An old fellow is sitting in the pub with his dog beside him. There's a television over the bar and the dog is looking at it. Another man watches for a long time, and then finally goes over and says, "I notice your dog has been watching the movie on TV. It's really weird. It's like he's following it. He looked sad at the sad parts, and it almost looked like he laughed at the funny parts, and then I'd swear he wanted to applaud at the end like he really loved the movie. I'm surprised!" "Aye, I'm surprised too," the dog's owner says. "He hated the book."
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I have loved Terry Pratchett’s books since I discovered him 17 or 18 years ago. Today, I found L Space online.
http://www.lspace.org/books/dawcn/dawcn-english.html Is a hitherto unknown to me short story.
I am delighted.
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I’m still reading.
I almost bought a Mugo Pine from the sale table at a garden center this Fall, but I figure they will be available again later this year and I’m just not sure what I want, yet. I do have the Eastern Red Cedar from my yard in the pot on my deck. Since it’s only a year old, I expect it will be a while before I actually do anything besides let it get some girth.
My friend Patti has taken up pottery in her retirement and she offered to make me a pot, or possibly potS, for my little trees. I wasn’t finding an easy answer to “how big?” and asked on /Bonsai. I was directed to http://www.bonsai4me.com/AdvTech/ATChoosing%20the%20Right%20Pot%20for%20your%20Bonsai.htm and found:
The general rule of thumb is that the pots depth should be equal to the diameter of the trunk just above soil level.
For oval or rectangular pots, the length of the pot should be 2/3 the height of the tree.
For round pots, the diameter of the pot should be 1/3 the height of the tree.
For trees with especially wide canopies a wider pot can be necessary and this can be compensated by using a slightly shallower pot.
As equally, a tree with a very thick trunk (in comparison with the height of the tree) may suit a slightly deeper but narrower pot.It’s a start.
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I have started my sweet potato slips for 2015.
I always have some “fingerling” sweet potatoes left over from a harvest. In 2013, I was able to bake them and have 5 cups of sweet potato ready to use later. In 2014, the harvest was slim and there were only a half a dozen.
As I left them lying around waiting for an inspiration for what to do with them, one started to sprout. So, I stuck it in a jar of water with some toothpicks and it is making green. When they are 3 of 4 inches tall, I’ll pop them off the potato and straight into the water to form roots. Then, I’ll have them ready for planting after the last frost.
Now, the rest have little sproutlets. I wonder who I can give them to.
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Death is only the end if you assume the story is about you.
I am the Audience 