Comments | oddharmonic: Photos: Golden Grant, book fair trucks, tree and orchid in bloom.

oddharmonic

Photos: Golden Grant, book fair trucks, tree and orchid in bloom.

Mar 22, 2010 22:26

I made a joke about Abelian grapes today and Kevin laughed. It is nice that despite the craptacular job market, unseasonably cold weather, and our unevenly stocked pantry, some things are still funny ( Read more... )

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polyhymnia March 23 2010, 04:16:22 UTC

Bradford pears must be the ones that I hate the smell of! I never thought of it as meat, but boy is it awful. Thanks for identifying them for me. :)

oddharmonic March 23 2010, 21:56:49 UTC

Yes. They're also known as Callery pear (the botanical name is Pyrus calleryana) but the sickly-sweet smell is too much for me. A lady I know through PTA described it as smelling like slightly rotten meat a few years ago and it's stuck in my head since then.

stakingaclaim March 23 2010, 11:23:06 UTC

yay! congrats on your orchid! A lady I work with raises orchids. She has a greenhouse in her back yard with dozens of them. I myself am a gardener of questionable skill so I wouldn't dare trying to get an orchid to grow. Give me something super easy like swiss chard.

oddharmonic March 23 2010, 22:02:32 UTC

I am stunned it bloomed again. It's the second one we've had since 2004; the first one died of neglect. (We also have a cyclamen that I am pretty sure blooms to spite me because I hate it but I keep watering it out of habit.)

I am much better at caring for plants that can be eaten -- we have a bunch of herbs inside and the Meyer lemon is waiting for the last frost to be past before it goes out on the patio.