tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post5461205283854084442..comments2023-10-31T15:39:09.651+01:00Comments on box elder: More flowers, and some large hips.Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-48845764621631901602008-09-10T14:57:00.000+02:002008-09-10T14:57:00.000+02:00Thanks again!Prism - I've googled me too! It comes...Thanks again!<BR/><BR/>Prism - I've googled me too! It comes straight here, which is a bit odd as I'm not here directly with my full name, clever things those little algorithms! Surprisingly few people with my name either it seems.<BR/><BR/>Jean - yes, I always mean to take more sage. I'm not sure we could really eat enough yogurt to use all the runny jelly though! Julia's advice on exporting from Picasa is even better than e-mailing with the windows shrinking thing.<BR/><BR/>Dick, thanks, they really are very red...<BR/><BR/>Jan - nice bit of colour's what you want!<BR/><BR/>ML - we've had them before which weren't nearly so pretty. The shots are Picasa'ed remember!<BR/><BR/>RB - Turmereic's better for really shocking yellow! We're OK thanks, m'dear, in something of a lull, all ticking over, touchwood...<BR/><BR/>Anna - Yes, our neighbour said about the spring leaves, but thanks for the warning. I checke dout the tutorial on saving for the web on PS, but it's a bit easier and quicker I thinkthe way I described. I do value and appreciate your wonderful PS, and if I've gotr something I think needs special editing I always use it, I'm just corner cutting really!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-83056727141578391892008-09-10T13:00:00.000+02:002008-09-10T13:00:00.000+02:00Yes those rosy hips really cheered me up. Autumn c...Yes those rosy hips really cheered me up. Autumn crocus put up huge leaves in the Spring, of hosta like proportions -I think they must feed the bulb/corm for the autumn flowering. So when you plant them out you have to give them "Spring space".<BR/><BR/>You can save for the wb in photoshop too, easier to do if that's where you edit shots.apprenticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13784785172285984036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-42631599506033945702008-09-10T12:39:00.000+02:002008-09-10T12:39:00.000+02:00I have a friend who brings me back saffron from Tu...I have a friend who brings me back saffron from Tunisia on a regular basis and so I often chuck loads in. My children love it - well, they love the way the food turns yellow and it makes them eat all sorts of surprising things.<BR/><BR/>I have a tomato glut at the moment- I'm sick of eating them!<BR/><BR/>Hope all is well with you and yours?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-33237683669241941872008-09-09T23:58:00.000+02:002008-09-09T23:58:00.000+02:00I'm late but better now than never. Gorgeous photo...I'm late but better now than never. Gorgeous photos as always, love the luscious red rose hips! My colchicum isn't in bloom yet, and they are a disappointingly paler cousin compared to your beauties.<BR/><BR/> I join the others is saying how impressed I am that most of your shots are NOT photoshopped!! And your story about the neighbour is so very entertaining.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-16181319119020632982008-09-09T12:55:00.000+02:002008-09-09T12:55:00.000+02:00Lucy: Brilliant post on a dreary rainy dull chilly...Lucy: Brilliant post on a dreary rainy dull chilly UK morning! Thankyou for words and colours and attitudes and life enhancement!Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627338108089464863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-61574817730254532832008-09-08T23:09:00.000+02:002008-09-08T23:09:00.000+02:00There is something luminous about these photos and...There is something luminous about these photos and essay is alive too.Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642126053527835870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-47010523936076844882008-09-08T19:39:00.000+02:002008-09-08T19:39:00.000+02:00Yes, the rosehip pictures are wonderful. There's s...Yes, the rosehip pictures are wonderful. There's something almost animate about them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-45204033210728523862008-09-08T18:38:00.000+02:002008-09-08T18:38:00.000+02:00Sage is a wonderful herb, excellent for digestion,...Sage is a wonderful herb, excellent for digestion, pmt, hot flushes, as well as sore throats.<BR/><BR/>Jelly that won't set is just right with natural yoghurt.<BR/><BR/>Good tips re photos which I should probably take urgent note of.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690685768980280402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-10572902265807656812008-09-08T02:43:00.000+02:002008-09-08T02:43:00.000+02:00I've read about names....weird names....like that ...I've read about names....weird names....like that girl, "Tallulah Does The Hula" who had her name changed. Marcel isn't that strange a name, but I must agree it does have a bit of a softie' sound to it. Hmmm...come to think of it, I don't like my "real name"...but...I've learned to embrace it. I googled "me " last night trying to find out if there would be anybody in the world with the same combination of first and last name I have. I don't think so.<BR/><BR/>N'ways, when I read here about bulbs and tulips and such, it makes me wish even more fervently that I have a bigger garden instead of this little little little tiny square plot of space in my front and back yard. Someday I'll have that garden I swear...and also a neighbor who will bring me strangely named bulbs that bloom even on a plate...pretty..Lady Prismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04333352060797182573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-8611779928543583852008-09-07T23:25:00.000+02:002008-09-07T23:25:00.000+02:00Joe - every other inhabitant of our village seems ...Joe - every other inhabitant of our village seems to be called either Marcel or Marcelle, and I'd quite forgotten about Proust! Many old fashioned names in English have come back into fashion now; there's a vogue here for 'celtique' names, which will probably get the Darren and Jason response ina year or two, Kevin already does!