tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post8559902404809489043..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: Tiny Spears At Ten PacesMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-38811545492580558162021-08-04T17:49:18.976-07:002021-08-04T17:49:18.976-07:00"Wilt thou?" I said — and it wilted."Wilt thou?" I said — and it wilted.Jeremy Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-46014798610031359462021-08-03T13:12:26.969-07:002021-08-03T13:12:26.969-07:00Rose thorns can also inject one with the nasty Spo...Rose thorns can also inject one with the nasty Sporothrix fungus. I've never had it, despite many rose-thorn sticks, nor known anyone who did, but it's a possibility.Jeremy Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-32677363711656454112021-08-03T12:04:25.355-07:002021-08-03T12:04:25.355-07:00I did! I did! I did! I did! Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-16944385350029116232021-08-03T06:39:12.414-07:002021-08-03T06:39:12.414-07:00A GARDENER OBSESSED
by Geoffrey B. Charlesworth
...A GARDENER OBSESSED<br /><br />by Geoffrey B. Charlesworth<br /><br />You walked too close. You trod on it. <br />You dropped a piece of sod on it.<br />You hoed it down. You weeded it.<br />You planted it the wrong way up. <br />You grew it in a yoghurt cup<br />But you forgot to make a hole;<br />The soggy compost took its toll.<br /><br />September storm. November drought.<br />It heaved in marcia Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16789255468537508578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-38480805704683175122021-08-02T03:39:30.848-07:002021-08-02T03:39:30.848-07:00When I waited tables, I used to have a recurring n...When I waited tables, I used to have a recurring nightmare about working alone, going into the kitchen, then coming back to a packed house. Scared me. Then it actually happened, and I managed to handle it. I stopped having that dream. Now my nightmares are more likely to involve someone I love getting sick or dying in some weird way. I miss those restaurant dreams now.mimimanderlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-30088847407748834722021-08-01T22:14:35.922-07:002021-08-01T22:14:35.922-07:00Aww man. I loves me a good Pittosporum, too.Aww man. I loves me a good Pittosporum, too.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-25727522405221082982021-08-01T22:13:30.268-07:002021-08-01T22:13:30.268-07:00How awful! NOW you'll keep your cats indoors, ...How awful! NOW you'll keep your cats indoors, won't you? Hummmm?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-13022161280043152662021-08-01T22:11:24.072-07:002021-08-01T22:11:24.072-07:00Things that are a nightmare in one place can barel...Things that are a nightmare in one place can barely make it in another. People moving here are ALL EXCITED to see blackberries in their yard. They get over it.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-71337751629982480682021-08-01T22:10:01.900-07:002021-08-01T22:10:01.900-07:00My dreams are the world's dullest. I think tha...My dreams are the world's dullest. I think that helps me stay asleep.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-15939056812752151172021-08-01T19:09:21.141-07:002021-08-01T19:09:21.141-07:00I always thought the printing on the side-view mir...I always thought the printing on the side-view mirror should say "Objects in mirror are more expensive than they appear."Jeremy Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-12335476584768223502021-08-01T19:08:14.581-07:002021-08-01T19:08:14.581-07:00I don't find recurring dreams about being lost...I don't find recurring dreams about being lost and unable to recognize the street I'm on or which way to go to get home or remember my phone number to contact my wife or kids (with a LARGE dose of panic) <br /> entertaining, but à chacun son goût.Jeremy Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-59789847259975297402021-08-01T17:43:54.470-07:002021-08-01T17:43:54.470-07:00I tried CBD and edibles. Just got me high (the gu...I tried CBD and edibles. Just got me high (the gummies, anyway) but no difference in my sleep patterns. I have no trouble <i>falling</i> asleep, but any little disturbance (having to pee, one of my parrots falling off their perch, hubby stumbling drunkenly to bed) keeps me up for the rest of the night. I didn't used to have insomnia until menopause. I hear that it's a thing. Whee. Imimimanderlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-4391050788756669442021-08-01T17:35:17.470-07:002021-08-01T17:35:17.470-07:00I heard a rumor that a cholla once won the pole-va...I heard a rumor that a cholla once won the pole-vault at the Olympics.mimimanderlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-5143713281091874522021-08-01T17:31:53.440-07:002021-08-01T17:31:53.440-07:00Yeah, birds