Yay for the cherry tomato and the extremely talented (and not at all short) gardener who coaxed it forth! Seems like a nice solstice gift.
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msolga
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Thu 21 Dec, 2006 03:43 pm
It does, doesn't it, soz!
Just goes to show what an average sized person can achieve through natural talent, hey? :wink:
I'm not going to rush into eating it, though. I'm going to savour the experience!
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Noddy24
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Thu 21 Dec, 2006 04:03 pm
Msolga--
If you don't give Ceres a share of the glory, there might not be a second tomato.
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msolga
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Thu 21 Dec, 2006 04:11 pm
Noddy24 wrote:
Msolga--
If you don't give Ceres a share of the glory, there might not be a second tomato.
Right!
Thanks for that timely information, Noddy! If only I'd known before!
So greedy & ignorant of me to take all the credit!
I'm preparing a little shrine for the worship of ceres right now!
Cross your fingers!
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msolga
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Thu 21 Dec, 2006 04:15 pm
<thinking>
Perhaps I should make a sacrificial offering of my first cherry tomato, as a homage to Ceres? I think she'd rather like that!
Hmmmmm .....
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Noddy24
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Thu 21 Dec, 2006 05:52 pm
Msolga--
Just a ceremonial toast with tomato will do.
Ceres is not a greedy goddess--but a little credit where credit is due...
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msolga
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Thu 21 Dec, 2006 06:04 pm
Now you tell me, Noddy!
Gosh, I've been burning incense & chanting & everthing .....!
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Noddy24
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Thu 21 Dec, 2006 07:06 pm
Msolga--
Ceres is like a farmer's wife who gets to run the whole farm.
She probably would appreciate just a wee bit of beef fat, but she's not a greedy deity.
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msolga
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Thu 21 Dec, 2006 07:17 pm
Ah, I see!
These things are good to know, Noddy!
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msolga
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Fri 22 Dec, 2006 07:19 am
The rain, late this afternoon! Astonishing! Bucketfuls of the stuff!
Outside now, the air smells so fresh & clean & crisp!
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Tai Chi
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Fri 22 Dec, 2006 07:23 am
That's great, msolga!
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msolga
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Fri 22 Dec, 2006 07:25 am
It is, Tai!
A few more days of it would be wonderful!
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msolga
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Fri 22 Dec, 2006 08:00 am
How's this?:
It rained. It eased the fires. Expect Christmas snow
A spectacular cloud heads towards St Kilda, and with it an eagerly-awaited cool change. It reached 31 degrees in Melbourne yesterday, falling quickly to 20 degrees about 7.30pm.
December 23, 2006
FINALLY, it broke. The skies across Melbourne and Victoria opened last night - and the result was flash flooding in northern and eastern suburbs and relief for firefighters and towns threatened by fire.
State Emergency Service volunteers attended 200 calls in relation to flash floods. The worst affected areas were Doncaster, Northcote, Malvern and Nunawading. Trees were blown onto cars in several places. Some roofs were also lifted.
And just to spice things up a little, the people of the alpine communities have been told to expect snow on Christmas and Boxing days.
Thursday night, meanwhile, was Melbourne's hottest December evening in 40 years, with the minimum temperature being 27 degrees at 12.40am. ... <cont>
