tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post8883527411944610635..comments2024-03-28T05:16:26.153+00:00Comments on You are witty and pretty! : Pricky Brittahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-52263777070374999862018-10-30T08:38:43.147+00:002018-10-30T08:38:43.147+00:00Dear Geo., I didn't know that about the law (t...Dear Geo., I didn't know that about the law (though it should be taken for granted, I think (but if there is a Law there must have been incidents before they made it). As a water-supply my cactus will have to grow a bit... :-) Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-45246653169442586842018-10-29T23:08:59.631+00:002018-10-29T23:08:59.631+00:00Dear Brigitta, I remember motoring across the Moja...Dear Brigitta, I remember motoring across the Mojave Desert in the 1960s. It was illegal to ignore a disabled vehicle or pedestrian. One was (and hopefully still is) required to lend assistance. Another caution was instruction in chewing cacti, which store water in their works and can save lives. They are prickly plants indeed, but can sometimes help when nothing else will. Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-57741544741104474542018-10-28T17:38:50.285+00:002018-10-28T17:38:50.285+00:00That is amazing, Emma! I thought that a cactus is ...That is amazing, Emma! I thought that a cactus is a very frugal and modest plant - but you are right of course: it needs water and sun. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-64665080517628337602018-10-28T17:37:05.131+00:002018-10-28T17:37:05.131+00:00Rachel, that is a funny idea - especially if you t...Rachel, that is a funny idea - especially if you think of the many meanings this might involve...<br />But till now no thing of mine has a name (with the exception of Knut, my little red Fiat 500 - but I have sold him, no need in a city like Berlin). Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-9156216088427538562018-10-28T17:26:16.674+00:002018-10-28T17:26:16.674+00:00It wanted to be remembered by you!
(There is a st...It wanted to be remembered by you! <br />(There is a story by Colette about her mother, who also had a cactus that only flowered once in a few years - and the mother canceled the invitation to Paris to visit her married daughter - just to be able to see her cactus blooming, )Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-67745836906961814152018-10-27T19:46:49.563+01:002018-10-27T19:46:49.563+01:00My mother loved them. She planted a small cactus g...My mother loved them. She planted a small cactus garden beneath a tree in our back yard once. She tried to be nurturing but they seemed to die out. The we got a good rain and the garden was full of healthy happy cactus.Emma Springfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10543689047463574012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-71959749894286427312018-10-27T18:56:08.515+01:002018-10-27T18:56:08.515+01:00Are you going to call it Pricky? I don't thin...Are you going to call it Pricky? I don't think we would call one that here but I am quite warming to the name if you choose it. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594057670762283940.post-30923126438846751572018-10-27T12:30:48.444+01:002018-10-27T12:30:48.444+01:00My mother loved cacti. One of them only bloomed on...My mother loved cacti. One of them only bloomed once in every 20 years or so and it bloomed before I left home.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.com