tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19290845.post6964614444968580233..comments2023-06-09T03:41:28.042-07:00Comments on chatoyance: In between the rain, wild gourdLori Witzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04744273435691506484noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19290845.post-8845721536294449632007-06-01T16:53:00.000-07:002007-06-01T16:53:00.000-07:00That huge root enables the buffalo gourd to prosp...That huge root enables the buffalo gourd to prosper even in Arizona in ever-so-dry years. Woe unto he or she who tries to remove such a gourd.<BR/><BR/>Lovely picture.Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19290845.post-42253207813854670522007-05-29T23:20:00.000-07:002007-05-29T23:20:00.000-07:00Larry asked my question and your answer has allowe...Larry asked my question and your answer has allowed me (with help from Nat. Geographic!)to see where you are. Now I have to go to the library for more details!dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19290845.post-44029339100149822882007-05-29T20:48:00.000-07:002007-05-29T20:48:00.000-07:00Hey, it's all y'all!:-)Dang, staying up past my be...Hey, it's all y'all!<BR/><BR/>:-)<BR/><BR/>Dang, staying up past my bedtime, but had to say a fast hello.<BR/><BR/>Marly: *snork!* What a wonderful, magical, giggly image you conjured -- and since I'm going back to the same place this weekend, will look for tiny green hoof-prints where the buffalo gourds went a'dancin'.<BR/><BR/>Jarvenpa: Here's wishing you rain, or at least a very exciting rain dance. I've been hoping for poems lately, but the words are slow as molasses, so I have to play with images for a while longer I guess.<BR/><BR/>Raindog: It is, it was -- but I did get the first two (itch) chigger bites (itch itch itch) of the season. I am human bait for bug-bites, and am hoping the chiggers don't make mincemeat of me this coming Sunday (rain permitting.)<BR/><BR/>Susangelique: They ARE cool. I had a dear friend who planted bottle-gourds around his lattice-covered patio, and when the gourds grew over the lattice, they grew down dangling like earthen Christmas ornaments. Glad he didn't plant watermelon...<BR/><BR/>Larry: You got it -- limestone outcroppings, some ancient ocean showing beneath the very thin soil of the Central Texas hills. I'm going to walk up over them this weekend, or so I've been dared...<BR/><BR/>Harlequinpan: Well, thank you for your flattering words, but I'm just an armchair student of botany, geology, etc. The place I live is a confluence of at least three different biological regions (Edwards Plateau, Llano Uplift, and Blackland Prairie,) and it's been great fun to learn as much as I can about it all.<BR/><BR/>Dave: Ever'thang's bigger in Texas...(usually said by someone with two first names tooled on the back of a leather belt.)<BR/><BR/>:-)Lori Witzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04744273435691506484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19290845.post-14988609277908966362007-05-29T17:25:00.000-07:002007-05-29T17:25:00.000-07:00"Massive roots of large specimens may weigh severa..."Massive roots of large specimens may weigh several hundred pounds."<BR/>Sounds like a Texas plant, all right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19290845.post-66551572452271912432007-05-29T10:03:00.000-07:002007-05-29T10:03:00.000-07:00Are you a biologist or a botanist? I think your ob...Are you a biologist or a botanist? I think your observations on plant are very professional.harlequinpanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04881004009855432938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19290845.post-25014795442877690122007-05-29T09:00:00.000-07:002007-05-29T09:00:00.000-07:00What are the white flecks dotting the distant hill...What are the white flecks dotting the distant hillside? Limestone outcrops, perhaps? Tombstones? They seem to be confined to a delineated strip crossing the flank of the hill.<BR/><BR/>Nice composition!Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13215738689578440672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19290845.post-28495119639928180912007-05-28T20:54:00.000-07:002007-05-28T20:54:00.000-07:00gourds are so cool. We use to use them for a lot o...gourds are so cool. We use to use them for a lot of diferent stuff in the living history memory I worked at. nice picSusannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419802372495554966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19290845.post-39769373782775611472007-05-28T19:35:00.000-07:002007-05-28T19:35:00.000-07:00this looks peaceful. a nice place to be. great sho...this looks peaceful. a nice place to be. great shot!raindoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17226217552300096002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19290845.post-33226957071018696662007-05-28T11:48:00.000-07:002007-05-28T11:48:00.000-07:00send some Texas rain to N. California, please. My ...send some Texas rain to N. California, please. My bear would be happy.<BR/>The title of your post sounds like the first line of a poem.jarvenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04709417058741577802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19290845.post-1579886905724876262007-05-28T10:48:00.000-07:002007-05-28T10:48:00.000-07:00You'll have to go back by moonlight and catch the ...You'll have to go back by moonlight and catch the buffalo gourds dancing by the light of the moon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com