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| We never know here either; it can be different from year-to-year. Leave you winter clothes out and then you won't need them Store them away and you are sure to have to pull them back out! |
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| lee anne, what a beautiful display of bloodroot!!! very pretty. may apples grow in the woods here but I've never actually seen the apples, as the woods are too thick to venture through by then...  Shine Your Light |
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| Ahhh, Christine...I've been driving myself crazy trying to think of the name of Lee Anne's plant. Bloodroot! Thank you. |
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| Oh good Sharon, glad to be of assistance LOL! I've never seen that large of a clump, all in bloom like that - they look so amazing! Mine hasn't come up yet this year...it shouldn't be long! Shine Your Light |
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| Lovely wonderful 'cozy' story! Just what we needed in these troubling times. So, who exactly is Abraham? Is he what we call mud puppies? Like a big salamander? Thanks for all you do for us Sharon! Between my cold, and the news, I needed a story like this. By the way, our old swimming hole had tons of leeches. I would normally have a couple of them on me when I came out. We carried books of matches, and would light their butts, and they would let go. On day I was floating on my back and fell asleep, and went down the small river that lead to the swimming hole, and when I finally woke up and came out I was covered in them, and the matches were a mile away. I survived. Didn't we all. |
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| We did survive, Polly, we survived very well. But to this day, I absolutely hate leeches. Good thing we didn't live back when doctors used them to get rid of 'bad blood'. Mud dogs, your mudpuppies, are a type of aquatic salamander. Don't know why Abraham was white, but he was. Most white ones are those in Mexico, I think, from what I've read. So maybe Abraham was an albino. Don't know. Thanks, Polly, glad the story made you feel better. Now rest, and get rid of that cold! |
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| I am thinking that Abraham is a waterdog/mudpuppy - a type of 100% aquatic salamander. I used to have a mudpuppy, but when I realized that they needed extremely cold water, I re-released it back into the stream I found it in. There is a type of a white axolotls: http://www.axolotl.org/genetics.htm I wish I had everyone's well-sense of when spring arrives. Usually I watch for the buzzards. The normal "robin in the spring" doesn't work here in the Rocky Mountains.. they overwinter here. I remember living in upstate NY (on the north side, not western side, less than 20 miles from Canada) and listening to the lakes "talk" about how spring was coming (when the water heats up under the ice and it cracks, the ice will make a "groaning" sound as it crushes itself along either other chunks of ice or rocks.) Pretty freaky how you're standing there, looking out on a flat plain of ice that was a vibrant lake just 3 months ago, and then a horrendous CRACK! that sounds like the world's spine was snapped in two. Less than a week later, no more ice. Spring is so divisional, you just *know* it's spring. Here, it'll be 70 degrees, then it'll drop to -15 that night, and wake up to 2' of slush, just for it to be back in the 70s 2 days later. I watch the critters.. buzzards & when the goldfinches start yellowing up. And the smell of skunk.. oh yes, that is a definite sign of spring, when you can smell skunk. Reading this makes me laugh. Today's kids wouldn't have a clue as to WHY swim in a "nasty mud puddle" with the leeches, let alone how to take care of the leech problems (saving the bodies for fishing). Never be afraid of a scar. It just means that you were stronger than something that tried to hurt you. My new Etsy shop - handmade jewelry by ME!! http://www.etsy.com/shop/OjodelGato Buy some of my photos! http://www.catsonkeyboards.com "I've seen better acting from extras in Godzilla movies!" - Calculon |
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| I've actually seen a couple of mud puppies that were white, so I think maybe albino is correct, but that they make albinos more often than a lot of species do. maybe the albinos live longer too, and maybe Abraham is still there somewhere. I will, thanks. I'm not a good sick person, since I don't often get colds etc. |
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| The thing I don't understand is how the water heats up UNDER the ice. We do have warm springs out in the middle of the lake but I don't see that they make a difference. Maybe when there is not a gradual warming in Spring? |
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| Thanks for that information, Toni. Glad to know my memory wasn't playing tricks on me. I found that old drawing in Ninna's big family Bible. The drawing is what triggered the Abraham memory. I was actually looking for shamrocks I had brought to her and she always stuck them in that Bible. Found some of them too. So I saw the drawing but it was done in pencil so I had to use a pen to darken the lines, but I notice I had dark eyes for him, and I also didn't draw those little things that seem to grow out behind their heads. Maybe I couldn't see them on him. I haven't seen him in years and years, and I never saw another one with him. But if they had been brown or gray, I couldn't have seen them for the rocks. They would have blended. Anyway, thanks, Toni. Enjoyed your lake story too. I hope the skunks don't appear anytime soon. Today the bluebirds began building their nest. That was fun to watch. |
