What's it matter who starts,
the poppies are out in my garden,
it's like a Monet painting.
It's lovely but could do with some landscaping, I've considered an open
wooden gazebo with a bench swing underneath.
How can you not start a garden? do you mean you didn't plant anything.
Not a thing. I wasn't feeling all that well at the start of growing
season so I decided not to. And now that I moved recently,there isn't
much room to grow anything. I do however have the livingroom full
with bamboo. lol
Thats lovely, I haven't got bamboo but mean to get some. I have really
tall palm & swiss cheese plants ('Monstera deliciosa' I think is apt-
yummy)
The cheese plant reminds me of Hemingway's "keep the Aspadistra Flying"
You're right, I googled it; I get Orwell & Hemingway confused, probably
because their books seemed similar to me & I read them around the same
time (late teens, early twenties)
Curious George Fly's A Kite
i read the whole series and still go back sometimes ,
after that i moved on to The Hardy Boys
I haven't read much fiction for a long time, fairly recently: Lynne
Truss "talk to the face" because I liked her "eats shoots &leaves"
"Life of Pi" - Yann Martell because it won a price but I thought it was
so-so, 'Making History' Stephen Fry because I like Fry but he's not
really an author IMO. I love Harry Potter, especially reading it at
night to my youngest. What do you read?
Mostly books written by Tom Clancy,"The Hunt for Red October",
"Patriot Games",etc. I've got almost his complete collection.
A few things by Asimov. And a collection of non-fiction by
various authors.
I used to love sci-fi & read nearly all of Asimov, liked the Dune
series (F,. Herbert) - they made one into a film which was
disappointing even with 'Sting' in it. Some Arthur C Clarke, and of
course Heinlein.
I love poppies... they make me think of my Mum :) She used to paint them,
and just before I had each of my children she bought me a huge bunch... I
often wondered if they had a labour inducing scent! ;)
there she goes , trying to start
Not nice & not called for IMO; and /why/ is it your response is timed 2
mins earlier than Kay's post?
Your Mum sounds nice. I have always wished I could paint pictures, I am
hopeless at Art.
I love poppies because when you look at them the blobs of red amongst
the grass really do look like Monet's little 'dabby' paintings & also
the feel of the petals is just like butterflies wings.
They make me think of the poem In 'Flanders Fields'
i don't care what you think about it ,
and it is that way cause that's how i want it
they make me think of opium ,
which makes me think of heroin ,
which makes me want a shot ,
hold on
Now thats not very nice!
what freakin part of this is not nice ,
i mentioned no names and insulted no one
>
i'm liking the sound of all of it ,
lemme see if i got any left after i go first
>
I don't care whether you care, IMO your response was /not/ nice & I say
what I think cos that's how I want it.
tell it to the wind it will have a better chance of being heard
if that pacifies you better ya sure
I know what would pacify you, but I'm not close enough to take a swing.
i'd knock you right on your ass