Hoping people aren't being "food snobs" in these times!
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Tallest canes, which ones aren't Coralina de Lucerna?[coccinea]
Comments (7)Thanks hcmcdole, See, they're out of style...You think so too... :] This one had leaves from the pot up, and flowers on the top half! It was in good light. There were several around. I will be willing to take the 8' cuttings when it's time to [cut into lengths]. I saw it out west, years ago, no camera unfortunately. Sigh. Thanks for the link. The Begonia Society,and Begonian, only have room for a few pictures of tall ones. The nomenclature lists don't have a diagram yet I've poked around a while, and googled a lot. What greenhouses/ suppliers, might carry tall canes? The part of the flower behind the blossom's petals, that looks like a long starfruit, is that an ovary? a calyx? In a whole lot of umbels it is a lovely effect. These extra long ridged thingies, are especially nice. There ought to be a way to talk about comparing the features, of flowers, from umbel to umbel. At least I know that a B.'s flatheaded bunches, are umbels. Is Lucerna the same as Coccinea, or are there various cultivars floating around? Hoping some folks will have more ideas. florey...See MoreWhat do you do when you aren't 'butterflying?'
Comments (13)Hi--Up here in zone 5 there is plenty of downtime from butterflying. I enjoy the first couple of months of no gardening stuff, and then in January I start to go crazy waiting for spring. Since I'm new to butterflies and especially caterpillars, I spent a lot of time researching cats and butterflies--and then started to order seeds for nectar and host plants. I am dead set on getting buckeye cats and viceroy cats and finding frit cats that must be in my yard. I think just need to start looking for them earlier too--beginning in May. I got the Burriss' book (just so beautiful and wonderful to read--we need more books like this!) and also read a bio of 17th century woman who broke the mold of expectations of what women were supposed to do and decided to leave husband and home and study the life cycle of butterflies at a time when people still believed in spontaneous generation. That's what I've been doing to keep myself occupied in snowy NH. I am so excited for spring to arrive and can start looking for cats!...See Moreclothes that don't fit, aren't comfortable, or aren't flattering
Comments (28)This has been one of the most helpful threads on clothes that I have ever ever read. I just went through my closet yesterday, because I've been "out of action" and then away for so long, that I'd lost track of what I had. Also, we are now going from cool weather into our hot season, so I was ready to change things over. Well, I thought I was doing well yesterday when I filled a grocery bag with items I simply didn't like anymore. Now, after reading on here, I am going back in there, to pull out the two linen shirts I kept, because they are simply great shirts. I haven't worn either of them for 2 years, but they are classics, and so I thought I'd hang onto them, for that skirt that I might find that might just be perfect with them. Now I realise that there are a lot more "mights" to factor in... They might be out of date, might not fit, might just be a waste of space, might, meanwhile be useful to someone else, might be tired of hanging around for the skirt that I "might" find. They're out of here....gone! And the more posts I read on here the more things are going out. I think too, that as we get older, it's not variety we need, but what suits our shapes and lifestyles and age. When you're glowing with youth and vitality, can any clothing be a "mistake"? I have 3 slim lovely DILs in their 20s, and my son's GF is a beautiful 18 year old. They can throw on a hessian bag or a silk sheath and look stunning. They don't bulge, sag, wobble, spread or fade. I'm learning that it's no longer a matter of liking an item of clothing in the shop. It really has to like me. Sometimes I've thought it would be nice to just find something I like and know it'll look good, rather than having to search and wait to find the "just right" piece. On the other hand, when we're older, we can relax about "trends" and "fads" and get away with just a few good pieces. When I was younger, I remember avoiding stuff that made me look like my mother. Now I am my mother, and it's rather nice to go "classic" at last. I find that I now have clothes that seem to be able to go "anywhere", by just dressing them up or down. Put on black stockings and court shoes and a lace top with that simple black skirt and it's ok for a night wedding. Throw on some sandals and a T-shirt, and I can wear it to a beach party. Not quite that simple, but something like that anyway. We recently had a 92 year old lady visit us, and she looked like a queen. She was wearing the softest pale pink fluffy cashmere sweater with a classic blazer, and a floaty skirt. She looked a million dollars and I decided I wanted that look when I'm an old lady. It was comfortable, and yet so dressy. So I've already planned my old age look (LOL). But I realised when I was studying her outfit, that she could have worn it anywhere, at her age, and fitted right in. She wouldn't need anything else to wear outside the house. Thanks for all the helpful advice on here. Lily...See MoreUpdate on our neck of the woods....things aren't looking up
Comments (15)((((Hugs and Love and real Christmas Joy from me to you)))) You're very wise to spend a happy Christmas in your home with your family instead of somewhere else with a drama-rama going on. I have a friend, with two children, that has been married for 29 years. They have never, ever, once had the Christmas holidays in their own home. It's always been pack up the kids, pack up the gifts, drive half-way across the country, spend exactly the same number of hours at first his "family" and then her "family" (and reverse the times and meals for the next year, AND keep a diary so you can prove that they didn't slight anyone) and then rush home to get back to work. Their kids are in college now, and don't have a single memory of their family having a Christmas in their home with their parents and tree of thier own. I don't understand it all. I'd rather be by myself, in a hotel room in a foreign country, than have to deal with my bickering, stressed, angry, hurtful, at-each-others' throats extended family. There are a few family members I'd love to share a holiday, any holiday, with, but they are few and far between and most of them are under the age of 10 or over 80. You hang in there. Tell the people you love that you love them and make happy holiday memories for you, your kids, and your home, and your hubby....See MoreCA Kate z9
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