Comments on: Today, in the garden http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/ politically minded tree-hugging hippie posting about politics, religion, work, music, random events and whatnot Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:09:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.1 By: David http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2003 David Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:48:17 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2003 Hey, your bumblebees look a lot different from mine! Fun to watch where ever they are buzzing though. :) Nice macro shots. Hey, your bumblebees look a lot different from mine! Fun to watch where ever they are buzzing though. :) Nice macro shots.

]]> By: David http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2005 David Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:58:24 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2005 Talking about insects, I saw <a href="http://www.worldleps.com/pglaucus/D2.jpg" rel="nofollow">one of these butterflies</a> today drinking nectar from some flowers. Tiger swallowtails are usually yellow and black, but some of the females, like this one, are very dark in color. The dark phase tiger is one of my favorites. :) Talking about insects, I saw one of these butterflies today drinking nectar from some flowers. Tiger swallowtails are usually yellow and black, but some of the females, like this one, are very dark in color. The dark phase tiger is one of my favorites. :)

]]> By: Mafdet http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2010 Mafdet Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:59:52 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2010 They are indeed, Sis. They are indeed, Sis.

]]> By: Lynnette in Minnesota http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2016 Lynnette in Minnesota Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:11:57 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2016 Well that answers my question. A <i>flower</i> garden. Pretty flowers, Mel. I love that color. And bumble bees are great as long as they don't sting you. :) Well that answers my question. A flower garden. Pretty flowers, Mel. I love that color. And bumble bees are great as long as they don’t sting you. :)

]]> By: Caesar of Pentra http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2020 Caesar of Pentra Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:24:07 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2020 All of you.. Wish us (our national soccer team) the best of luck! DOWN WITH SPAMMERS! :P All of you.. Wish us (our national soccer team) the best of luck!
DOWN WITH SPAMMERS! :P

]]> By: Lynnette in Minnesota http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2021 Lynnette in Minnesota Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:45:09 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2021 Good luck, Iraq! Good luck, Iraq! Good luck, Iraq! (third time is always the charm :P ) Good luck, Iraq! Good luck, Iraq! Good luck, Iraq! (third time is always the charm :P )

]]> By: David http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2022 David Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:55:39 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2022 Good luck Iraqi soccar team! Good luck Iraqi soccar team!

]]> By: 13 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2028 13 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:45:10 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2028 Soccer blows. (i just proved myself to be as Un-Iraqi as humanly possible. sigh. i hate freaking team sports. pointless) Soccer blows.
(i just proved myself to be as Un-Iraqi as humanly possible. sigh. i hate freaking team sports. pointless)

]]> By: 13 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2029 13 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:46:15 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2029 oh and they did win. i'm never gonna hear the end of this. oh and they did win. i’m never gonna hear the end of this.

]]> By: Mafdet http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2030 Mafdet Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:22:59 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2030 You unbanned me, you unbanned me! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! :unworthy: :unworthy: :unworthy: You unbanned me, you unbanned me!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
:unworthy: :unworthy: :unworthy:

]]> By: David http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2032 David Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:33:45 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2032 Congratulations to Iraqi soccer team! Hurray! :D Congratulations to Iraqi soccer team! Hurray! :D

]]> By: Lynnette in Minnesota http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2033 Lynnette in Minnesota Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:31:21 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2033 <i>Soccer blows.</i> Wet blanket! :D (i just proved myself to be as Un-Iraqi as humanly possible. sigh. i hate freaking team sports. pointless) But, what about all that male <i>bonding</i> that goes on? :) *whispers softly* Not that I am really into soccer <i>myself</i> you understand, but I couldn't pass up the chance to give you grief about <i>something</i>. :P But, don't worry, I only pick on people I like...and who have a sense of humor. :) Congratulations to the Iraqi soccer team on a job well done! Mel, Are you <i>still</i> digging? Well don't feel bad, I have to go out and pick beans this afternoon. Ohhhhh all that bending and kneeling! Makes one feel like a pretzel. :phew!: Soccer blows.

