Northern weather

[Daisy]

Sarge, thank you, that was so lovely and dearly appreciated. And super-congratulations Healy on your Friday the 13th retirement and on having such beautiful dogs as companions to boot, lovely dogs indeed - Gosh - what great spirits Northern weather brings out in general! Cheers back to you Pete! and Rogruth! and to each of you virtual hobos. Maybe about the only kind left, eh?

Never forget: "the trolley squeaks for thee!"

[rogruth]

" and to each of you virtual hobos. Maybe about the only kind left, eh?"

Never forget: "the trolley squeaks for thee!"[/quote]

Daisy,

I did meet and get to know some real hobos in my younger days.
IMHO there are few, if any, any true hobos around today.

[healey36]

Daisy, I spent a half-dozen or so summers of my youth in Maine, primarily around Pemaquid/New Harbor area. Great fun, but it was summer.

One of my sisters-in-law decided she wanted to move to Portland twenty uears or so ago, to work at a regional theatre I believe. It was in September, as I recall.

She said "Maine is so beautiful."

I said "Yeah, but have you ever been there in winter?"

She said "The beaches are lovely, never crowded."

I said "Yes, but what about the winters?"

She said "I love the seafood and all of the local food."

I said "I know, but how bad is winter?"

I think she was in therapy by March...she left Maine the following June. You and Tramp are hearty souls...

Healey

[webenda]

What a marvelous image... Golden Hour. Interesting how the dancer with a shell for a skirt has her arms stretched in shadow. D has an eye for the image. Some art deco appliances are beautiful works of art.

Seems the worse northern weather is, the milder south western weather is. We had only one freeze this year, that didn't freeze anything, not even the bird bath.
Deciduous trees started budding in January and were fully clothed in leaves by the end of February.
These Delosperma cooperi normally bloom in mid to late summer. They surprised me this year by blooming in mid March.

[rogruth]

Ah Wayne,there you go again.

I will be awaiting more.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Life finds a way, huh.

[J. S. Bach]

These Delosperma cooperi normally bloom in mid to late summer. They surprised me this year by blooming in mid March.

A favor, could you back off a bit and show the entire plant? Those flowers are really beautiful.

[webenda]

Back up until the whole plant is in the picture? The plant is 12 feet wide and 3 inches tall. Okay, tomorrow when the sun comes up.

[Tramp]

Wayne, since you seem to be interested in these things: the lamp is Art Nouveau rather than Art Deco. It's actually one of the most famous examples of Art Nouveau designed by Gustav Gurschner around 1903.

That plant photo looks like fireworks!

[J. S. Bach]

Back up until the whole plant is in the picture? The plant is 12 feet wide and 3 inches tall. Okay, tomorrow when the sun comes up.

That must be quite impressive, especially if the whole plant is in bloom. Not the whole plant then, but enough to get an idea of what it looks like in relation to its surroundings. There is a small purple flower (when I say small, I mean small) that sometimes appears in my lawn; it is less than ¼ in diameter and the whole plant may not exceed an inch or so tall. The lawnmower never gets them; just as well. I have around five or so small flowering plants that inhabit my lawn; a friend calls them weeds, I call them wildflowers.

Edit to add the word "not"; it makes a big difference.

[webenda]

Wayne, since you seem to be interested in these things: the lamp is Art Nouveau rather than Art Deco. It's actually one of the most famous examples of Art Nouveau designed by Gustav Gurschner around 1903.

Thank you Tramp. My first thought was, "I know that, how did I make such a mistake?" My second thought was, "How do you know that?" All I could think of was, "Art Deco celebrates the machine age, symmetry and straight lines. Art Nouveau celebrates nature, asymmetry and curved lines."

Reality check--from Wikipedia:
Art Deco: Embraces technology, symmetry and rectilinear forms.
Art Nouveau: Inspired by natural forms and curved lines.

Did I pass the reality check?

Gurschner... just looked him up. He liked to design lamps using nautilus shells. That must be what you have.

Sometimes the two styles seem combined, like in these Chrysler Airflow designs.

[aterry11]

Couple of pages back someone was on the roof clearing snow. I might jinx myself by putting my snow rake away and posting but this thing is invaluable for preventing ice dams on the north side of our cape cod's valleys. Has 4 extensions all aluminum so its light and you can purchase more if needed. 4 extensions go about 27 feet if I stand close to the house but then you pull the snow down on top of you. Way safer than a ladder and this one is 4 years old done a lot of roofs with it. Bonus if you can find one now its probably on clearance.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I'm the guy involved with those roof icing woes. That is exactly what I have been wanting, aterry11, but didn't know where to look for a sturdy one, which yours appears to be. Where can I get one?
Murph

[The Dirt]

It's actually one of the most famous examples of Art Nouveau designed by Gustav Gurschner around 1903

D's photo was a stunner.
If that lamp is alive, I'd love to see a picture of it lit.
If a picture won't do it proper justice, then I can live without it rather than see only a poor facsimile.
It wouldn't be fair to the lamp.

[webenda]

These Delosperma cooperi normally bloom in mid to late summer. They surprised me this year by blooming in mid March.

A favor, could you back off a bit and show the entire plant? Those flowers are really beautiful.

Entire Plant


This is ground zero. A small piece was thrown in this pot about 12 years ago.


First couple of years it looked like it might die, but then...


and...