tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post5006323957659102048..comments2024-01-03T01:40:26.911-08:00Comments on Life Drawings: 15 April 1956 “Out in the Garden”50sgalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-51314864181117275562010-04-29T00:44:47.318-07:002010-04-29T00:44:47.318-07:00Hello,
Your post made me smile, not that there’s ...Hello,<br /><br />Your post made me smile, not that there’s anything laughable about what you said, but it made me feel so silly... I thought that I was the only one making my hands dirt on hard labour, that it was not “lady like” to handle a hammer and a drill... Sometimes, I just don’t think further than my nose (it’s a French expression I literally translated) I’m so used by the image of the woman generally carried by the media, that I thought I was an exception, when in fact it’s the image of the “perfect” wife that’s an exception.<br /><br />Last year I made a rose arch in my garden with ... hum... I don’t know exactly how you call those logs they use for the railway ... to grow a climbing plum rose variety in one year it became a huge rose and the arch is already looking beautiful. (Sorry I don’t know the name of the variety; my father took a cut of a rose from an old lady’s garden and putted it in soil... and it grew quite easily).<br />You can also crystallize (again not sure if it’s the right word) rose petals in sugar ... it gives you tasty and beautiful candy, and I also use them to decorate cakes. <br /><br />Here’s the recipe I use :<br /><br />Ingredients :<br />1 very perfumed rose<br />2 egg whites<br />Crystallized sugar<br /><br />Stir slightly the two egg whites, to liquefy them. Dip the rose petals first in the egg white and then in the sugar (not to much sugar, a thin and regular layer, you still have to see the colour of the rose petal trough the sugar) . Let dry a few hours on baking paper. (As I don’t use baking paper, I let them dry on big leafs from the garden... as a rhubarb leaf) <br /><br />About the color of the fence I would choose a light grey tone, white is to maculate to me.<br /><br />Wow, sorry again, I don’t write often but when I start I can’t stop ... maybe I should start a blog, but I’m afraid that I won’t have the time to be constant enough to be a blogger.<br /><br />Have a nice day!<br /><br />EefEefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08195376958434783160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-68414790279608321202010-04-23T22:50:56.473-07:002010-04-23T22:50:56.473-07:0050sgal,
I too have wished for longer growing seas...50sgal,<br /><br />I too have wished for longer growing seasons. DH once lived in Arizona and said that they had two there.Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05549190997375771361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-43036509306500103842010-04-16T16:06:20.485-07:002010-04-16T16:06:20.485-07:00I'm sorry to post such a random comment, but I...I'm sorry to post such a random comment, but I thought that you'd like this picture. <br /><br />http://ffffound.com/image/3018955f621287e8e7d681b9ad8bc0eed78509ff<br /><br />Could you let me know if you like it? <br /><br />Great blog, I've been a reader for a while now.machiwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13249025729318712127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-37312446132754569552010-04-16T13:10:14.452-07:002010-04-16T13:10:14.452-07:00Anon-I am not sure why we American's say Yard ...Anon-I am not sure why we American's say Yard and Garden as separate entities, I knew that the British call it the garden as well. It is also funny to our ears to hear them say 'I am going to the toilet' which of course means to us the bowl in the 'bathroom/powder room'. Or when we say we are wearing pants they must snigger thinking of our underpants. We are two countries separated by the same language.<br />Su-wonderful. Do you come 'home' often?50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-18273267494351619402010-04-16T08:11:25.633-07:002010-04-16T08:11:25.633-07:0050S gal -
Yes I'm VERY familair with Sandwich,...50S gal -<br />Yes I'm VERY familair with Sandwich, I have some family there, as well as a few friends. It's definitely "old Cape Cod", and beautiful year round!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-11419058888286221602010-04-16T05:23:05.782-07:002010-04-16T05:23:05.782-07:00Daffodils signal spring to me here in Missouri. Al...Daffodils signal spring to me here in Missouri. All sunshine-y and optimistic.<br /><br />When you mentioned England, my mind jumped to Ireland. I had neighbors from Ireland and they referred to the back yard as the garden.<br /><br />--Where are the kids? Oh, they are in the garden.--<br /><br />I thought that was so charming.<br /><br />KrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-46866570472930727312010-04-15T09:05:29.473-07:002010-04-15T09:05:29.473-07:00Well, it seems so far even those in CA seem to be ...Well, it seems so far even those in CA seem to be partial to seasons. I just got back from the post and downtown and I love our old New England town in Spring. Everyone is out and 'getting the beds ready'. Somehow the plain stark weathered shingles and severe lines of white clapboard and old fence mixed with the bare trees, the smell of the sea, it is all so full of promise!<br />Su-you are probably familiar with Sandwich, then, and you know how 'idealic' it can be. Many movies that portray old New England always looks very Sandwich to me.50sgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250940806307766624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-90194253498836100702010-04-15T08:24:26.702-07:002010-04-15T08:24:26.702-07:00I love your post, it made me so very homesick for ...I love your post, it made me so very homesick for Ma, and the Cape, in particular!<br /><br />I DO live in CA, but in a region with precious little rainfall, or shade, so growing things is quite a challenge, not to mention that it all dies when we get "ashfall" from wild fires!<br /><br />I'll take the short, but oh so sweet, springs of New England! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-4151366917751786352010-04-15T06:21:51.050-07:002010-04-15T06:21:51.050-07:00I could not live without seasons. I love every sea...I could not live without seasons. I love every season, although I think Danish Winter is too long - but that makes me love Spring even more.<br /><br />Have fun in your garden, we'll look forward to reading about your adventures out there. :)SANNEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12973437247117000140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-8285247479825639072010-04-15T06:10:04.614-07:002010-04-15T06:10:04.614-07:00Nice post! I love gardening! I find it fulfillin...Nice post! I love gardening! I find it fulfilling & relaxing.<br />~AngelaMy Book Barnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05397475622257016195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6960946442922071473.post-30906527315654992722010-04-15T05:45:11.951-07:002010-04-15T05:45:11.951-07:00I just left a comment on your last post and on cha...I just left a comment on your last post and on chance checked to see if you had written anything new.<br /><br />This was a beautiful thoughtful post. <br /><br />I will tell you that after living in California most of my life and then VA and now here in Ohio, I really do appreciate the seasons more on this side of the country. I've written about this time and again on my blog, but I will say here that when you live in a place such as California, you don't appreciate it. The weather is ALWAYS warm. I suppose if you moved there from somewhere else, you might, but having been born there it's just a blur of one day after the next. <br /><br />Yes, it's truly much better here. <br /><br />Have fun out in the garden my friend!<br /><br />rueRuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127064683340688898noreply@blogger.com