Nature Pics

Post by **Northerner** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:08 pm

Prim- I like your snow better than my snow. Gorgeous pic!

I once grew mustard, and actually harvested the seed and made mustard. That was back in my Mother Earth days.

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:56 pm

Voronwë_the_Faithful wrote:Prim, that is an astoundingly beautiful picture.

I'm so grateful for our 50-year-old garden. Some bits are overgrown, but some, like this view, I think are perfect.

That oak tree in back is more than three feet through the trunk—a very Tolkien tree, straight and comely.

Post by **Lalaith** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:19 am

Primula Baggins wrote:Well, we woke up this morning to a surprise: a rare snowfall, and it is still coming down. My kids' play matinee was cancelled and they have unexpected free time...

That is a very pretty picture, Prim. But I am so tired that I read the above as saying:

My kids' play manatee was cancelled....

Lali

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:26 am

Oh, good heavens, Lali, our manatee hasn't missed a play date since 1991.

Best you get some rest!

Post by **Lalaith** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:37 am

Good to know! It's so sad when manatees have to cancel things. The kids get so disappointed. The manatee is so disappointed. All of those juicy aquatic plants you ordered as a snack go to waste.

(Okay, yes, bed is calling....)

Lali

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:42 am

A disappointed manatee is not something you want to take lightly, believe me.

Post by **Lalaith** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:05 pm

That pic is just begging to be macro'd.

Lali

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:05 pm

Ooh, I agree. I have no skilz that way, though.

Post by **Lalaith** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:45 pm

Skilz? I gots skilz.

Lali

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 8:47 pm

Awwwwww!!!

Post by **Lalaith** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:32 pm

See, it is so sad. I'm just not sure why your kids had to cancel the whole thing. Now the manatee is very sad.

(Okay, sorry. I am feeling a little stressed today, and that often comes out as plain, old silliness.)

Lali

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:44 pm

Something you know we never indulge in around here, especially me.

<strikes Deeply Thoughtful pose>

I'm sorry, I can't maintain—that poor manatee! I shall send some pennies to the Society for Bucking Up Morose Sirenians.

Post by **Trazúviel** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:46 am

*breathe*

Ok...now what I was going to say....

Prim, your garden is a true winter wonderland...

The sad manatee wrote:I go find new frends with plant snax

Not very forgiving, are they?

Post by **Lalaith** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:25 am

No, unfortunately, that's the thing with manatees. Cancel once, and they'll never forgive you.

Lali

Post by **Trazúviel** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:34 pm

And they look so laid back and easy going...go figure.

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:10 pm

They can be terribly rigid and controlling, Trazzie. If I had it to do over again, I'd get a tapir or something.

Post by **Northerner** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:29 pm

Here's my winter wonderland this morning after an ice storm

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:07 pm

Lovely, Northerner—but I hope your trees all come through OK!

Post by **Northerner** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:34 pm

It is pretty, isn't it? When the sun came up, it was blowing like mad outside and I was awakened by the ice breaking off from the tree branches and hitting the house.

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:40 pm

It's pretty, but ice storms scare me. In western Oregon the ground usually isn't frozen, and it gets saturated with rain regularly—so an ice-covered tree that starts to tip is very likely to fall, maybe onto a house or a car or a person. Big limbs can come down, too.