poop all kinds of invasives here. Poi...Yeah, birds poop all kinds of invasives here. Poison Ivy, honeysuckle, Virginia Creeper. We pull what we can, spray vinegar on what we can, put tarps over some of it to smother it out. If I had a long life ahead of me, I would be more proactive. But I'm 65, and well... global warming. NPR interviewed a climatologist who said that he didn't expect weather conditions like we've allmimimanderlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-41792448891782478402021-08-01T16:25:57.824-07:002021-08-01T16:25:57.824-07:00Murr, I loved your description of your usual plant...Murr, I loved your description of your usual planting procedures! (Maybe our plants would do better with some of that unicorn poop. Do you have any to spare?) Our soil is adobe, so we paid a fellow with an auger on the back of his 3/4-ton pickup to drill a hole wherever we wanted to plant anything larger than a petunia. Still, one day I leaned against one of the smaller (6' tall) Jeremy Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-26135679762075320562021-08-01T16:20:57.455-07:002021-08-01T16:20:57.455-07:00See my comment above about the 3 curses of the Cal...See my comment above about the 3 curses of the California garden(er).Jeremy Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-53586843671181701342021-08-01T16:19:45.942-07:002021-08-01T16:19:45.942-07:00Mimi, I went with edibles, as I don't believe ...Mimi, I went with edibles, as I don't believe my asthma would like the smoke my lungs used to tolerate well enough. 2.5/2.5 THC/CBD at bedtime keeps the nightmares at bay without any other noticeable effects.Jeremy Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-27362715959868161482021-08-01T16:15:44.485-07:002021-08-01T16:15:44.485-07:00When we bought our first (and last?) house here, w...When we bought our first (and last?) house here, we were warned that the three curses of the California gardener, to be avoided at all costs, are wild blackberries, bamboo, and, yes, English Ivy. Our neighbors two lots down planted ivy, and I have to watch for its appearance when a bird poops out a viable seed in our yard, or, in the case of scrub jays, plants one. I would boast that our Jeremy Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-16994421739178437042021-08-01T11:06:08.481-07:002021-08-01T11:06:08.481-07:00We lived in the desert outside Phoenix in the late...We lived in the desert outside Phoenix in the late 60s. One day the cat came home bristling with cholla spines, face, mouth, ears, around his eyes. I was home alone, with a baby and no way to get him to a vet. He was in agony. He lived up to his name, which was Buddha. I got needle-nose pliers and scissors. He sat quietly in my lap and whimpered as I'd cut the end off a spine, to collapse it,Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730925409593819923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-43218348610872750662021-08-01T10:43:10.360-07:002021-08-01T10:43:10.360-07:00Bamboo is my white whale. Some neighbor in years ...Bamboo is my white whale. Some neighbor in years past planted it, and it comes up every year in random places in our yard, sometimes 10' in from the fence, attached underground to a network of roots that are more like steel cables. We love our cactus - bamboo is the scourge of humanity.David Ritchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00853041187267818715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-4179980235900835422021-08-01T10:01:26.730-07:002021-08-01T10:01:26.730-07:00Nyet!Nyet!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-41688506785656080882021-08-01T10:01:16.846-07:002021-08-01T10:01:16.846-07:00Oh those are cute.Oh those are cute.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-29854261182213999992021-08-01T10:00:57.497-07:002021-08-01T10:00:57.497-07:00Nah, I think I'm going in. Now I'm so anxi...Nah, I think I'm going in. Now I'm so anxious to dress up that corner...I'm going to use long-handled tools as best I can and try that Elmer's glue thing afterwards.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-79686591877798845242021-08-01T09:59:43.840-07:002021-08-01T09:59:43.840-07:00Well around here you dump it in a big green cart a...Well around here you dump it in a big green cart and the garbage truck puts out a mechanical arm and hoists it right up, so no garbage men were harmed in this project. Roses can be plenty bad. They seem to have some kind of poison in their thorns.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-30849081251986429332021-08-01T09:58:05.838-07:002021-08-01T09:58:05.838-07:00Have you tried CBD products or edibles?Have you tried CBD products or edibles?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.com