Wet blanket! :D

(i just proved myself to be as Un-Iraqi as humanly possible. sigh. i hate freaking team sports. pointless)

But, what about all that male bonding that goes on? :)

*whispers softly* Not that I am really into soccer myself you understand, but I couldn’t pass up the chance to give you grief about something. :P But, don’t worry, I only pick on people I like…and who have a sense of humor. :)

Congratulations to the Iraqi soccer team on a job well done!

Mel,

Are you still digging? Well don’t feel bad, I have to go out and pick beans this afternoon. Ohhhhh all that bending and kneeling! Makes one feel like a pretzel. :phew!:

]]> By: Frenzie http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2034 Frenzie Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:54:28 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2034 I miss "achoo". I miss “achoo”.

]]> By: Melantrys http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2035 Melantrys Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:09:10 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2035 @ David: The bigger they are the absurder they look/sound. And the huge ones definitely don't look like they should be able to fly. Sometimes aerodynamics just look away.... maybe because they're bent double with laughter. Thank you, thank you, although the results are more luck than anything else, as it was windy and the damned critter was moving about of course. @ Mafdet: Yup. @ Lynnette: Well, that shrub is in our front garden. We do have a vegetable garden outside of the greenhouse too though. Do they sting at all? I think when a bumblebee notices that it's in a situation that requires stinging someone it's already half an hour <b>after</b> that situation actually occurred. @ Caesar: :time-out: Let's keep this a sports free zone. I'm still recovering from watching soccer with you... Although the short movies of your enthusiastic watching did entertain my sister today.... @ 13: *pats* @ Mafdet: You're welcome... I suppose.... :P @ Lynnette: I'm not digging, I was weeding. Those damn things grow like... well... weeds... Still catching up on the time I lost while being away on holiday. No beans yet in our garden. I'll cook some more or less fresh okras tomorrow.... my colleague brought some from his holiday in Turkey. (Bamya, Caesar, bamya...) Um, are you just <b>feeling</b> like a pretzel or <b>looking</b> like one? If it's the latter I wanna see pics! :lol: @ Frenzie: No pic that would have suggested so. @ David: The bigger they are the absurder they look/sound. And the huge ones definitely don’t look like they should be able to fly.
Sometimes aerodynamics just look away…. maybe because they’re bent double with laughter.

Thank you, thank you, although the results are more luck than anything else, as it was windy and the damned critter was moving about of course.

@ Mafdet: Yup.

@ Lynnette: Well, that shrub is in our front garden. We do have a vegetable garden outside of the greenhouse too though.

Do they sting at all? I think when a bumblebee notices that it’s in a situation that requires stinging someone it’s already half an hour after that situation actually occurred.

@ Caesar: :time-out: Let’s keep this a sports free zone. I’m still recovering from watching soccer with you… Although the short movies of your enthusiastic watching did entertain my sister today….

@ 13: *pats*

@ Mafdet: You’re welcome… I suppose…. :P

@ Lynnette: I’m not digging, I was weeding. Those damn things grow like… well… weeds… Still catching up on the time I lost while being away on holiday.
No beans yet in our garden.

I’ll cook some more or less fresh okras tomorrow…. my colleague brought some from his holiday in Turkey. (Bamya, Caesar, bamya…)

Um, are you just feeling like a pretzel or looking like one? If it’s the latter I wanna see pics! :lol:

@ Frenzie: No pic that would have suggested so.

]]> By: Lynnette in Minnesota http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2038 Lynnette in Minnesota Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:50:53 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2038 *sigh* Not many beans in our garden, either, between the rabbit and the almost drought like conditions here. :lol: No, I just feel like one! Although yesterday wasn't so bad, what with not many beans to pick. :( *sigh* Not many beans in our garden, either, between the rabbit and the almost drought like conditions here.

