I went down to the rented brug plots tonight. I just downloaded my pictures and look what showed up on them. It was a clear early evening. I have no clue what those things are that are dangling down from the sky. All my shots of this part of the plots look like this in various clarity.
SPOOGIE WOOGIE WOO
That's not scary. It's just the feelers I sent down to snatch a few of your cuttings....booooooooooo!
;) Donna
Look to the night sky. Have you noticed how close 2 of the planets look. They've sent their E.T.'s to sample some of the local flora. Too bad they picked the poisonous ones.
Kell defeats the Alien invasion ..... without really trying. LOL
Mary
ha-ha, donna.
kell, rented brug plots?
LOL you guys. As long as they didn't snatch me. I left right after I took these last pictures, thank goodness. LOL I had no clue what they were showing or I would have run. I was there all alone.
Here is another one. The ghost fog is thicker. Which by the way I didn't see when I was there, it was a clear evening.
That is way to weird. Looks like maybe a helicopter or UFO was
hovering to take your brugs. They were using the foggy stuff as a disguise.
Don't go there by yourself again. Way too spookey for me.
I think I'd not go back!!!
It realy is spooky, isn't it?
Annapet, yes didn't you know I am brugnuts?? LOL. This is my second year of renting garden plots to raise brug seedlings. I rent 4, 3 for brugs. I have a couple hundred seedlings growing there. It takes me about 2 to 3 hours or so to water at least 3 times a week all summer. It is about 40 minutes from my house.
So far I have gotten maybe 2 or 3 that I really like. I do admit I am very particular. LOL. Those 2 or 3 sure cost me a lot in time and money. I should just buy whatever I want on eBay. Even if I paid $500 each it would be cheaper and oh so much easier on me.
Just try dealing with mites on a couple hundred brugs. Esp. in an organic garden. It takes me all day to spray them all with Neem. I use it by the gallon. LOL And I go thru lots of fertilizer and pots.
I also have a friend that lets me use their back yard. I only have about 20 seedlings left there but I will be moving about 50 from my back yard to there for the winter. That will leave me about 200 seedlings in my backyard. I can hardly walk back there. Can you imagine all the rockwool and soil I go thru?
I just started putting up my new seeds last week but haven't really been able to get into it. LOL I am insane.
I do not have a good picture but here is one that shows part of 1 plot. Approx. 6 month old seedings.
wowie, kell. i had NO idea. i'm so amazed. this is really cool though.
the cost of water, fertilizer, and DIRT alone...
if my neurosis persists, i will have to stay 10a zone-wise.
Kell, haven't I been telling you all along that CA is full of ET's? Remember those funny noises in your garden from last year?
Wow, Kell. That's weird. Don't go there at dark. LOL
Annapet, I am so "neurosed," it is pathetic. LOL
So what do you think those things are? Hanging nooses. Creeps me right out. And the ghostly fog. So weird. Oh Ada, I do not think I will anymore. LOL I am a wussgirl.
LOL Susie, I DO remember. That was creepy also, a not of this earth screeching.
The other night I was out in the back at about 3 in the morning taking pictures and I heard something rustling behind me. My shadow cat was at my feet and looking with horror. It was coming closer but my flashlight wasn't picking up anything so I took a picture fast. When I downloaded it, I was so glad I had not screamed. That would have been a disaster. LOL
Oh my gosh, if would have screamed your picture would have been of his tail in the air.
You need to stay in the house after dark. I would be spooked after all of this too.
They really do look like hanging nooses. The fog was maybe a light fog that moved in and only the flash could reflect off of it? Not something dense enough for the eye to see? Just a thought.
Sure would like to know what it is.
Just glad you are okay. I am also a wussgirl.
Blessings,
Sandy ^8^
Instead he has his tongue sticking out at me, Sandy. Or more likely at my cat, Gab. LOL. Thanks Sandy!!
Here is a new brug I took a picture of moments before. Look at the tendrils. Second year and all the tendrils are like this. This plant blooms in double also. I love taking pics at dusk. You get the weirdest effects.