<BR/><BR/>I don't feel as if I've written a real essay for a long time; perhaps I've still got the odd one in me...<BR/><BR/>Julia - thanks for that, I'll try it. As I say, that front window int the afternoon does give a good backlighting for flowers. The one thing that would put me off going over to a Mac, if I had the chance, is that Picasa's not compatible, though I think they're working on it...<BR/><BR/>Rosie - it doesn't matter so much if you don't do a huge number of photos, though the click to enlarge really does enlarge a lot! If you want to reduce in PS, right-click on the blue bar at the top of the image, and select 'image size' and you can do it from there, either in cm or pixels. There are other slower ways too.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-77871636530644561292008-09-07T21:54:00.000+02:002008-09-07T21:54:00.000+02:00oh dear thanks for the tip..I have just been loadi...oh dear thanks for the tip..I have just been loading in massive photos. I suppose my blog will be out of space soon!Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12211663940952195703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-76341229896575752542008-09-07T21:45:00.000+02:002008-09-07T21:45:00.000+02:00I do love the photo of the crocus against the dark...I do love the photo of the crocus against the dark background. And am impressed that you just used Picasa for that one.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of Picasa, you might try using its export function to automatically resize future blog pictures to your desktop or another convenient folder. It saves a step or two in the process. Now if Blogger would just give us the option of resizing pictures when we import them we'd save even more steps!Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381204473168533313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-85454606154291197112008-09-07T12:29:00.000+02:002008-09-07T12:29:00.000+02:00Why, I wonder, do you say that you have failed to ...Why, I wonder, do you say that you have failed to revive the essay in blog form? Before you mentioned it, the thought had already come to me that many of your postings were in fact essays,and essays of which you should not be ashamed. Keep it up. Pity about Marcel! I suppose Dudley might be an English name to avoid. Though I personally would steer clear of Jason and Darren.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-27854091992285318742008-09-07T10:42:00.000+02:002008-09-07T10:42:00.000+02:00The jelly may not have set, but my goodness, the p...The jelly may not have set, but my goodness, the photographs are worth the wasted effort. Your latest photograph on qrrtsiluni proves, as sis the previous one, that you a truly accomplished photographer.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-7903586608717995702008-09-07T07:33:00.000+02:002008-09-07T07:33:00.000+02:00Thanks.Robin, well, small tomatoes anyway! They'r...Thanks.<BR/><BR/>Robin, well, small tomatoes anyway! They're rugosa rosehips, and are as ornamental as the flowers, which are quite big but single petaled.<BR/><BR/>Hliza - I like purple too, and there are so many different purples. I like red also but not so much on me.<BR/><BR/>GJ - Hmm, I have to be honest, I do pass the pics through Picasa's tuning and (sometimes) cropping. There's an 'I'm feeling lucky' button which is often enough to just get the white balance and contrasts sorted,(sometimes it has the weirdest results you wouldn't want!). But for the shots like the autumn crocus, I turn the shadows up quite a bit. I like using Photoshop, and you can do so much more with it and it is more subtle, but I do find it time consuming and it's hard to know when to stop, whereas Picasa's scope is self-limiting. The light through our dining room window when the sun shines (when!) is really fab for flowers, though.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-31609018051713708892008-09-07T06:07:00.000+02:002008-09-07T06:07:00.000+02:00I can only say an extra WOW! if your pictures don'...I can only say an extra WOW! if your pictures don't require a pass through PhotoShop for one reason or another aside from resizing! The rose hips are beautiful.Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-22882283287902970842008-09-07T05:47:00.000+02:002008-09-07T05:47:00.000+02:00So funny how you describe the neighbour..I didn't ...So funny how you describe the neighbour..I didn't know any name in Malay that will trigger that respond! I love the purple colour..purple is my favourite colour..not surprisingly most my career outfit are from this colour! I even graduated from a college that use purple as their theme colour!HLizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04501423875033391870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-17791813776129250482008-09-06T21:54:00.000+02:002008-09-06T21:54:00.000+02:00Rose hips the size of tomatoes! What must the rose...Rose hips the size of tomatoes! What must the roses be like - dinner plates?robinstarfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15665546554663005609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-33674147970455688022008-09-06T21:25:00.000+02:002008-09-06T21:25:00.000+02:00Wonderful photos and entertaining post,Wonderful photos and entertaining post,Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-58542447264143252262008-09-06T20:50:00.000+02:002008-09-06T20:50:00.000+02:00You are so sweet!You are so sweet!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-77271987187619844592008-09-06T20:28:00.000+02:002008-09-06T20:28:00.000+02:00if i had a printer i would print all of your photo...if i had a printer i would print all of your photos and hang them all around my house.katydidnothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15710011717146842223noreply@blogger.com