:lol: No, I just feel like one! Although yesterday wasn’t so bad, what with not many beans to pick. :(

]]> By: 13 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2040 13 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 21:55:46 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2040 Male bonding? i never understood what's so hot about that.. seriously, i'd rather bond with a girl, better looking, better hygiene, much better overall i guess ;) regarding team sports, i understand AND RESPECT the skill, the coordination, the "wolf pack" attitude, but come on, THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE! IMO, team-based sports are just another way of letting eleventyone people have First prize. and thus causing a degradation of values, what it means to truly be NUMBER ONE!!!11! and eventually the collapse of civilization as we know it. or something close to that anyway :D Male bonding? i never understood what’s so hot about that.. seriously, i’d rather bond with a girl, better looking, better hygiene, much better overall i guess ;)

regarding team sports, i understand AND RESPECT the skill, the coordination, the “wolf pack” attitude, but come on, THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!
IMO, team-based sports are just another way of letting eleventyone people have First prize. and thus causing a degradation of values, what it means to truly be NUMBER ONE!!!11! and eventually the collapse of civilization as we know it.

or something close to that anyway :D

]]> By: 13 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2041 13 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 21:56:21 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2041 and btw, i was kidding up there. i am not insane, merely touched, is all :D and btw, i was kidding up there. i am not insane, merely touched, is all :D

]]> By: Lynnette in Minnesota http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2043 Lynnette in Minnesota Sun, 22 Jul 2007 17:58:14 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2043 :lol: Or maybe just deliriously happy? :) All kidding about male bonding aside, I think there <i>is</i> a place for team sports. Sometimes things take a group effort and learning to work with people in a group, through sports, may help later in life. Individual efforts certainly have there place, in fact, you sound very...er...American! :lol: But, at the risk of sounding like Hilary, sometimes it takes a village. :D :lol:

Or maybe just deliriously happy? :)

All kidding about male bonding aside, I think there is a place for team sports. Sometimes things take a group effort and learning to work with people in a group, through sports, may help later in life. Individual efforts certainly have there place, in fact, you sound very…er…American! :lol: But, at the risk of sounding like Hilary, sometimes it takes a village. :D

]]> By: David http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2047 David Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:15:36 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2047 Anarki, "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!" :D I watched the 6 DVD Best of Highlander set this past week. I loved that series! Amazing stuff at my public library! I really dig Methos. :) Anarki, “THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!” :D I watched the 6 DVD Best of Highlander set this past week. I loved that series! Amazing stuff at my public library! I really dig Methos. :)

]]> By: Mafdet http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2048 Mafdet Mon, 23 Jul 2007 10:04:14 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2048 Yes, he's coooool. Yes, he’s coooool.

]]> By: Caesar of Pentra http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2054 Caesar of Pentra Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:31:03 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2054 I must sue you, Mel! You threatend my privacy! Hehehehe! Mafdet! Iraq is gonna play the semi-final this noon. What have you seen in the video is nothing compared 2 what I shall do today when I'll watch the match on TV. :nail: I must sue you, Mel! You threatend my privacy! Hehehehe!
Mafdet! Iraq is gonna play the semi-final this noon. What have you seen in the video is nothing compared 2 what I shall do today when I’ll watch the match on TV. :nail:

]]> By: David http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2055 David Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:51:44 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2055 Go Iraqi Team Go!! Go Iraqi Team Go!!

]]> By: Mafdet http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2057 Mafdet Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:03:03 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2057 @ Caesar: :rofl: @ Caesar: :rofl:

]]> By: Yeah http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2058 Yeah Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:44:38 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2058 <i>"Male bonding? i never understood what’s so hot about that.. seriously, i’d rather bond with a girl, better looking, better hygiene, much better overall"</i> Says a lot about the repressed desires of the person who said it. Do what Mr. Garrison did. thank you. “Male bonding? i never understood what’s so hot about that.. seriously, i’d rather bond with a girl, better looking, better hygiene, much better overall”

Says a lot about the repressed desires of the person who said it. Do what Mr. Garrison did. thank you.

]]> By: Caesar of Pentra http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2070 Caesar of Pentra Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:34:42 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2070 Yeeeeeaaaaaaaah! We've done it! Iraq won the Asian title for the first time! Congratulations, Iraqis! :party: :party: :party: :party: :rose: :rose: :rose: :applause: :applause: :applause: Yeeeeeaaaaaaaah! We’ve done it! Iraq won the Asian title for the first time! Congratulations, Iraqis! :party: :party: :party: :party: :rose: :rose: :rose: :applause: :applause: :applause:

]]> By: 13 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2071 13 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:12:52 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2071 yeah, they won, oh well :) Yeah: your welcome ;) repressed, maybe, but YOU're DEpressed. go "bond" with your "guy" friends. yeah, they won, oh well :)

Yeah:
your welcome ;)
repressed, maybe, but YOU’re DEpressed.
go “bond” with your “guy” friends.

