tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post3317210875875440915..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: The RootMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-71661760687459993002020-09-24T17:11:44.246-07:002020-09-24T17:11:44.246-07:00Maybe you know some crafty person who would be hap...Maybe you know some crafty person who would be happy to make something with that venerable old root. I dont know, candlesticks, a set of shotglasses, a support for a favorite vining houseplant, there are many possibilities. Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217677217054777278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-2899791345189792402020-09-22T09:37:38.843-07:002020-09-22T09:37:38.843-07:00You can die in your sleep by hatchet. Preferred me...You can die in your sleep by hatchet. Preferred method, actually.<br />Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-7414018050353671982020-09-21T15:50:29.631-07:002020-09-21T15:50:29.631-07:00Yay Mother Nature, a Wisteria cracking the Drivewa...Yay Mother Nature, a Wisteria cracking the Driveway of a McManse is sweet Justice for razing a beautiful Old Home and trying to kill a magnificent Wisteria specimen!Bohemianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743017084098726581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-66803059725988050232020-09-21T15:46:34.463-07:002020-09-21T15:46:34.463-07:00I envy you have a 105 year old Grapevine on your p...I envy you have a 105 year old Grapevine on your property even if it does produce shitty Grapes but kick Ass Wine! I hope the removal of the enormous Root does it no harm, I'm not sure I want anyone to take a Hatchet to me when I turn 105, I'm still opting to Die in my Sleep, preferably.Bohemianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743017084098726581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-54686180408578056252020-09-21T10:33:53.168-07:002020-09-21T10:33:53.168-07:00You got that right! The only thing I fear more th...You got that right! The only thing I fear more than death is “everlasting” life. Supersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17833468995232469029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-33323426698525521532020-09-20T22:24:05.066-07:002020-09-20T22:24:05.066-07:00I have a purple Concord that bears heavily and it ...I have a purple Concord that bears heavily and it was a four-inch stick not that many years ago.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-45092920529235470712020-09-20T22:23:16.749-07:002020-09-20T22:23:16.749-07:00It was a shitty-ass paragraph though.It was a shitty-ass paragraph though.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-10362036070394372432020-09-20T22:22:52.922-07:002020-09-20T22:22:52.922-07:00The birds don't eat them either. There will be...The birds don't eat them either. There will be a flock of starlings that swarm over it once they've fermented on the vine, and then they wobble up to the power lines and tip over and burp, I swear to God.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-58085495956387933562020-09-20T22:21:34.233-07:002020-09-20T22:21:34.233-07:00Across the street isn't always far enough, huh...Across the street isn't always far enough, huh?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-49283684893983187242020-09-20T03:31:32.455-07:002020-09-20T03:31:32.455-07:00Outlander for the win! I just love that expressio...Outlander for the win! I just love that expression. mimimanderlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-34686427086316739632020-09-19T20:30:27.366-07:002020-09-19T20:30:27.366-07:00You've been whacking it back in the "off&...You've been whacking it back in the "off" season, it will hibernate now until your next spring when you'll likely get more grapes than the birds can eat.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-6593265633746116512020-09-19T20:24:26.164-07:002020-09-19T20:24:26.164-07:00Since you've already hacked it out, my suggest...Since you've already hacked it out, my suggestion to build a little bridge over it is useless, but I am impressed at the vintage. 