tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post5986934104957280562..comments2023-10-22T20:53:58.823-04:00Comments on String Too Short to Tie: More Springtime Beautyvanillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-3757931479308251262015-06-09T22:02:53.865-04:002015-06-09T22:02:53.865-04:00Sharkey, hard to imagine that you are in the least...Sharkey, hard to imagine that you are in the least bit flappable, yet the image of you flapping your arms in a circumstance such as this is amusing me at the moment.vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-72545246824021068942015-06-09T21:40:50.287-04:002015-06-09T21:40:50.287-04:00Well, I wouldn't willingly kill that beautiful...Well, I wouldn't willingly kill that beautiful insect, but I get testy about things inside the shirt. It might have been an inadvertent casualtySharkbyteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10139935335209860357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-28211582755734038002015-06-02T08:59:36.533-04:002015-06-02T08:59:36.533-04:00Chuck, I should very much like to have seen Mrs. R...Chuck, I should very much like to have seen Mrs. Rex's gardens. Iris are among my favorite flowers. We had thirteen varieties at our Green Street place, and that was just the garden space devoted to iris.vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-13395719812951594702015-06-01T11:03:11.798-04:002015-06-01T11:03:11.798-04:00I do remember iris being called "flags."...I do remember iris being called "flags." In the small town where I grew up, Mrs Rex was famous for her iris. Developed her own unique strains and had visitors come from faraway--even foreign--places.Secondary Roadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05116234285533139701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-25123585746205738662015-05-31T16:49:00.175-04:002015-05-31T16:49:00.175-04:00Vee, hmm; I respond, "Right in front of the ...Vee, hmm; I respond, "Right in front of the at." Now I wonder. . .vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-1283778168731707062015-05-31T15:20:39.234-04:002015-05-31T15:20:39.234-04:00As Dad used to say, "It's behind the at.&...As Dad used to say, "It's behind the at."Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12222653231278680963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-90546374730627994112015-05-31T15:04:36.849-04:002015-05-31T15:04:36.849-04:00Vee, Indiana? Where is that at? Right there, whe...Vee, Indiana? Where is that at? Right there, where it has always been at. But I am off on my pet peeve.<br /><br />I guess I need to accept that communication is "correct" if the communicator and the communicatee understand one another. Get my drift? Made-up word and all.vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-47859540576348101842015-05-31T14:32:23.905-04:002015-05-31T14:32:23.905-04:00Again, your yard is beautiful.
Like you, I had n...Again, your yard is beautiful. <br /><br />Like you, I had never heard of pineys before moving to Indiana, but then I also had never heard "knowed" used as the past tense of know or them exchanged for those and come for came - and the list could go on. But maybe that is just snobbish and the locals are also correct. (We were in Indiana last week and some things never change, including every farm along highway 36 having beautiful peonies growing along whitewashed fences. Nice!)Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12222653231278680963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-41643739970778784422015-05-31T13:42:19.680-04:002015-05-31T13:42:19.680-04:00Lin, I get what you are saying, but to everything ...Lin, I get what you are saying, but to everything a season, even weeding and deadheading. vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-25870495850950514072015-05-31T11:19:33.131-04:002015-05-31T11:19:33.131-04:00I love the garden this time of year...so neat and ...I love the garden this time of year...so neat and tidy, no weeds just yet. The plants are small, compact and there are no dead leaves or blossoms to pinch off. I wish it would stay like this for the summer.<br /><br />Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042143254001890567noreply@blogger.com