tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post3289658471195302255..comments2024-03-28T01:32:46.604-04:00Comments on 66 Square Feet (Plus): Flowers at the Brooklyn Botanic GardenMariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-75590969520665026652011-05-24T22:50:39.148-04:002011-05-24T22:50:39.148-04:00I am heading to the BBG this weekend - the magnoli...I am heading to the BBG this weekend - the magnolias are certainly long past down there (peaking up where I am) but your photo tour (and to some of my favorite gardens - like Shakespeare) make me wish all the more that I could get there more often. <br /><br />Alas, I missed the magnificent magnolias.... just grateful I can be there for Rose Night!<br /><br />Thanks for sharing!<br /><br />Cathy in MACathy and Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11985161421939096681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-90732357618721071662011-04-13T14:43:27.586-04:002011-04-13T14:43:27.586-04:00Oh! My heart feels like it catches in my throat l...Oh! My heart feels like it catches in my throat looking at your photos - especially of the bloodroot and what you said about wanting to do it justice and how they are so right...I believe you have.<br /><br />Such a gorgeous site you have...<br /><br />Obviously it is high time I get myself over the BBG! I plan to hit up Greenwood Cemetery as well this weekend to see the lovely magnolias there, but BBG is a must.<br /><br />Thanks for the reminder!Aimeehttp://www.RedGardenClogs.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-82832509975329820492011-04-11T02:06:40.045-04:002011-04-11T02:06:40.045-04:00You've taken some great shots there.
The Magn...You've taken some great shots there.<br /><br />The Magnolias are a sight to behold, I can smell the air from here.<br /><br />Spring's a little early in SW France, following a relatively mild late winter.Rob (ourfrenchgarden)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05087218232138304239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-84389377649195355562011-04-10T22:54:40.089-04:002011-04-10T22:54:40.089-04:00Wow - beautiful pics that captured the day - I was...Wow - beautiful pics that captured the day - I was there trying out a new camera, but your shots put mine to shame (say nothing of your incredible botanical knowledge!) I'll be back for more!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10274970520430060383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-75370204367823802152011-04-10T19:05:21.225-04:002011-04-10T19:05:21.225-04:00webb - indeed. Does your macro feature have a litt...webb - indeed. Does your macro feature have a little frame that turns green, and beeps when it has focused? It may be a feature you can enable, and is very helpful. I cheated with the violets and used a telephoto :-)<br /><br />Frank - thank you:-) Bloodroot Valley??? Gots ta go. Thanks for the link!<br /><br />Val thank you - yes, it's good to know all this is coming your way. A flower tidal wave.<br /><br />Thanks, Jenni - I wouldn't mind seeing a West Coast spring...<br /><br />Helen - ja, it really is.<br /><br />Anne - good! You will have to come back.<br /><br />Thanks, Janet! You're hired :-) I will have to go back in a week or so to see what has happened...Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-76068328738784378782011-04-10T16:22:02.140-04:002011-04-10T16:22:02.140-04:00Yes, bud of horse-chestnut, the most spectacular o...Yes, bud of horse-chestnut, the most spectacular of the winter buds in my opinion. When Linnaeus separated the horse-chestnuts from the sweet chestnuts taxonomically, he changed the old name Castanea equina to Aesculus hippocastanum. Evidently “Castanea” had come from the Sicilian town Castania, famed for its sweet chestnuts; “equina” from horse, because the Turks used horse-chestnut seeds as medicine for their horses. Linnaeus commemorated both names in “hippocastanum”.Janethttp://www.beautifulbotany.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-43466313021940328392011-04-10T15:44:10.448-04:002011-04-10T15:44:10.448-04:00How lovely! It brought back some wonderful memorie...How lovely! It brought back some wonderful memories when we saw the magnolias in the Park when we were there in 2009.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-91591224501111612292011-04-10T13:13:05.194-04:002011-04-10T13:13:05.194-04:00So beautiful it hurts!So beautiful it hurts!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13095206583353997619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-27326081557835742352011-04-10T12:55:54.988-04:002011-04-10T12:55:54.988-04:00Your photos are incredible. Very enjoyable for thi...Your photos are incredible. Very enjoyable for this west coast girl to see what's blooming in Brooklyn.Rainy Day Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06139202327960366363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-68988616503346918202011-04-10T10:17:31.547-04:002011-04-10T10:17:31.547-04:00Lovely pictures! We are way behind up here... only...Lovely pictures! We are way behind up here... only things out are crocus, snowdrops and siberian squill. They are so bright against the brown of early spring.. no green yet...although I have been playing in the dirt. When it does start it's so fast you can almost watch the growth happen before your eyes. SOON!Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02777527533860225646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-14302329595127748532011-04-10T09:47:08.781-04:002011-04-10T09:47:08.781-04:00Beautiful. Thanks for going, because I am too tied...Beautiful. Thanks for going, because I am too tied up in representing landscape with paint to actually show up to the experience!<br /><br />Consider a trip to the blood root valley, where I can only suppose there is some bloodroot.<br />http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=40.584757,-74.130034&spn=0.013314,0.024483&z=16frank@nycgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-8924015539132877032011-04-10T09:35:40.774-04:002011-04-10T09:35:40.774-04:00It's like one can't take photos fast enoug...It's like one can't take photos fast enough - there's something new popping out every hour. Love the violet photo and the bloodroot. My macros tend to be out of focus - old eyes and tiny view finder?<br /><br />Keep them coming - spring may be late this year, but it seems to be coming on strong.... now.webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168174623602308906noreply@blogger.com