Wow is that beautiful. And everyone of the tendrils are twisted on the ends.
Kell, my boss laid his camera in the floor of my car beside his feet. When we took the camera out into the hot air, the lens fogged up because the A/C vent had been blowing on the camera. It made the pictures look foggy like that. I can't explain the "ropes" unless they're reflected light caught in the moisture droplets.
i love the flirty tendrils, kell.
i'm all-together today and will plant bulbs and start seeds!
That's what I was going to say, fogged up lens. Stop stuffing it you-know-where with your cash!
I think it was just because it was Halloween. Next time you go there it probably won't happen again. Or if you just disappear one day, we'll know what happened to you.
Your new bloom has most unusual tendrills, makes me think of 'Twisted Sister',
But Susie, I had been taking lots of pictures, one after another. Just the ones at that subject did it. And no moisture in sight. So there, it was GHOSTS!!! LOL See the one with the purple background? I took that seconds before.
LOL Sue, I had to read that 3 times to figure out what you were saying. LOL LOL. This is a new camera, it is bigger, too big for there. LOL LOL
I hate these brugs Linda that are so very nice but no cigar. I hate to trash them. I just have no time or room to hybridize with it to see where I could take those tendrils. I want either spectacularly beautiful brugs or spectacularly ugly ones. Makes it so much easier to be cruel.
Here is another one there that has such cute tendrils. A 2005 seedling.
Looks like one of those handlebar mustaches.
Kell I can't believe you have that many Brugs. But you do have some beautiful ones. Do you sell yours or are they just for your pleasure and enjoyment?
Hey Kell,
You will love this. We were in Key West Florida and took a tour called "Ghost Hunt". It was really kinda creepy. We learned all about "Robert the doll" Do a google search on the doll, it's funny.
Anyway, the tour guild directed us to look at this hotel where 3 people had commited suicide and another person had fallen down an elevator well. He then passed around pictures that someone had taken of the building. Not when anyone jumped, just pictures after it had happened. Guess what? The pictures he showed us looked exactly like your pictures with the streaks coming down from the sky. Is that spooky or what! Gives me shivers.
Crystal
Here's a link to Robert the doll, creepy lil guy
http://www.hauntedtours.com/Robert.html
Both brugs are awesome, kell!! I'm sure if you had brugs to get rid of because they weren't up to your expecations......they are others who would luv them.
;) Donna
ok, now how do i get to your brug farm dumpster? lol.
LOL Annapet. Come spring lots are going to make room for the new. I want them now to buffer the good ones against any frost we may get.
Crystal, I am now so freaked out. I keep looking at the pictures, I just can't figure out what would do that!! That doll is creepy looking. I am such a wuss.
Thanks Linda!! I do have a few. No, I just grow them mainly for me. I am not big on all the official stuff, or even care if they get registered. It is just fun to do though lately it is getting more like work. I am looking for the one I really love, LOL. I haven't found it yet.
I do not even have room for many of these in my landscape so why I am doing it, is a good question. I think because they are so easy and they are fun to hybridize and you get fast results. I want fast, fun and easy! Mites are their main drawback for me.
I understand what you are saying about the work. I have had a 135 gallon fish tank since 1993. It isn't as time consuming or the work your brugs are, but I have to say I is more like work now. I have a
freshwater irridsent shark that is about 21 inches long and several other fish but to drag out the hose (that connects to the sink of course) just is a hassle now.
Maybe I am just growing old. I know that each time it needs done I don't even enjoy it afterwards. Last year our sewer line backed up and we will be getting new carpet after all this time and I just wish I could find someone who would buy it. Fish and all.
I can't imagine you stopping what you do. They are so beautiful.
Atleast you have the element of surprise. You don't know what you have until they bloom. My tank is the same ole same ole.
Kell I think it has something to do with being stuck in a rut. If I had some help around here maybe it wouldn't be so bad. I won't find that out anytime soon. I am finding out you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
Keep up the great work and that doll is really spooky looking. As for your pictures I would love to know myself what that is. Maybe a photographer or even a place that does alot of developing
could tell you. I'm REALLY curious.
