tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post6880175958208169123..comments2024-03-29T04:08:44.616-04:00Comments on 66 Square Feet (Plus): The Bluebell Woods at the BBGMariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-70642003552911056472009-05-18T09:03:00.000-04:002009-05-18T09:03:00.000-04:00Count yourself as one who reminds us that there is...Count yourself as one who reminds us that there is brightness and beauty and grace. I was feeling very like WH Auden was talking to me:'In headaches and in worry<br />Vaguely life leaks away,<br />And Time will have his fancy<br />To-morrow or to-day.” when your bluebells sent me capering, and oh to brush by those delicious wisteria! Sterkte..Oumiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853727765599120498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-60052890380167622022009-05-18T06:47:00.000-04:002009-05-18T06:47:00.000-04:00As beautiful as Switzerland in June or Namaqualand...As beautiful as Switzerland in June or Namaqualand in September - if not more. Doesn't matter - all enough to make the heart and soul singHennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-32347494579838276702009-05-17T23:54:00.000-04:002009-05-17T23:54:00.000-04:00Indeed...the size of the pay cheque is of little i...Indeed...the size of the pay cheque is of little import sometimes.<br />Will I live long enough to see my wisteria like this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-68252043513392344822009-05-17T23:49:00.000-04:002009-05-17T23:49:00.000-04:00Marie, here is what I've been wondering about bulb...Marie, here is what I've been wondering about bulbs all day...when they are said to "naturalize" and spread, does this simply mean they eventually form more of clump in the spot where they're originally planted and then need to be divided? Or do they actually pop up in different places? Because the second option doesn't seem possible and the first is a lot of work if they're planted in a lawn, isn't it?Umāhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680155603317072829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-34809568057686887172009-05-17T23:12:00.000-04:002009-05-17T23:12:00.000-04:00Gorgeous pictures...my poor little bluebells only ...Gorgeous pictures...my poor little bluebells only have a half dozen so of each other for company. Definitely need to be less stingy with the bulbs! What a lovely meeting you had, too...it's nice to know that there are still some very special people in the world.quiltcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957819126177446578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-79137287617811517632009-05-17T17:34:00.000-04:002009-05-17T17:34:00.000-04:00M. how lovely! I believe there are 45,000 in these...M. how lovely! I believe there are 45,000 in these woods. Imagine planting them!<br /><br />One day your bluebells will have made many more, so you'll get there in the end.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-46394814434019952112009-05-17T11:38:00.000-04:002009-05-17T11:38:00.000-04:00Though my yard will never look like these amazing ...Though my yard will never look like these amazing photos, your post inspired me to buy 100 Hyacinthoides hispanica Danube bulbs this morning to plant beneath my old apple trees this fall.Umāhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680155603317072829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-89071769856515805202009-05-17T10:22:00.000-04:002009-05-17T10:22:00.000-04:00Yes, one forgets sometimes how very petty and smal...Yes, one forgets sometimes how very petty and small and ungenerous and incurious so many endeavours are.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17086277483606295046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-1047769060327617752009-05-16T20:32:00.000-04:002009-05-16T20:32:00.000-04:00That's a beautifully blue carpet of flowers.
And ...That's a beautifully blue carpet of flowers.<br /><br />And I envy you to have met such shining people. I am due for a dose of it too. Bus drivers and tourists just don't do it for me...Smoothmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17866977043552812061noreply@blogger.com