tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post6314431804442255749..comments2024-03-10T01:26:13.595-08:00Comments on Trainride Of The Enigmas: Bead AgainGeo.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-48768065246059555112015-09-05T17:45:11.293-07:002015-09-05T17:45:11.293-07:00Thank you Moon! Happily, I have been called many t...Thank you Moon! Happily, I have been called many things but never "late for dinner".Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-44909170268112490022015-09-05T14:01:03.496-07:002015-09-05T14:01:03.496-07:00A little bit of honey takes the sting out of life!...A little bit of honey takes the sting out of life! You drew a mighty fine portrait of Bead. Just don't be late for dinner. :-)Judith https://www.blogger.com/profile/10364406224705815358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-64266110785236984422015-08-21T13:14:57.839-07:002015-08-21T13:14:57.839-07:00Dudes do doodle. Thanks though and I hope all our ...Dudes do doodle. Thanks though and I hope all our bees chill enthusiastically enough to bring the temperature down. I delight in abstract art!Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-73798428148770309092015-08-21T13:04:47.792-07:002015-08-21T13:04:47.792-07:00Dude. By no means does that picture qualify as bei...Dude. By no means does that picture qualify as being a "doodle." Nope. Not at all. It's quite lovely. And realistic. My doodles look more like abstract art. <br /><br />It's been so hot this summer, the bees aren't even buzzing. Or flying. They just hang around in the garden, chilling. Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-26413676567732001052015-08-21T10:37:39.018-07:002015-08-21T10:37:39.018-07:00Thank you Blogoratti. Greetings and good wishes to...Thank you Blogoratti. Greetings and good wishes to you too.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-68647321049597029282015-08-21T10:31:27.108-07:002015-08-21T10:31:27.108-07:00Rain. I remember rain! Keep wafting, Lisa. Rain an...Rain. I remember rain! Keep wafting, Lisa. Rain and bees are mechanisms of every garden's survival and connect all gardens.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-43746826650563940832015-08-21T02:56:23.210-07:002015-08-21T02:56:23.210-07:00What wonderful work and great video. Warm greeting...What wonderful work and great video. Warm greetings to you! Blogorattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12821621371176285384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-50964653850611387272015-08-21T02:34:28.774-07:002015-08-21T02:34:28.774-07:00Bees are the reason I plant stuff I can't eat-...Bees are the reason I plant stuff I can't eat- they are welcome guests to our garden dinners and properly catered for. Apologies for my virtual absence- the garden is where I've been of course! It is raining here today, am trying to waft some cool water your way. Beautiful calm words you make, however, in spite of the heat :-) xxLisa Southardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09711376747848601409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-84962714014415278732015-08-20T15:35:23.962-07:002015-08-20T15:35:23.962-07:00Thank you, Geo., and I will.Thank you, Geo., and I will.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-53148687729094162882015-08-19T23:48:27.363-07:002015-08-19T23:48:27.363-07:00Good question. I can only guess right now from the...Good question. I can only guess right now from the general consensus that neonicotinoid seed treatments do not appear to produce any benefits for pest management. This means 2 things: active ingredient is neutralized by the soaking and soil a seed gets but remains active in plants treated after sprouting; Norma's video shows a healthy bee collecting pollen from a zinnia grown from seed. In my experience, it is easier to grow zinnias from seed than lavender. So I'd suggest the video flower first, from seed, to provide best nourishment to the entire hive. Lavender takes longer to grow from seed but the same principle would apply. Main thing to remember is, if any plant is treated with neonicotinoids after sprouting, it can take a long time --years maybe-- to rid it from its system. Good luck and please inform me of results in years to come. Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-57035892731645868462015-08-19T21:28:42.700-07:002015-08-19T21:28:42.700-07:00Good to know; lavender is also beautiful, and a pe...Good to know; lavender is also beautiful, and a perennial, I think? so would fill several needs in our garden. Do you know (as a long-time gardener) whether starting it from seed would guarantee it being free of neonicotinoids? I've read conflicting opinions.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-5594093553342524012015-08-19T19:14:20.767-07:002015-08-19T19:14:20.767-07:00Thanks Jenny. Sorry to hear bees are scarce in you...Thanks Jenny. Sorry to hear bees are scarce in your area. Numbers declined here too, but seem to be increasing gradually, year by year. We planted more lavender and that helped. Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-33642409217785448342015-08-19T17:44:00.300-07:002015-08-19T17:44:00.300-07:00Your artwork is wonderful. Poor Bead, it must be g...Your artwork is wonderful. Poor Bead, it must be getting lonelier and lonelier to be a bead these days - I have hardly seen any bees at all this summer. Mind you, I tend to be a stayer-inner because I do not do well in the heat or brightness, but still - we usually see them around the walkways. A world without bees is a scary thought.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-40131293754703662682015-08-19T11:17:37.489-07:002015-08-19T11:17:37.489-07:00Kind Beate, thanks! Glad you enjoyed my essay. Say...Kind Beate, thanks! Glad you enjoyed my essay. Say hello to Keith for me --my best to you both!Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-24719367857901320552015-08-19T11:13:06.194-07:002015-08-19T11:13:06.194-07:00Thanks, Fundy Blue! I was never an English prof. I...Thanks, Fundy Blue! I was never an English prof. I was really was a gardener, but have always enjoyed reading and languages. I remarked on Tom's excellent abba rhyme because it's a difficult form for me --mainly used in Italian sonnets. Shows up in some opera too. But we're more used to abab and couplet schemes here. I try to buzz around to all of them --fun! Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-86684416464894059592015-08-19T07:41:32.187-07:002015-08-19T07:41:32.187-07:00Loved this post, Geo! It had me smiling for lots ...Loved this post, Geo! It had me smiling for lots of reasons all the way through. Starting with the hearing conundrum. I'm trying to get better at lip reading, because I find myself hearing perplexing things (which can have embarrassing results!).<br /><br />Why do human women announce dinner as if it was an emergency? <br />No enigma there! I'll be racing around in the kitchen, cooking, setting the table, washing dishes, orchestrating a meal where everything is timed to finish simultaneously and land perfectly presented on a plate, while my husband is 10 or 15 feet away from me obliviously engrossed in anything but helping with dinner. It's times like that I think of drone bees! Especially when I hear, "Yeah, yeah. Just give me a minute!" <br /><br />Not to disparage my hubby: He does shoulder many chores and now washes the dishes after dinner since he has retired. But sometimes I have visions of him laid out on the floor with the paramedics working on him; however that would only delay dinner even longer!<br /><br />I thoroughly enjoy your Geo.doodles. The portrait of Bead is beautifully executed, from the line strokes to the watercolor washes. How I wish I could draw! And please thank Norma for her buzzy Normavideo; I get a kick out of her videos and photos. <br /><br />Are you sure you're not a retired English professor? That's how you always strike me, Geo! I wouldn't consciously think about an abba rhyme scheme, and I majored in English (as well as geology, because at Acadia I was a little Bead flitting from flower to flower on a bee-heaven bush). But then, poetry wasn't my long suit.<br /><br />Now to refill my coffee cup and go back and read your posts that I have missed! My enigma is why am I such a herky jerk, no matter how I try not to be! LOL<br /><br />Have a good one!<br /><br />Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-74649434089434071142015-08-19T01:10:59.475-07:002015-08-19T01:10:59.475-07:00What a beautiful painting of Bead! And I love that...What a beautiful painting of Bead! And I love that video. So nice to meet Bead through you :) I hope you are doing well! Have a wonderful rest of the week.Beatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14712395242968990000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-60716236056284841582015-08-18T18:06:38.124-07:002015-08-18T18:06:38.124-07:00Tom I love the abba rhyme scheme of your verse! It...Tom I love the abba rhyme scheme of your verse! It is excellent and true. Thanks! Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-75955712033741375922015-08-18T18:02:45.233-07:002015-08-18T18:02:45.233-07:00There is indeed a universal connection between con...There is indeed a universal connection between confidence and happiness. Just wish there were easier ways to learn that.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-60229321610002657822015-08-18T17:48:34.589-07:002015-08-18T17:48:34.589-07:00Agreed! In many years as a gardener I was only bee...Agreed! In many years as a gardener I was only bee-stung once and it was my fault. Wasps and hornets, however, have swarmed and stampeded me many times and I resented it. Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-42818686696021842992015-08-18T17:42:13.293-07:002015-08-18T17:42:13.293-07:00Happily, Norma has never been nervous about bees, ...Happily, Norma has never been nervous about bees, gets quite close to photograph them. When one gets indoors it goes right to a window and waits to be captured by cup and card and returned outdoors. But, true, she never invites them to dinner.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-84700418629163083182015-08-18T13:47:35.354-07:002015-08-18T13:47:35.354-07:0042 thousand years of gardening will grow a sage-
B...42 thousand years of gardening will grow a sage-<br />Bead and Geo. have stirred the pollen best<br />and each have earned a dappled rest<br />but must not let Norma's fresh dinner ageTom Cochrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046822056852446079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-32876167093903041422015-08-18T07:32:35.879-07:002015-08-18T07:32:35.879-07:00Bead sounds like a sensible fellow still doing wh...Bead sounds like a sensible fellow still doing what he does best. We are the happiest when we feel confident in what we are doing...and when we're eating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-40702176876543849702015-08-18T06:38:59.246-07:002015-08-18T06:38:59.246-07:00An enlightening conversation, which is better than...An enlightening conversation, which is better than a stinging one.sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7740983595962649109.post-62880214935643550332015-08-18T05:44:17.059-07:002015-08-18T05:44:17.059-07:00lt is too hot for retirees to be outside, Geo. H...lt is too hot for retirees to be outside, Geo. However, Norma might not be too happy if you invited Bead indoors for dinner.Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.com