tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post7871812554343700959..comments2024-03-29T01:58:40.773+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: SnowdropsYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-64070559063093626882023-02-28T11:15:53.366+00:002023-02-28T11:15:53.366+00:00We fence what we can but not everything otherwise ...We fence what we can but not everything otherwise our yard looks more like a prison camp.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-7720148795371877372023-02-28T06:54:16.901+00:002023-02-28T06:54:16.901+00:00What are the flowers very similar to snowdrops but...What are the flowers very similar to snowdrops but with a small green dot at the end of each petal? Those are what I had in one house we lived in years ago, they grew all along the bed under the wisteria vine. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-6904571441251685162023-02-27T20:20:55.726+00:002023-02-27T20:20:55.726+00:00A Nod of Snowdrops : The proper term for the flow...A Nod of Snowdrops : The proper term for the flower growing in profusion<br />Galanthophile : A collector of snowdrops.<br />Persephone : She returned in Spring from the underworld w/ snowdrops.<br />Death's Flower : Victorians wouldn't have snowdrops in their homes.<br />Sparta : A city in Laconia, Greece.<br /><br />Spartan women were better educated than the ladies of Athens. could inherit property, own land, and make business transactions.<br /><br />There's plenty of time for reading in Barlinnie.<br />The real name's Scobie by the way.<br /><br />I'm writing a book about Moses & Hermes Trismegistus.<br />They werenae the same guy but they attended the same Masonic lodge.Haggertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03878998597580981583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-2907552753375497962023-02-27T18:57:58.627+00:002023-02-27T18:57:58.627+00:00Here the snowdrops begin appearing right after Chr...Here the snowdrops begin appearing right after Christmas, and it's so nice to be reminded that spring (though still distant) is on its way once the excitement of the holidays fades.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-60242120450693448282023-02-27T18:55:15.220+00:002023-02-27T18:55:15.220+00:00Bleak spartan home? Is it Barlinnie? I'm guess...Bleak spartan home? Is it Barlinnie? I'm guessing fraud or impersonating Jeremy Paxman.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-18336635686188916242023-02-27T18:51:55.914+00:002023-02-27T18:51:55.914+00:00I surmise that some varieties may have been develo...I surmise that some varieties may have been developed for planting in warmer climes.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-40435218294487058212023-02-27T17:17:32.512+00:002023-02-27T17:17:32.512+00:00Lovely photos and poem YP.
The last two winters w...Lovely photos and poem YP. <br />The last two winters we've had a cold spell of weather, down to 0º on occasions and I'm wondering if we could now grow snowdrops this far south.Coppa's girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459503600694841117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-62251806738847346902023-02-27T17:13:32.991+00:002023-02-27T17:13:32.991+00:00Last night I was sitting in the Rising Sun with Yo...Last night I was sitting in the Rising Sun with Your Honour and all his readers.<br />The snowdrop hath no scent, I heard Your Honour tell Jennifer.<br /><br />I went up to the bar and addressed Mr Nabokov who had ordered a glass of Port.<br />After insisting on paying for his double Port I asked Mr Nabokov what he thought.<br /><br />*The snowdrop hath an elusive, lightly honeyed, almond odeur,* he confided.<br />*Arrange a vase of snowdrops with a vase of gardenia and orange jasmine, and your home will rival the fields of Heaven.*<br /><br />I woke up and made myself a cup of instant Kenco Millicano (15 per cent ground coffee) with some warm milk.<br />Not much of a coffee odeur, alas, and there is not a flower or potted plant in my bleak spartan home. <br /><br />No wonder I envy Pixie, Frances, Ellen, Peace Thyme, Jennifer, Meike & Miss Moon.<br />The fragrant ladies. The feminine touch that maketh a home a home.<br /><br />I am rereading Pale Fire for the umpteenth time.<br />The maddest funniest novel in Nabokovian English and I think I smell snowdrops.Haggertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03878998597580981583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-50601745407031004012023-02-27T16:52:18.976+00:002023-02-27T16:52:18.976+00:00I am guessing that they are not a common sight in ...I am guessing that they are not a common sight in northern Florida.