Comments on: Colors in Nature Walk http://www.monsterfool.com/?p=182 Mother, Teacher, Writer, Traveler Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:00:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: MonsterFool http://www.monsterfool.com/?p=182&cpage=1#comment-402 MonsterFool Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:31:40 +0000 http://www.monsterfool.com/?p=182#comment-402 AC said the same thing re: rock v. rose petal, and I think that's right. The brown & sticky has been one of our favorites too, but I'd never heard the continuation before-- thanks! AC said the same thing re: rock v. rose petal, and I think that’s right. The brown & sticky has been one of our favorites too, but I’d never heard the continuation before– thanks!

]]> By: irilyth http://www.monsterfool.com/?p=182&cpage=1#comment-400 irilyth Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:55:58 +0000 http://www.monsterfool.com/?p=182#comment-400 I think the difference between the rock and the rose petal is that you could return the rock and it would be perfectly useful; not so much with the rose petal. The lost rock still has value to its owner; the rose petal doesn't. Could this be a segue into an introduction to economics, and the different ways that things gain and lose value? :^) > But doggone it, we’re keeping the brown stick. One of my favorite jokes! Q: What's brown and sticky? A: A stick! (Continues: Q: What's red and can't climb trees? A: A brick! Q: What has four legs, is big, green, and fuzzy, and can kill you just by landing on you? A: A pool table!) I think the difference between the rock and the rose petal is that you could return the rock and it would be perfectly useful; not so much with the rose petal. The lost rock still has value to its owner; the rose petal doesn’t. Could this be a segue into an introduction to economics, and the different ways that things gain and lose value? :^)

> But doggone it, we’re keeping the brown stick.

One of my favorite jokes!

Q: What’s brown and sticky?
A: A stick!

(Continues:

Q: What’s red and can’t climb trees?
A: A brick!

Q: What has four legs, is big, green, and fuzzy, and can kill you just by landing on you?
A: A pool table!)

]]> By: mistersquid http://www.monsterfool.com/?p=182&cpage=1#comment-399 mistersquid Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:14:01 +0000 http://www.monsterfool.com/?p=182#comment-399 About the poppies: California law protects them wherever they grow. I don't know anyone who's ever been busted for it though and plenty of people do pick them. P. and I will be in Cali soon. Details to come! About the poppies: California law protects them wherever they grow. I don’t know anyone who’s ever been busted for it though and plenty of people do pick them.

P. and I will be in Cali soon. Details to come!

]]> By: MonsterFool http://www.monsterfool.com/?p=182&cpage=1#comment-398 MonsterFool Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:15:32 +0000 http://www.monsterfool.com/?p=182#comment-398 Ooh, please tell me why re: the California poppy. We've been told they grow like weeds here, & often see them by the sides of roads, so I've mentally classified them as similar to dandelions. But perhaps they're planted or sown deliberately? Thanks, J. Hope to see you out here soon! Ooh, please tell me why re: the California poppy. We’ve been told they grow like weeds here, & often see them by the sides of roads, so I’ve mentally classified them as similar to dandelions. But perhaps they’re planted or sown deliberately?

Thanks, J. Hope to see you out here soon!

]]> By: mistersquid http://www.monsterfool.com/?p=182&cpage=1#comment-397 mistersquid Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:38:28 +0000 http://www.monsterfool.com/?p=182#comment-397 Delightful post, C. Pix, too. I think children present an essential enigma of consciousness for me, which is do they realize how adorable they are?! And I grew up surrounded by yards using those landscaping stones. Memories. (Also, I'm not so sure about picking California poppies.) Hm. I love this post! Delightful post, C. Pix, too. I think children present an essential enigma of consciousness for me, which is do they realize how adorable they are?!

And I grew up surrounded by yards using those landscaping stones. Memories. (Also, I’m not so sure about picking California poppies.)

Hm. I love this post!

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