ground close to the bird. Matt took out a can of drink he had in a pouch on his pants and offered this to the bird which drank like it had a thirst that would have slain ten camels. Then it rose majestically into the air and flapped open its huge wings sending up a cloud of dust and debris that appeared like a cyclone. It then rewarded Sunshine and Matt with a grateful smile.
“Did it just smile at us?” asked Matt. “That bird is psychotic!” Sunshine sat gracefully under the shade of the spread wings.
“This is so cozy!” she said “Please share my umbrella. Come on and sit here with me. I'm ready for something wonderful to happen next!” Matt wandered over and sat by her side wondering what could possibly happen under the wings of the large bird.
“It was probably dehydrated.” He remarked. Just then the big bird seemed to grunt and laid a golden egg. It rolled this with its beak to Matt and Sunshine and rather slowly and reluctantly took flight. Matt and Sunshine have kept the golden egg to this day.
Reply:I enjoyed the other stories. Thank you for BA Report It
Reply:Spring-a-ding-ding is here, and the daffodils and cherry blossoms are in full bloom. A hummingbird begins to fly recklessly near a man and a woman walking in the park. "That bird is psychotic!" the gentleman exclaims to his companion. He offers her a quick escape. "Please share my umbrella." As they begin to stroll, he thinks to himself, 'Ahh....Sweet love. This is so cozy. I'm ready for something wonderful to happen. Love ain't just for the young!!'
Reply:"Spring-a-ding-ding is HERE!" I thought to myself. "I see daffodils and cherry blossoms! " I decided to drive down to Jimmy's house with the sun roof of my car open. As I was driving, I heard some screeching and cawing. I looked up and a bird was landing on my HEAD! It pecked at my hair and grabbed a beak full of my brown hair. "EEK! That bird is PSYCHOTIC!" I had swerved a bit, but now I was back on course. I got to his house and he jumped in the car. He gave me a HUGE hug as soon as he was in. "Mmm, This is so cozy." He said. "Yeah, I know, but you're gonna have to let go for me to drive!!!" I told him, laughing. Soon, we were where we were supposed to be, the park for a bit or relaxation!When we got there, it had started raining a bit, rolling thunder, a little lightning. Not TOO dangerous I hoped. I got out of the car and Jimmy pulled out an umbrella. "Please share my umbrella with me My Dear." He said, laughing. "Ahh....Sweet Love." I answered him with a smile. We sat under the umbrella on a nice warm blanket. "You, me, stormy sky.....VERY romantic." He told me. He kissed me, and we sat during the whole short storm, together. ?
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Does stem length affect a cut flower's life?
I've been bringing in daffodils from the yard to brighten up my house -- the first two bouquets stayed lively for almost a week, but the one I've just cut is wilted after only 3 days.
The lengths of the stems on the first two were about twice what I cut this time, because after a cold snap most of the flowers in the yard drooped and bent the stem so that they wouldn't stand in a tall vase. Was it the cold snap that did this bunch in, or does a short stem length affect how long a flower will stay bright after it's cut?
Thanks.
Does stem length affect a cut flower's life?
most if not all of the problem was because of the cold. try a mix or 1/3 sprite and 2/3 water in the vase. you may get a few more days out of your flowers
Reply:Probably the cold snap did the blossoms in...usually the daffodils are pretty hardy and will last a while when cut.
Reply:Shortening the stem should not affect the flower's staying power and with some, especially roses, having enough stem to allow removing an inch every couple days to expose "fresh" cells to uptake water can add days of life.
As Sugarlov stated, the cold may have been the culprit, but also, the daffs may be nearing the end of their natural bloom which would also explain them being short-lived.
I have managed to extend the bloom of daffs and tulips around my yard by about 2-3 weeks most years by planting many types of each and I think more importantly, by setting individual bulb "clumps" at different depths ranging from slightly above the recommended depth to 2-6" deeper. Occasionally doesn't pan and some bulbs rot, out but I think having fresh cut flowers around another week or two is worth the attempt!
The lengths of the stems on the first two were about twice what I cut this time, because after a cold snap most of the flowers in the yard drooped and bent the stem so that they wouldn't stand in a tall vase. Was it the cold snap that did this bunch in, or does a short stem length affect how long a flower will stay bright after it's cut?
Thanks.
Does stem length affect a cut flower's life?
most if not all of the problem was because of the cold. try a mix or 1/3 sprite and 2/3 water in the vase. you may get a few more days out of your flowers
Reply:Probably the cold snap did the blossoms in...usually the daffodils are pretty hardy and will last a while when cut.
Reply:Shortening the stem should not affect the flower's staying power and with some, especially roses, having enough stem to allow removing an inch every couple days to expose "fresh" cells to uptake water can add days of life.
As Sugarlov stated, the cold may have been the culprit, but also, the daffs may be nearing the end of their natural bloom which would also explain them being short-lived.
I have managed to extend the bloom of daffs and tulips around my yard by about 2-3 weeks most years by planting many types of each and I think more importantly, by setting individual bulb "clumps" at different depths ranging from slightly above the recommended depth to 2-6" deeper. Occasionally doesn't pan and some bulbs rot, out but I think having fresh cut flowers around another week or two is worth the attempt!
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