The AH Coffee Shop and Reading Room 09

[NotWise]

Yesterday I staked out the locations for my new shed and cleared it of pile-up weeds and brush. Today I cleared a path to the location and reduced all the weeds and brush to chips and shreds that I spread on one of the gardens. Tomorrow I'll level.

I had a casualty in the chipping and shredding. A bracket that held the feeder onto my 40-year old Steinmax chipper-shredder snapped off. The chipper can't be used and I had to hand-stabilize the shredder while I fed it. I'm in the market for a new one, but I don't know what to do with the old one.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Big assed chuck of ice and snow (20 pounds? More?) just slid off the roof and landed just about the only place it could to not do damage.

 

[anthrodisiac]

Keep forgetting that most people don't drop the first word in their sentence when speaking. That's kinda a me thing. Keep having to go back and add first words to dialog so that everyone doesn't sound like me. So annoying.

Thought that was pretty normal.

 

[Rustyoznail]

Thought that was pretty normal.

Same. Do that all the time. Seems normal to me.

 

[yowser]

Olympic Women's Speedskaters.

Encased in those outrageous aerodynamic outfits, after a strenuous 1500 or 3000m of massive thighs churning like throbbing oaken tree trunks, when crossing the finish line, they remove their hoods, faces flushed, and thick Rapunzel-like tresses tumble free as they pant for breath: is there a more enchanting ethereal spectacle in all of sport? Talons clutch the heart.

Dangerous territory, marriages are endangered worldwide.

 

[anthrodisiac]

Same. Do that all the time. Seems normal to me.

Glad I'm not alone in this.

 

[JGittes]

Olympic Women's Speedskaters.

Encased in those outrageous aerodynamic outfits, after a strenuous 1500 or 3000m of massive thighs churning like throbbing oaken tree trunks, when crossing the finish line, they remove their hoods, faces flushed, and thick Rapunzel-like tresses tumble free as they pant for breath: is there a more enchanting ethereal spectacle in all of sport? Talons clutch the heart.

Dangerous territory, marriages are endangered worldwide.

Whenever the last summer Olympics happened, I wandered unaware into my local pub for a pint. Playing on the big screen TVs in an empty room was a massive scrum of women's rugby players, covered in mud, and doing whatever it is that rugby players do. I believe it was a match between Australia and the US.

It was the exact opposite of ethereal, but had the same effect.

 

[Candy_Kane54]

A beautiful sunny morning and the temperature is going to the mid 50s today. It's supposed to clud up and maybe get some light showers later on but that'll help wash the salt away if it does. The knee is feeling much better today but it still isn't working properly. You can hear it click with each articulation. I need to get another shot in it but Medicare won't pay for it. I'm going to have to see what the cash price is for it and see if I can finagle a deal on it ...

In any event, I've got a fresh pot of coffee brewing and the teapot is hot. There are snacks on the counter but no cornbread ... I didn't get around to it yet. The plot bunnies are looking up at me hopefully, wanting something to eat. It breaks my heart to disappoint them but I just can't seem to help them ...

I'll be over in the corner struggling with my story. I got a paragraph done but my heart just doesn't seem to be in it. Hopefully I'll have better luck today ...

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Olympic Women's Speedskaters.

Encased in those outrageous aerodynamic outfits, after a strenuous 1500 or 3000m of massive thighs churning like throbbing oaken tree trunks, when crossing the finish line, they remove their hoods, faces flushed, and thick Rapunzel-like tresses tumble free as they pant for breath: is there a more enchanting ethereal spectacle in all of sport? Talons clutch the heart.

Dangerous territory, marriages are endangered worldwide.

Very spectacular, but, speaking strictly from the sidelines, I think a lot of men (and some women) might suggest Michelle Jenneke, the Australian hurdler, doing her warm-up dance.

 

[NotWise]

Very spectacular, but, speaking strictly from the sidelines, I think a lot of men (and some women) might suggest Michelle Jenneke, the Australian hurdler, doing her warm-up dance.

Does not hurt my eyes.

 

[NotWise]

I made a mistake!

The amaryllis I called "Stardust" in a couple earlier posts was actually "Apple Blossom." I repotted some bulbs, lost track of which bulb was in which pot, and that led to my confusion. I changed the references in my earlier posts, just in case anyone paid enough attention to be confused.

The actual "Stardust" is the red and white flower in the back right, below. It isn't quite fully open.