105 years and still going strong. Like the ancient wine grapevines in other parts of the world. and now I'm thinking I might plant a little grape vine. Even if I only get a few grapes each summer they'll still be grapes I don't have to buy in a Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-15542479905584811842020-09-19T19:49:43.172-07:002020-09-19T19:49:43.172-07:00Or perhaps Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series? ...Or perhaps Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series? Jamie says that frequently.sculptor1https://www.blogger.com/profile/01342942066482312114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-17363534638562505612020-09-19T19:21:03.074-07:002020-09-19T19:21:03.074-07:00Lordie, the house across the street from us in Tyl...Lordie, the house across the street from us in Tyler Texas in the early 70s was SO covered in wisteria that they couldn't open/even see the front door. They took an ax to the vine creeping over the back door every Spring. I swear that stuff is alien. You could have evaporated that 1900-era red brick house out from under that tangle of vine and no one would have been the wiser. What house? ButDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795324336116508729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-37863668383564633672020-09-19T19:10:22.967-07:002020-09-19T19:10:22.967-07:00mimanderly: "dinna fash" yourself?!? A...mimanderly: "dinna fash" yourself?!? Are you a Terry Pratchett fan? Or perhaps Scottish? I love that expression.Nisa Blackmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10069884402511083848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-50241590298515877922020-09-19T19:08:33.925-07:002020-09-19T19:08:33.925-07:00alright minimaderly, I'm stealing that line. i...alright minimaderly, I'm stealing that line. i've got a friend who is so consumed by living to be 140 that he basically eats nothing but small amounts of pea protein and spends his waking hours working and exercising. i admit he looks fantastic for his age and has only about 3 per cent body fat where i look 90 and have 33 percent body fat, but we're the same age and we're both Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795324336116508729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-33009124856710847852020-09-19T17:26:58.843-07:002020-09-19T17:26:58.843-07:00You go, Wisteria!!! We really don't need any ...You go, Wisteria!!! We really don't need any more fucking McMansions!mimimanderlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-20688829243219223052020-09-19T17:22:23.800-07:002020-09-19T17:22:23.800-07:00Oh, there is always maintenance! But as long as I...Oh, there is always maintenance! But as long as I keep the front yard fairly presentable, I dinna fash myself about what's behind the fence. After a certain point, the mosquitoes get to me and I find it difficult to even take out the trash without getting a shitload of bites. I don't know WHY they love me so much; despite my husband's claims, I am NOT sweet. In fact, I curse likemimimanderlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-39698598503431164632020-09-19T17:15:26.930-07:002020-09-19T17:15:26.930-07:00Yeah, that sounds like a curse to me. Longevity w...Yeah, that sounds like a curse to me. Longevity without youth to go with it is basically rotting in place.mimimanderlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-69197831524143710952020-09-19T17:04:23.088-07:002020-09-19T17:04:23.088-07:00The Confederate monument paragraph made me laugh o...The Confederate monument paragraph made me laugh out loud.Leslie Haweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17933649274394414938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-31978764819101634912020-09-19T14:34:29.148-07:002020-09-19T14:34:29.148-07:00"..a beautiful nuisance though."
An epit..."..a beautiful nuisance though."<br />An epitaph for RBG between the lines there. <br />faiprorthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18240756274359261877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-78492404765439414912020-09-19T12:53:13.638-07:002020-09-19T12:53:13.638-07:00We have a wisteria that grows up and onto the top ...We have a wisteria that grows up and onto the top of an arbor over our deck. It is also TRYING to grow everyplace else in our yard, and possibly in our neighbors' yards. I don't dare ask. It's a beautiful nuisance though.<br />knittergranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160027913020949487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-71992789971554184732020-09-19T12:01:21.133-07:002020-09-19T12:01:21.133-07:00As I was reading your comment, I was thinking &quo...As I was reading your comment, I was thinking "you can't kill a wisteria." Driveway cracking! That is satisfying.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-42867544013206845662020-09-19T11:59:49.918-07:002020-09-19T11:59:49.918-07:00Shoot, there ought to be grapes on it by now, but ...Shoot, there ought to be grapes on it by now, but I don't see any. Of course I've been whacking it back all season so it's a lollipop tree, since there is no longer a trellis.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-28519665276208051632020-09-19T11:58:57.527-07:002020-09-19T11:58:57.527-07:00I will say it doesn't seem to have sapped its ...I will say it doesn't seem to have sapped its spirit at all. Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.com