tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post5891744147707706475..comments2024-01-26T10:20:37.836+00:00Comments on Diary of a Goldfish: Passing by, like Lady GodivaThe Goldfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-32208073984566319402007-05-26T02:10:00.000+01:002007-05-26T02:10:00.000+01:00Don't stop me now... I'm having such a good time, ...Don't stop me now... I'm having such a good time, I'm having a ball...<BR/><BR/>Well, it's your fault. You put the song in <B>my</B> head in the first place with your Lady Godiva passing by thing.<BR/><BR/>I've got to say that Big Blogger thing sounds like a larf...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-19317786146936389212007-05-22T10:22:00.000+01:002007-05-22T10:22:00.000+01:00Wow - half these comments didn't come through my e...Wow - half these comments didn't come through my e-mail, so I only saw them today, sorry!<BR/><BR/>S. - It's a small world! A verger is a lay person who looks after things, so wouldn't, for example, conduct a service. Vicars work in cathedrals, but usually there is a bishop attached to it too. No, I'm a bit confused myself, but thanks for the information on Lilith. :-)<BR/><BR/>Hmm, I've heard of aquilegia, and yes, they are apparently the same as columbines, which I hadn't heard of. Thanks everybody, sorry it took so long to respond.The Goldfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-7283189611380032212007-05-21T12:46:00.000+01:002007-05-21T12:46:00.000+01:00I always call them aqualegia --- one of my favour...I always call them aqualegia --- one of my favourite flowers because of their delicate shapes and all the lovely colours they come in.<BR/><BR/>Just found your blog and I'll keep returningCusphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717783581169397585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-87735600980603628072007-05-20T21:09:00.000+01:002007-05-20T21:09:00.000+01:00Yay! I have columbine, too. :) In addition to j...<A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/notmoro/504600922/" REL="nofollow">Yay</A>! I have columbine, too. :) In addition to just letting them go to seed you can, if you feel like it and want to control where they come up, dig them up with a trowel (being careful of course to preserve as much of the root ball as possible) and plant them elsewhere. It'll take a season or so for them to establish themselves, but I've had a lot of success treating them that way; they seem to be coming up in very tidy and robust little clumps, now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-89243726905693301242007-05-20T20:14:00.000+01:002007-05-20T20:14:00.000+01:00The flower is called "Akelei" in German. During th...The flower is called "Akelei" in German. During the Renaissance it was said to have aphrodisiac powers.BloggingMonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17767164739217269193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-25060158637463487032007-05-20T15:25:00.000+01:002007-05-20T15:25:00.000+01:00Down this part of the world they are known as "gra...Down this part of the world they are known as "grannys bonnets" tho' Ilve never seen an elderly lady wearing anything like them (except at Ascot).<BR/><BR/>They seem to interbreed the different colours, so you get all shades of blue, purple, pink & white changing every season.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-4719974530227947432007-05-20T14:51:00.000+01:002007-05-20T14:51:00.000+01:00Yep. Columbine, more properly known as aqualigia. ...Yep. Columbine, more properly known as aqualigia. Mine have still to blossom this year. they self-seed like mad, so if you don't get around to gathering the seeds later, don't worry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-638498606088006142007-05-20T11:27:00.000+01:002007-05-20T11:27:00.000+01:00I have sung in Ely Cathedral !Columbines, of cours...I have sung in Ely Cathedral !<BR/>Columbines, of course. Another folk name is 'Babies bonnets' I think.Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08223682934383856392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-20874285703841676532007-05-20T10:37:00.000+01:002007-05-20T10:37:00.000+01:00I've always wondered if there was more to that Lad...I've always wondered if there was more to that Lady Godiva story than appears on the surface. Maybe it is a retelling of an old fertility ritual? Or maybe I just like to ponder naked women.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-32790354766067862362007-05-19T23:55:00.000+01:002007-05-19T23:55:00.000+01:00Columbines. They are lovely, and they self-seed a...Columbines. They are lovely, and they self-seed and hybridize and generally behave like the nearly-wild things that they are. In this bit of North American you don't even need to save the seed, just let them go and they volunteer. I would see them growing along the trail when hiking in the Appalachian mountains and they inspired me to learn more about using native plants in the garden.<BR/><BR/>Lilith is midrash rather than torah--midrash being the supplementary tradition made up to explain the gaps in the main text of scripture (e.g., 'what is this "male and female he created them" doing there in Genesis before Eve comes along?'). Traditionally Lilith is sort of a demon, with roles as succubus and baby-stealer, but she's been reclaimed by Jewish feminists and there's even a magazine by that title. She got cast as a monster because she decided it was better to live free outside the garden rather than submit to Adam's rule in paradise. <BR/><BR/>I've been to Ely! It has a cathedral with an octagonal tower, and the father of someone I knew was serving in the clergy there in 1993--you know how it is when you're traveling, you wind up calling on tentative connections, but my visit was memorable, wound up talking to the friend's mother at length and also seeing the friend's brother graduate from a very old and ornate charity school. <BR/><BR/>My understanding of Anglican clergy was appalling for someone raised Episcopalian, so I'm not sure if the father was a verger or a vicar (I do know the difference now, but then all I could say is that they both started with "v"). Wouldn't a cathedral be more likely to have a verger? <BR/><BR/>Glad you're resting up.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957943262402999997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-37026192896005284122007-05-19T21:10:00.000+01:002007-05-19T21:10:00.000+01:00Yay for curvy beautiful women. Not sure I personal...Yay for curvy beautiful women. Not sure I personally would wear a snake while posing for my picture though.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639094548415759560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-35649388703883747342007-05-19T20:25:00.000+01:002007-05-19T20:25:00.000+01:00I was about to leap in with the name of the flower...I was about to leap in with the name of the flower of which I, and many others probably, have lots because they self seed all over the place ... when bugger, the old brain let me down again. Anyway, I know it is called....... but I have forgotten the word (due, I hope, to brain fog not menopause).<BR/><BR/>Save the seeds when they have all dried out in, preferably, brown paper bags or even white paper envelopes, keep them dry and sprinkle them on SOIL (not grass) next March-ish, then you will have even more next year, and they won't get mowed over if AJ has shortened his arm.<BR/><BR/>Lots of sleep is lovely, hope that means you and your body are relatively well-ish and relaxed.Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08223682934383856392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-16468443575048759092007-05-19T20:20:00.000+01:002007-05-19T20:20:00.000+01:00Hi there! I run a blog about Ableism in Portugal (...Hi there! I run a blog about Ableism in Portugal (maybe one of the first in this country). I celebrated Blogging Against Disablism. It's a good cause.<BR/>http://ableismo.blogspot.com/Ableismohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00884836820101322044noreply@blogger.com