Blessings,
Sandy ^8^
kell, you are something else!
speaking about Halloween (2 days late) I went to a nursery that had the cutest decoration. They carved a med. pumpkin and put one of those ornamental cabbages inside. Nothing spectacular about that.
But what they did was paint the cabbage with black paint. It really looked great. I was so mad at myself for not having my camera w/ me. Another arrangement had something like liriope, also painted black. There was nobody around to ask what kind of plant, maybe floral paint? it was matte, BTW, not glossy, so the plants looked very natural.
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Gee Vossner, I wish you had your camera also! That sounds so neat.
Sandy, I hear you. I spent years collecting so much junk and now when I look at it all I see work not enjoyment. Can we see a picture of your 21 inch shark? It does sound so neat. And if your DH does not do what you want, toss that shark in his bath, hungry. LOL.
Anyone want to read a good joke? I thought this was so funny esp. the ending.
God and Satan
In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth and populated the Earth with broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, and green, yellow and red vegetables of all kinds, so Man and Woman would live long and healthy lives.
Then using God's great gifts, Satan created Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream and Krispy Creme Donuts. And Satan said "You want chocolate with that?" and Man said "Yes!" and Woman said "and while you're at it add some sprinkles." And they gained 10 pounds. And Satan smiled.
And God created the healthful yoghurt that Woman might keep the figure that Man found so fair. And Satan brought forth white flour from the wheat, and sugar from the cane and combined them. And Woman went from size 6 to size 14.
So God said "Try my fresh green salad." And Satan presented Thousand-Island Dressing, buttery croutons and garlic toast on the side. And Man and Woman unfastened their belts following the repast.
God then said "I have sent you heart healthy vegetables and olive oil in which to cook them." And Satan brought forth deep fried fish and chicken and fried steak so big it needed its own platter. And Man gained more weight and his cholesterol went through the roof.
God then created a light, fluffy white cake, named it "Angel Cake" and said "It is good." Satan then created chocolate cake and named it "Devil's Food".
God then brought forth running shoes so that His children might lose those extra pounds. And Satan gave cable TV with a remote control so Man would not have to toil changing the channels. And Man and Woman laughed and cried before the flickering blue light and gained pounds.
Then God brought forth the potato, naturally low in fat and brimming with nutrition. And Satan peeled off the healthful skin and sliced the starchy centre into chips and deep-fried them. And Man gained pounds.
God then gave lean beef so that Man might consume fewer calories and still satisfy his appetite. And Satan created McDonald's and its £1 double cheeseburger. Then said "You want fries with that?" and Man replied "Yes! And super size them!" And Satan said "it is good." And Man went into cardiac arrest.
God sighed and created quadruple bypass surgery.
Then Satan created HMO's.
BTW, the top page made the Photo Of The Day on Nov. 1st
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No one liked my joke, Sue. Sniff, sniff.
Kell, that wasn't a joke, it was pure truth. LOL
Kin, that was such a pretty bloom til the wind and rains got it.
Kell
That is truelly hillarous. I would love to copy that and send it to me friend with your permission. You also nee to post it on jokes and chat forum. It is really funny.
Blessings
Sandy ^8^
Gosh it is now gorgeous here. I am about to go to the spoogiey woogie grounds, first time since that pic. If you never hear from me again, tell my DH. I forgot to show him the pic!!
I roared when I got to the end of the joke Ada, yes it is so true.
Sandy, I got it from my SIL, I do not know who owns it, but I am sure it is fine to send it all around. I did!
Kin, when things quiet down we should have the ugliest bloom contest. LOL. I have been coming home in the dark and go out to take pics. I am so shocked sometimes when I get in and look at them. I no longer need my flashlight because with this new fancy camera, it slightly lights the field enough to postion your subject but it hides the truth.
Here is one from the other night. I had about 200 pics of flowers gone past. I was so shocked. In the dark they looked great. Nothing worse looking than a spent bloom.
Hey, Kell. I have some rose blooms that looks like yours. LOL
