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| MeadowLark |
Posted - Feb 25 2005 : 09:41:14 AM
Did any of you notice the full Snow moon last night? For all of you moon watchers here is a book that looks fascinating...
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1569244669/ref=sib_dp_pt/002-2592236-1305600#reader-link
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. |
| 25 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Fabulous Farm Femmes |
Posted - Nov 19 2005 : 11:40:44 PM
Okay, and I'll be Diane Wiest, everyone tells me I look like her anyway. Now, who's going to be Stockard Channing? Aunt Jenny looks alot like her.... |
| MeadowLark |
Posted - Nov 19 2005 : 05:25:16 AM
Can I be Nicole Kidman???
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. |
| Fabulous Farm Femmes |
Posted - Nov 18 2005 : 11:24:21 PM
BEB Sue, you know what's funny? I was not EVEN thinking about a certain herb that is also the name of our exaulted leader...how funny is that. I just meant some wierd potion you had mixed up (I think I have watched "Practical Magic" too many times...I always imagine Sue's kitchen looks like that one and Sue is Sandra Bullock) or like in the old days where they soaked their tobacco in whiskey and then smoked it. |
| BlueEggBabe |
Posted - Nov 18 2005 : 3:05:38 PM
Diane,
Your colorful description of spring in your garden sounds so amazing!
I love a pink crabapple in bloom and to imagine purple rockets shooting through it, just knocks me out!!
Youz forgiven  (trust me,when you are a friend of the herbs, you are used to hearing that silly old joke everybody wants to know the "secret ingredient" ha!) no biggie
love ya back
BEB
www.feedsackfarmgirls.blogspot.com
www.farmatcoventry.com
"If more of us valued good food, cheer and song above hoarded gold,the world would be a merrier place."
J.J.R.Tolkien |
| Fabulous Farm Femmes |
Posted - Nov 18 2005 : 2:32:10 PM
Nope, no fragrance, just beautiful bright puple pods of flower power. This year the shade from the crabapple tree they were planted under was so dense, the little darlings grew over 6 feet high just to pop their heads out into the sun to bloom. Get a mental picture of that, purple blossoms sprouting sideways out of the top of a 6 foot tall crabtree...looked like fireworks shooting out...
They bloom late spring and again in fall if you cut them back.
Sue BEB, you know I love you and am just teasing... |
| therusticcottage |
Posted - Nov 17 2005 : 2:27:43 PM
YUP you did! Now we've got her going!
The only time that housework comes before sewing is in the dictionary!
http://rusticcottage.blogspot.com/ |
| BlueEggBabe |
Posted - Nov 17 2005 : 1:13:24 PM
Holy Geez.....
I just HAD to raise my hand, didn't I?
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"If more of us valued good food, cheer and song above hoarded gold,the world would be a merrier place."
J.J.R.Tolkien |
| MeadowLark |
Posted - Nov 17 2005 : 12:37:22 PM
Diane! That is so cool! Bet you aren't bothered by those stinky hairy weresomethings! Does the blooms have a fragrance? What time of year do they bloom?
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. |
| Fabulous Farm Femmes |
Posted - Nov 17 2005 : 12:26:07 PM
What have you girls all been eating/smoking? You are all GONE. Must be full moon madness.Or some odd ingrediant in Sue's recipes...
I do grow wolfbane (Monkshood) flowers in my garden. they are really pretty and similar to Delphinium but don't get eaten by the slugs like the delphys do...NOW I know why!! |
| MeadowLark |
Posted - Nov 17 2005 : 11:44:35 AM
You crack me up BEB! Now ya got me going! I saw some cool wolf print material at wal-mart the other day...gonna sew up my own coy/wolf work belly crawlin dart toting farmgirl apron! Yep...I'll be taking orders if any of you want one for your own wolfbane repel work!
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. |
| BlueEggBabe |
Posted - Nov 17 2005 : 11:35:46 AM
I considered suggesting that idea at my last post but didn't want to give out any negative herbal info... only happy, healthful herb thoughts here, farmgirls!!
Could you see Meadowlark out there,though, crawling on her belly in the moonlight hunting down the wild coyotes, toting a blow gun with wolfbane-soaked darts???
(yep, don't wanna encourage her too much, Kay)
BEB
www.feedsackfarmgirls.blogspot.com
www.farmatcoventry.com
"If more of us valued good food, cheer and song above hoarded gold,the world would be a merrier place."
J.J.R.Tolkien |
| MeadowLark |
Posted - Nov 17 2005 : 10:44:16 AM
LOLKay!now there is a farmgirl tip if I ever heard one...Sue send me more seeds cause I am out of wolfbane...ya see...it works great on my DH!!!! Need to focus on those coys now!
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. |
| therusticcottage |
Posted - Nov 17 2005 : 10:22:07 AM
Do you suppose wolfbane would work on MeadowLark's coyotes? LOL!
The only time that housework comes before sewing is in the dictionary!
http://rusticcottage.blogspot.com/ |
| sqrl |
Posted - Nov 17 2005 : 08:31:05 AM
Luna was beauiful here this month. Many months go by when you don't see her because I live in the "foggy bottoms". She was beautiful, the sky was a pinkish purple and she was just rising over the mountains when I made my way home from work. She was huge! Nothing like see her rise over mountains of redwoods.