]]> By: David http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2072 David Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:58:00 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2072 Congratulations Iraqi Team! :D Too bad they can't take the place of the Iraqi Parliament! Congratulations Iraqi Team! :D Too bad they can’t take the place of the Iraqi Parliament!

]]> By: Caesar of Pentra http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2098 Caesar of Pentra Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:40:11 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2098 Fellas! Mel is currently offline because she has some problems with her PC. She is about to fix that and go online again. Let's hope the best for her! Fellas! Mel is currently offline because she has some problems with her PC. She is about to fix that and go online again. Let’s hope the best for her!

]]> By: Frenzie http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2287 Frenzie Sun, 26 Aug 2007 13:23:41 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2287 @13: I don't know what type of guys you know, but the ones I know are plenty of clean. @13: I don’t know what type of guys you know, but the ones I know are plenty of clean.

]]> By: _lohrian http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2539 _lohrian Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:22:47 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2539 hihi, es macht spaß ohne dein wissen an deinem privatleben teilzuhaben *muahahaha* . Ich muss mal wieder vorbeischauen... hihi, es macht spaß ohne dein wissen an deinem privatleben teilzuhaben

*muahahaha* . Ich muss mal wieder vorbeischauen…

]]> By: Melantrys http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2636 Melantrys Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:13:36 +0000 http://melantrys.net/2007/07/19/today-in-the-garden/#comment-2636 @ Lynnette: Beans have finally been harvested and eaten, and a few are still growing. But with the deteriorating weather conditions and threatened night frosts for some parts of Germany I guess they won't be growing for much longer... No true pretzel-Lynnette.... :phew!: @ 13: Male bonding, dude, not sex..... ;) Oh, I don't care whether soccer is one on one or eleven on eleven. What I totally fail to <i>bond</i> with is this national team thing. "We" did not win/lose the cup; it was those overpaid professional sports ppl. And I couldn't care less who wins what. Merely touched, eh? :shifty: @ Lynnette: Muh? @ David: Methos is so absolutely totally interesting! :) And kinda cute. ;) @ Mafdet: Indeed. @ Caesar: Well, sue me. You'd have to come here for that though. ;) Pity I wasn't there to film you then, eh? @ David:Muh. @ Mafdet: Indeed again. @ Yeah: :think: Was that comment supposed to make sense???? :dunno: @ Caesar: Yay.... @ 13: Tch, tch. @ David: Could only be an improvement. @ Caesar: Muh? @ Frenzie: :s @ _lohrian: Wie, ohne mein Wissen? Bist du unter die Spanner gegangen? And you dropped an "F", dear. @ Lynnette: Beans have finally been harvested and eaten, and a few are still growing. But with the deteriorating weather conditions and threatened night frosts for some parts of Germany I guess they won’t be growing for much longer…

No true pretzel-Lynnette…. :phew!:

@ 13: Male bonding, dude, not sex….. ;)

Oh, I don’t care whether soccer is one on one or eleven on eleven.
What I totally fail to bond with is this national team thing. “We” did not win/lose the cup; it was those overpaid professional sports ppl. And I couldn’t care less who wins what.

Merely touched, eh? :shifty:

@ Lynnette: Muh?

@ David: Methos is so absolutely totally interesting! :) And kinda cute. ;)

@ Mafdet: Indeed.

@ Caesar: Well, sue me. You’d have to come here for that though. ;)

Pity I wasn’t there to film you then, eh?

@ David:Muh.

@ Mafdet: Indeed again.

@ Yeah: :think: Was that comment supposed to make sense???? :dunno:

@ Caesar: Yay….

@ 13: Tch, tch.

@ David: Could only be an improvement.

@ Caesar: Muh?

@ Frenzie: :s

@ _lohrian: Wie, ohne mein Wissen? Bist du unter die Spanner gegangen?

And you dropped an “F”, dear.

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