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3242. thoughtful - 9/29/2005 2:45:03 PM ac, i don't know about you, but i don't actually ever spend any time IN the toilet. On it, yes, but never IN it.
Mind you its not that i'd stop getting the mag, but just get the complete archive...to read the original shirley jackson's "The Lottery"...to read the old Thurbers...the old Chas Addams cartoons...and even see the old ads from way back. The pages and covers have all been reproduced in original format. How delish! Check it out. For $63 how can you go wrong? 3243. alistairconnor - 9/29/2005 2:54:35 PM Oh right. Quite so, for $63.
By the way, "IN the toilet" is perfectly OK in my dialect. It refers to the room, not just the crapper itself. The one you presumably call "bathroom", whether or not there's a bath in it). 3244. Jenerator - 10/1/2005 2:20:01 AM Valrhona makes an excellent dark chocolate. I like the South American mix of chocolate and chili spice, too. 3245. jexster - 10/1/2005 9:47:32 PM My little nephew's cat Ernie has a stomach tumor and is going to be put down..Sean's a mess..
Happily Oct 4 is St. Francis of Assisi Day
Do-it-yourself’ Franciscan Animal Blessing
For all animals:
Blessed are you, Lord God,
maker of all living creatures.
On the fifth and sixth days of creation,
you called forth fish in the sea,
birds in the air and animals on the land.
You inspired St. Francis to call all animals
his brothers and sisters.
We ask you to bless this animal.
By the power of your love,
enable it to live according to your plan.
May we always praise you
for all your beauty in creation.
Blessed are you, Lord our God, in all your creatures! Amen.
For a sick animal:
Heavenly Father,
you created all things for your glory
and made us stewards of this creature.
If it is your will, restore it to health and strength.
Blessed are you, Lord God,
and holy is your name for ever and ever. Amen.
3246. PelleNilsson - 10/4/2005 8:40:43 PM This clump of materia to which is attached what appears as bull's penises is actually a plant. My research informs me that its English name is Meadow Saffron. Its Finnish name is intriguing: Syysmyrkkylilja. It is supposed to just stand there and eventually sprout flowers. And it will; we usually buy one of those at this time of the year. I'll keep you updated on its progress.
Oops. I forgot that you wretched city dwellers (Macnas excepted) have no idea of what a bull's penis looks like. Let me just say that it is surprisingly tiny for such a big animal. That is in sharp contrast to the grandiose equipment of the horse, and even more so to the almost grotesque apparatus of the donkey, which nearly scrapes the ground when it unfolds to perform the deed of deeds.
It strikes me that I know nothing about how camels are hung. If Summer Woman passes by she will tell us. 3247. thoughtful - 10/4/2005 9:17:47 PM BTW the apple crisp was a delight...walnuts and currants make excellent additions.
And I will be posting a picture of denny very soon. He's got 6 buds of which 4 1/2 are open. When fully open I'll take a pic. It's just extraordinary. I think I would be happy having nothing but orchids in my house.
Only thing is I have a really hard time 'killing' plants intentionally. I cleaned out a bunch this summer, but still have too many. The kolanchoe bloomed several times for me, but now its just looking spindly. The snake plant is there and it's bloomed several times though the blossoms are unimpressive. It is getting rather large. The ivy I have to keep...they're cuttings from a plant given to my MIL when my husband was born, so we have to keep them going. The african violets are just lovely if under cared for. And the donkey tails go back 30 years to when my gf's mother gave them to me. Can't get rid of them.
Too much sentimentality. 3248. The Summer Woman - 10/4/2005 10:05:27 PM Well, after the apple crisp, I kinda hate to post this. But Pelle asked for it:
c  3249. thoughtful - 10/4/2005 10:35:28 PM More to the point, who the heck gets close enough to a bull to do such a thing? Aren't they prone to unpredictable violence??? 3250. PelleNilsson - 10/4/2005 10:59:55 PM Thannks, SW. And, thoughtful, it's a camel. 3251. alistairConnor - 10/4/2005 11:16:50 PM - So, what do you do for a living, Abdul?
- Well actually Mo, I'm a ... (what's the technical term for it?) 3252. thoughtful - 10/4/2005 11:22:48 PM oh. sorry. I guess I'm not up on my animal parts.
Same question though...don't camels get mean? and bite? 3253. arkymalarky - 10/5/2005 12:05:45 AM You gotta do what you gotta do. Bob still remembers from his childhood the neighbor having to do something similar for a bull with vd. I don't think people generally try that sort of thing without help, but the bull doesn't mind. As if there aren't enough reasons not to keep livestock--and please, no Arky jokes about hillbillies and their livestock. I'm sure I've already heard them. 3254. thoughtful - 10/5/2005 6:40:16 PM I think I'll stick with the apple crisp, thanks. 3255. PelleNilsson - 10/6/2005 6:51:32 PM Progress Pic No.1
 3256. ronski - 10/7/2005 10:53:17 PM That's colchicum, Pelle. After it blooms, plant it outdoors somewhere about six inches below soil level. In the spring, it will send up several large, dark green, roundish leaves. They will dry and die off late in the summer. The lavender-pink blossoms will follow.
Colchicum, colchique in French, was traditionally used to treat gout, for which it remains effective.
If you're living high on the hog these days... 3257. alistairConnor - 10/7/2005 11:40:57 PM Colchiques dans les prés fleurissent, fleurissent
Colchiques dans les prés, c'est la fin de l'été.
La feuille d'automne emportée par le vent
En ronde monotone tombe en tourbillonnant.
Châtaignes dans les bois, se fendent, se fendent,
Châtaignes dans les bois, se fendent sous nos pas.
La feuille d'automne emportée par le vent
En ronde monotone tombe en tourbillonnant
Nuages dans le ciel, s'étirent, s'étirent
Nuages dans le ciel s'étirent comme une aile
La feuille d'automne emportée par le vent
En ronde monotone, tombe en tourbillonnant
Et ce chant dans mon coeur, murmure, murmure
Et ce chant dans mon coeur appelle le bonheur 3258. alistairConnor - 10/7/2005 11:49:14 PM We have eaten the first chestnuts of the year.
A late rose. Apples, rose hips, etc. 3259. arkymalarky - 10/8/2005 1:52:58 AM We had our first really cool day today. It was wonderful. 3260. ronski - 10/8/2005 3:06:21 AM AC,
Thanks for posting the song. I was going to when I got home. I also love the rose and the asters. Beautiful.
(Chestnuts, I must say, I can take or leave; glace, or in turkey stuffing, or on a NYC street corner in winter -- they just don't do much for me. The trees are pretty, though. And the nuts themselves are pretty, for decoration.) 3261. Ulgine Barrows - 10/8/2005 4:26:48 AM 3255. PelleNilsson, I know those are flowers, but they also look like a dead chicken with its feet stuck up in the air.
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