It is one of the things that grabs me about the Old Roses.
That, and their adaptibility, the scent of course, which will go into potpourri or waters, and is good for people, and then the hips.. high in vitamen C which can be saved as I am working with the seeds.
But then, what really catches you, someday in May, if it is not raining, are the flowers.
One of my favourite memories of my childhood is the smell of the wild roses that grow in Northwestern Ontario. The flowers are single petalled, but the fragrance is just out of this world. Plus the hips are beautiful.
Very, very pretty. Echino = spiny? The word "echinoderm" keeps coming to mind, for some reason--spiny-skinned?
The cactus itself looks like the model for the geodesic dome we have in Vancouver. It's a science centre and theatre inside that shoes those special movied screened in the round, and I can't for the life of me think what they're called right now?
Today is David's 65th birthday. I took him out for dinner and I had a dry, alcoholic cider. The first drink I've had, probably in years (oh wait, I had Bailey's Irish Cream at Christmas). Anyway, I think I'm about to fall fast asleep...hee!
Good etymology! Barrel cacti used to all be classified echinocactus. But they've decided most were a little different from the original ones described, so they became Ferocacti, ferocious-thistles literally.
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That, and their adaptibility, the scent of course, which will go into potpourri or waters, and is good for people, and then the hips.. high in vitamen C which can be saved as I am working with the seeds.
But then, what really catches you, someday in May, if it is not raining, are the flowers.
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The cactus itself looks like the model for the geodesic dome we have in Vancouver. It's a science centre and theatre inside that shoes those special movied screened in the round, and I can't for the life of me think what they're called right now?
Today is David's 65th birthday. I took him out for dinner and I had a dry, alcoholic cider. The first drink I've had, probably in years (oh wait, I had Bailey's Irish Cream at Christmas). Anyway, I think I'm about to fall fast asleep...hee!
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Hard cider is good! I hope David enjoyed his day.
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Happy birthday to David!
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