The tall fellow on the upper left is Hippeastrum cybister "Bogota." I got this picture almost as soon as the sun hit them, otherwise the "Bogota" was so tall that it would be in shadows while the others were lit. The remaining flowers are "Nagano," with eight open blossoms on two stalks.

We expect a high in the upper 60sF today, and the weather service says we'll have a chance of rain for the next four days.

Now I need to get back to my ballroom scene.

 

[NuclearFairy]

@NotWise what's the relationship between amaryllis and lillies?

 

[TheLobster]

No shade to @old_prof, I just found my own reaction amusing

 

[old_prof]

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No shade to @old_prof, I just found my own reaction amusing

I do it all for my dedicated fans like you

 

[NotWise]

@NotWise what's the relationship between amaryllis and lillies?

Amarylllis are in the family Liliaceae, so they're lilies.

What we usually call "amaryllis" are horticultural hydrids from the genus "Hippeastrum" (horse star). There's a separate genus of similar-looking lilies from southern Africa that are correctly called "Amaryllis." It's confusing, but historical usage is hard to change.

Domestic amaryllis were hybridized in the early 1800's, and there's no information on what parents were involved in developing them. They probably all came from northern South America and nearby islands in the Caribbean. "Saint Joseph's Lily" is another hybridized Hippeastrum.

The "cybister" amaryllis are a separate genus in Hippeastrum. They're from the Andes.

 

[NuclearFairy]

Amarylllis are in the family Liliaceae, so they're lilies.

What we usually call "amaryllis" are horticultural hydrids from the genus "Hippeastrum" (horse star). There's a separate genus of similar-looking lilies from southern Africa that are correctly called "Amaryllis." It's confusing, but historical usage is hard to change.

Domestic amaryllis were hybridized in the early 1800's, and there's no information on what parents were involved in developing them. They probably all came from northern South America and nearby islands in the Caribbean. "Saint Joseph's Lily" is another hybridized Hippeastrum.

The "cybister" amaryllis are a separate genus in Hippeastrum. They're from the Andes.

Ah, so very likely still not something I can be around. They are very pretty though.

 

[NotWise]

Ah, so very likely still not something I can be around. They are very pretty though.

One of my daughters is at least mildly allergic to lilies. She reacted sharply to a lily that's common in floral arrangements, so we took those out of any arrangement we were given. She moved out before I had this many amaryllis, but she never reacted to the few I had while she was still here.

 

[old_prof]

Ah, so very likely still not something I can be around. They are very pretty though.

I know lillies are poisonous to cats. And you have a cat as your avatar. And you write almost exclusively non-human stories, including more a few about sentient cat like creatures. And now you're saying lillies are poisonous to you. A picture is forming here...

 

[TheLobster]

I know lillies are poisonous to cats. And you have a cat as your avatar. And you write almost exclusively non-human stories, including more a few about sentient cat like creatures. And now you're saying lillies are poisonous to you. A picture is forming here...

On the internet, nobody knows you’re a cat.

 

[NuclearFairy]

I know lillies are poisonous to cats. And you have a cat as your avatar. And you write almost exclusively non-human stories, including more a few about sentient cat like creatures. And now you're saying lillies are poisonous to you. A picture is forming here...

They are my oldest allergy. My mom did such a good job keeping me away from them though that I didn't realize I was allergic till I was 17 though.

On the internet, nobody knows you’re a cat.

On the internet, nobody knows that you're not a cat.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

On the internet, cats know you're a nobody.

Oh, wait, that's just normal.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

72, highest of the year.

So far.

 

[Candy_Kane54]

It got up to 62 yesterday and will barely top 42 today. Most of the snow (except where it was piled up) melted and you could see the ice floes going down the Ohio River. We will soon be seeing the Ohio River leaving its banks and making a mess of everything.

I've got a fresh pot of coffee brewing and the teapot is hot so enjoy your caffeine hit. There are snacks on the counter and I will be making a cornbread today.

I'll be over in the corner working on my story. The plot bunnies nibbling on my ankles are distracting me so make sure you come in and pick them up and give them a good home.

 

[NotWise]

I'll be over in the corner working on my story. The plot bunnies nibbling on my ankles are distracting me so make sure you come in and pick them up and give them a good home.

Do your plot bunnies look like this?



This one bears a shocking resemblance to a young Loretta Young in 1929.

 

[NotWise]

The amaryllis are all red this morning.



"Bogota" top, "Stardust" middle. "Amigo" bottom.