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-65305080747627391402023-02-27T16:51:46.965+00:002023-02-27T16:51:46.965+00:00Don't you have fences to keep those critters o...Don't you have fences to keep those critters out?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-74959234012819738292023-02-27T16:51:09.332+00:002023-02-27T16:51:09.332+00:00I am glad to have brought snowdrops into your Mond...I am glad to have brought snowdrops into your Monday Ellen.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-15006618655948859232023-02-27T16:50:07.533+00:002023-02-27T16:50:07.533+00:00Thank you DS. You know how to make a fellow feel g...Thank you DS. You know how to make a fellow feel good.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-35831315637502015152023-02-27T16:40:53.249+00:002023-02-27T16:40:53.249+00:00I think that is the best picture you have ever tak...I think that is the best picture you have ever taken of the natural world that you inhabit. And I am sure that is the best of your poems that I have ever read. Thank you for both the picture and poem, NT.Peace Thymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361079101751470855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-85406146174821419852023-02-27T14:53:16.098+00:002023-02-27T14:53:16.098+00:00I love to see snowdrops. I used to have some in my...I love to see snowdrops. I used to have some in my garden but they disappeared so I am happy to see them here, Neil. Thanks!Ellen D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03776803182673252265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-2803477667346060072023-02-27T14:31:15.863+00:002023-02-27T14:31:15.863+00:00I love wildflowers in the spring but unfortunately...I love wildflowers in the spring but unfortunately, our native deer population loves eating the bulbs of many of them and so we have to selectively plant certain kinds if we want to enjoy them.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-51046726622759987452023-02-27T13:44:41.120+00:002023-02-27T13:44:41.120+00:00A very pretty harbinger of spring. A very pretty harbinger of spring. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-67754743230951507422023-02-27T13:30:01.030+00:002023-02-27T13:30:01.030+00:00The daffs are out in our garden too.The daffs are out in our garden too.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-66562285103818499942023-02-27T13:29:28.787+00:002023-02-27T13:29:28.787+00:00Sadly no - not one that I have ever smelt anyway.Sadly no - not one that I have ever smelt anyway.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-14461099965135441122023-02-27T11:59:23.546+00:002023-02-27T11:59:23.546+00:00The snowdrops are so pretty! Do they have a scent?...The snowdrops are so pretty! Do they have a scent?Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-66368259851444514612023-02-27T11:56:32.409+00:002023-02-27T11:56:32.409+00:00Daffodils are starting to bloom here, kind of earl...Daffodils are starting to bloom here, kind of early. Travelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787024407420088973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-45085635828575495952023-02-27T11:07:49.666+00:002023-02-27T11:07:49.666+00:00Turnips would have supported Brexit. In fact it wa...Turnips would have supported Brexit. In fact it was the turnips who voted for it.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-82511729547875311202023-02-27T11:06:49.484+00:002023-02-27T11:06:49.484+00:00I like that word - "schneeglöckchen". Th...I like that word - "schneeglöckchen". They do indeed look like little bells.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-60727921631444663912023-02-27T11:05:28.524+00:002023-02-27T11:05:28.524+00:00Thanks for sharing this Frances. Very sweet. I had...Thanks for sharing this Frances. Very sweet. I had never seen it before.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-84410655189780689382023-02-27T11:04:07.037+00:002023-02-27T11:04:07.037+00:00It is something I wonder myself and what did peopl...It is something I wonder myself and what did people eat before foreign vegetables arrived on our shores?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-45877762550592364002023-02-27T11:02:48.503+00:002023-02-27T11:02:48.503+00:00Crocuses and snowdrops are like siblings that emer...Crocuses and snowdrops are like siblings that emerge around the same time before any other flowers.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.com