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| Twin Lakes (Arlene) - It's easy to see for yourself - just get an icecube tray, fill it with water, put it in the freezer, & take it out after about 30 minutes or so. You'll see that the center is still liquid but the outside is frozen. Well, think of the Earth as a giant icecube. The center (molten core) is hot. Pretty damned hot. Outside, not so much, so the surface will freeze (winter). So, when the earth moves towards spring, the ice on the surface gets weak and the waters will warm up from the inside out. I think that it's not all just geothermical but also some solar heating as well (ice is translucent when frozen solid, but transparent when melting). That's why some home ponds you can overwinter your koi/goldfish in, as long as it doesn't freeze solid, they'll be fine as the bottom water will always be above freezing if it's deep enough (about 3') and buried in ground. Now for a mindspin: some waters in the ocean in the deeper trenches is below freezing (below 32*F). But it's not frozen AND there's critters living there. However, I'm not a hydrogeologist, I just know what I've seen with my own two eyeballs.   Sharon - More than likely you didn't see the gills (feathery thingies) behind Abraham's head because the water was highly oxygenated and pure and COLD. When the water's not as oxygen rich will you see the gills come out more.. more surface area = more absorbtion of available oxygen. I miss pure water like that. We have those here in the mountains here, but I swear that's where Jesus walked on water.. it's so mineral rich, you can practically stand on it, the water's so hard. My pH coming out of my tap here is over 8.0 and in the mountains someplace it's in the 9.0s. Harder than a rock. Never be afraid of a scar. It just means that you were stronger than something that tried to hurt you. My new Etsy shop - handmade jewelry by ME!! http://www.etsy.com/shop/OjodelGato Buy some of my photos! http://www.catsonkeyboards.com "I've seen better acting from extras in Godzilla movies!" - Calculon |
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| Toni!!!! You have me nearly in tears I just laughed so hard. I had no clue those little feathery thingies were gills. OMG how funny!! That and walking on rock hard water sure don't lend themselves to the traditional soothing bedtime story. Now in my extremely visual mind, I see Abraham finding himself in heavy mineral water standing upright with feathery thingies standing straight out all around his neck gasping for oxygen walking across the surface of that rock hard water. Mercy! I'll never get to bed tonight. |
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| Weren't the visuals extraordinary???...yes...and we walked out on the water with feathers and then made legs .... and voia!!! We are all related!!! Carol Leap. The net will appear. |
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| Feathers??? No no no, Carol, no feathers in the water. Those are fins on Abraham, feathery fins, not feathers.... You got your visions all mixed up!! |
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| What a great spring tonic your Abraham story was! Wilma and I, too, have been moping around, out-of-sorts. The thermometer reached 70 yesterday, and we had a pretty good thunderstorm this morning. We both wanted to get outside to do some yard work in the warm weather, but all we could muster was our usual dog walks. Talking ice: Our own Lily Lake talks, too. Sometimes even in mid-winter. It's quite a thrill to be out on the ice when it happens. Big cracks appear out of nowhere, making a sound similar to ripping fabric, only much louder. You can hear them coming in the distance, the sound getting progressively louder. I've even had them zip by me right under my feet! Mayapples: Our woods are filled with Mayapples in spring. Did you know you can eat them? You have to wait until the fruit turns yellow to eat it, or you'll get a pretty good tummy ache. It smells and tastes a bit like pineapple, is kind of oblong, and is about the size of a largish plum. Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens: Come on in and take the tour! Check out the photos! As a gardener: When planning for a year, I plant corn. When planning for decades, I plant trees. When planning for life, I train and educate people. Website: https://cottageinthemeadow.plantfans.com/ |
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| Don't let Larry kid you. Those mayapples taste a little like semi sweet wet cardboard. I know. Actually, if I remember correctly, all the other parts of the plant might be toxic. Not sure about that, especially at this hour of the night. Maybe tomorrow I will think clearly again and will remember. Hi Larry! It's always a treat to hear from you. Should I tell you that it was 79* in my house today? I didn't realize it because I was outside most of the time. On my shady tiny front porch it was 86*, a little warmer than that on my sunny back deck. It was so warm inside I considered turning the A/C on, but thought better of it. It's cooled a bit now, though I did go outside a few minutes ago to look at the moon. It's still nicely warm out there. Of course chances are we will have more cool weather. I'm just happy with this first beautiful weekend of spring. I'm glad to share Abraham with you, Larry. Thanks for reading the article! |
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| Toni, Thanks for the excellent explanation; I understand it so much better. Good to see you, Larry! |
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| Semi Sweet Wet Cardboard???? |
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| As opposed to juicy drippy soft sticky squishy extra sweet persimmons or pawpaws. |
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I can only imagine. |
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