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Azur
Thanks. I'm sure they'll give others lots of pleasure this spring.
posted by
malcolm
on February 24, 2006 at 10:00 AM
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I love it when the flower bulbs push through
I am nw thinking back to some I've planted in various places, left to please new occupants
posted by
Azur
on February 20, 2006 at 3:16 PM
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OFFBEATS
Thanks for your comment. Yes, I love tulips. I have an aunt who lives near Rotterdam and plan to visit her in the spring each year but haven't made it yet. As to Crowland Abbey, yes I must get a picture up on the site. I'll let you know when I do - it has a rather famous dog tooth arch and has all the wild isolation of a ruin from a Bronte or Dickens novel. I absolutely adore it.
posted by
malcolm
on February 20, 2006 at 2:37 PM
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FLIGHTPATH
Thanks for your comment. Hopefully they'll sound the attack again very soon?
posted by
malcolm
on February 20, 2006 at 2:35 PM
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Blanche_DuBois
Many thanks for your comment - I particularly agree about impressionistic views. I was at the National Gallery in London recently. Hadn't been there for years and was blown away again by Monet et al
posted by
malcolm
on February 20, 2006 at 2:35 PM
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avant-garde
Thanks for your comment and you're very welcome
posted by
malcolm
on February 20, 2006 at 2:34 PM
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DrJPT
Thanks for your comment
posted by
malcolm
on February 20, 2006 at 2:33 PM
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malcolm
Beautiful sentiment, and thank you for the reminder.
posted by
avant-garde
on February 20, 2006 at 2:18 PM
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Malcolm,
I've often thought how much beauty and hope flowers bring into the world. When I look in the art stores, there is probably no other more frequently painted subject than a vase or field of flowers. I have one print of a field of tulips in Holland, just masses of impressionistic color. In my worst moments, I take walks and look at the trees, flowers, sky and water or study paintings of flowers.
I love daffodils, crocuses, and snowdrops. Crocuses are blooming here in Seattle, too, and the cherry and dogwood trees are budding. What a poignant memory of your grandmother, and that one memory of her words about the crocuses has left you with a lifetime of hope, I think.
posted by
Blanche.
on February 20, 2006 at 11:56 AM
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Beautiful thoughts and memories, Malcolm !! It was so unusually warm here before the blizzards, our flowers thought they'd get a head start. They're now in retreat.
posted by
reasons
on February 20, 2006 at 7:34 AM
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malcom
Do you like tulips as well? Our crocus won't be here for another 30 days, then the tulips...they become so lovely! All different colors. Of course it was only this year I found out they cn be planted in the dead of winter....Your Fens ruins sound awesome!! Do you have any pictures to share?
posted by
Offy
on February 20, 2006 at 6:48 AM
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Though I Live in the Woods..
Paying attention to or dealing with any planting, is not for me. I can understand and visual what you see!
posted by
Dr_JPT
on February 20, 2006 at 6:18 AM
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