Blessed Be
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| BlueEggBabe |
Posted - Nov 17 2005 : 05:27:05 AM
Ellen,
The LEONID meteor showers are happenin' now but more difficult to see because of the brightness of the moon this year.
You were lucky to see the fireballs...especially swimming in the moonlight!
No, I don't grow Wolfbane  .......
I like to keep the poisonous plants in the dusty file cabinets of my brain rather than the inviting perimeters of my gardens
BEB
www.feedsackfarmgirls.blogspot.com
www.farmatcoventry.com
"If more of us valued good food, cheer and song above hoarded gold,the world would be a merrier place."
J.J.R.Tolkien |
| Lavender Cottage |
Posted - Nov 17 2005 : 05:19:20 AM
Hey, Ellen-fun to read you are out swimming for your crabpots and seeing fireballs-so cloudy, cold, and a bit snowy and icy here. We can't even see the moon-I'll just close my eyes and visit you down in the warmth.
Ellen-brrr-in MI |
| ByHzGrace |
Posted - Nov 17 2005 : 05:12:03 AM
Sue do you grow wolfbane? |
| ByHzGrace |
Posted - Nov 17 2005 : 05:04:46 AM
anybody seen the fireballs? out swimmin for the crabpots last night and shootin star raced across the sky lighting up nightlife
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| BlueEggBabe |
Posted - Nov 17 2005 : 05:02:34 AM
Kay,
I finally got to see the moon last night. BEEEAUtiful!!
The night before was cloudy and the moonlight was obscured.
Now, class, thank you for indulging me:
The modern name for Wolfbane is Monkshood (Aconite napellus).
Looks very similiar to garden delphiniums or larkspur.
The olde herbals are full of instructions on how to use this infamous plant. What they knew was that the highly poisonous juice of the wolfbane plant couldindeed kill wolves. Arrows tipped with it or baits laced with this plant would poison the predators that once prowled around Europe. Naturally, in olden days, it was thought wolfbane would destroy the curse of a wolfman as well.Or that hangng a sprig of it on your door would keep your home safe from the wolves of the night.
I just love this botanical history stuff!!!
BEB
www.feedsackfarmgirls.blogspot.com
www.farmatcoventry.com
"If more of us valued good food, cheer and song above hoarded gold,the world would be a merrier place."
J.J.R.Tolkien |
| therusticcottage |
Posted - Nov 16 2005 : 10:12:18 PM
Yes Miss BEB, I believe you've got your hand raised. Please tell the class what wolfbane looks like.
You guys are too funny !!! I think both BEB and MeadowLark are moonstruck!
It has been so clear here for the last 3 nights and the moon has been gorgeous. I go out on my porch just to look at the moon and all the light being cast across the fields. If it wasn't so darn cold I'd probably sit out there for hours!
The only time that housework comes before sewing is in the dictionary!
http://rusticcottage.blogspot.com/ |
| BlueEggBabe |
Posted - Nov 16 2005 : 7:49:11 PM
Can anyone identify wolfbane???
(BEB raises her hand )
oooh, oooh, I can, I can!!!
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www.farmatcoventry.com
"If more of us valued good food, cheer and song above hoarded gold,the world would be a merrier place."
J.J.R.Tolkien |
| MeadowLark |
Posted - Nov 16 2005 : 4:20:07 PM
Ahhhh...lunar madness has struck. The full moon November. Beaver moon. I think Diane was wondering why it is called Beaver moon...well it has to with the Indians and either setting their traps for the beaver, or the beavers go into their lodges now. The Omaha call this moon Moon In Which The Deer Shed Their Antlers, the Ojibwa call this Moon of Freezing... Here is some more of the darker side of full moon lore....the Werewolf...Here is an OLDE English folk song for all you "howlers"...
Even a man who is pure in heart
And says his prayers by night
Can become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms
And the autumn moon shines bright.
How does one take out a werewolf? A SILVER BULLET to the heart can stop em. How does one take out a wereMAN? Throw a couple of six packs of Coors at him and he is putty.
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. |
| therusticcottage |
Posted - Nov 15 2005 : 09:24:47 AM
Mars is sitting directly below that wonderful big moon! It looks like a little tag along friend. When I first saw it I thought it was the lights from an airplane -- then realized it wasn't moving!
The only time that housework comes before sewing is in the dictionary!
http://rusticcottage.blogspot.com/ |
| ByHzGrace |
Posted - Nov 15 2005 : 05:39:04 AM
While you be out there look for Mars.During November, Mars will look like a blazing, orange-yellow star. She won't be this close again for 15 years. |
| therusticcottage |
Posted - Nov 14 2005 : 8:40:46 PM
Thanks MeadowLark! We usually don't get to see the moon much in the fall and winter due to it being so overcast. But for the next 10 days we're going to have dry weather and clear skies at night. Great for moon watching!
The only time that housework comes before sewing is in the dictionary!
http://rusticcottage.blogspot.com/ |
