Crafty Green Poet

Sounds like you have a mission to be rid of those ...

2012-05-31T01:05:19.275+01:00

Sounds like you have a mission to be rid of those invasive plants. Love the snails and the pretty poppies, it would be nice to see more poppies than the invasive plants. Sounds like a great outing see the dippers and the tree creepers.

Much of the testing on animals is totally redundan...

2012-05-30T22:19:27.743+01:00

Much of the testing on animals is totally redundant and causes needless suffering. I read that when a shampoo is reformulated, they will put rabbits through another series of tests even though all of the ingredients had already been tested.
The retesting of beauty products is based solely on the silly re-marketing of existing products to make them trendy. It's all about advertising!

hi! i just started a facebook group for sea potter...

2012-05-30T22:05:56.692+01:00

hi! i just started a facebook group for sea pottery - https://www.facebook.com/groups/297610943664817/
join us!!

Hi Karen, my point really was that the book is tot...

2012-05-30T21:24:05.996+01:00

Hi Karen, my point really was that the book is totally uncritical of drugs that haven't been tested on animals yet they noted all the negatives arising from every drug they mentioned that has been tested on animals so it was a little uneven in its treatment

While I agree with the thesis that animal testing ...

2012-05-30T21:16:41.200+01:00

While I agree with the thesis that animal testing is wrong, and often inaccurate, I differ with you on the subject of the medications you mentioned. While some have been hurt by them, they have been blessings for many of us. It's impossible to find any substance that is safe for everyone.

You've captured, nicely, the freshness the rai...

2012-05-30T07:29:55.956+01:00

You've captured, nicely, the freshness the rain brings with it.

Shade poppies we call those yellow ones! Have the...

2012-05-30T03:48:57.512+01:00

Shade poppies we call those yellow ones! Have them by the bazillions! Very prolific here.

Japanese Knotweed is quite a problem here on our rivers - along the shore especially where the high, fast winter waters scour away other vegetation. A number of efforts to control it. Good luck mapping it ... I think that is a necessary first step. Here they try to work from the head of the stream on down because it breaks off and floats down and re-colonizes where you already cleared it otherwise!

I never knew that Limes and Lindens were the same ...

2012-05-29T21:10:39.082+01:00

I never knew that Limes and Lindens were the same species ... so thank you for pointing that out! I'm envious of your Dippers!

This looks luscious, I'm quite missing the rai...

2012-05-29T21:05:18.109+01:00

This looks luscious, I'm quite missing the rain already, after carrying several big cans of water down to the veg garden and back!

There's a tree creeper that goes up one of the chestnut trees across the road from us. I only seem to see it when I'm on the phone looking out of the window, but never when I'm talking to someone who would be interested to know I'd seen a tree creeper!

What great photos! I especially like the ones wit...

2012-05-29T19:55:09.804+01:00

What great photos! I especially like the ones with rain drops and I feel I can almost smell the Linden tree. Good luck with the mapping. It is a challenge.

I was hearing on the telly the other day that the ...

2012-05-29T19:41:01.466+01:00

I was hearing on the telly the other day that the long winter weather with it's warm March break has played havoc with the bees but there are winners too, Snails are doing well this year (and their shelless cousins, especially down the Water of Leith it seems.

Lovely. I admire the determination of the snail.

2012-05-29T18:21:24.785+01:00

Lovely. I admire the determination of the snail.

I love the way everything greens up when it rains....

2012-05-29T17:26:14.469+01:00

I love the way everything greens up when it rains. We've had plenty of rain in the last month so we are really lucky.

Rain is good. We could sure use some here! We hav...

2012-05-29T17:13:10.959+01:00

Rain is good. We could sure use some here! We have a few stands of Giant Hogweed in the town south of here. Awful stuff! And Japanese knotweed keeps sneaking under the fence from my neighbours garden. Not nice.

Bunny is so sweet. Wow,you've been busy!

2012-05-29T13:23:34.680+01:00

Bunny is so sweet. Wow,you've been busy!

Those are very cool looking.

2012-05-29T08:41:18.547+01:00

Those are very cool looking.

I guess I keep thinking they'll come in handy ...

2012-05-29T06:00:36.055+01:00

I guess I keep thinking they'll come in handy some day! But I have also read about the dismal job of getting rid of dead Uncle Joe's books.

Maybe this e-book business has something to be said for it - in the long run.

Rabbit in any language is good!

2012-05-29T00:51:19.237+01:00

Rabbit in any language is good!

Such lovely markings, truly.

2012-05-29T00:48:35.580+01:00

Such lovely markings, truly.

That bunny looks like it's smiling!

2012-05-28T23:46:57.323+01:00

That bunny looks like it's smiling!

rabbits...you remind me of my years with Guinea-Pi...

2012-05-28T19:36:48.684+01:00

rabbits...you remind me of my years with Guinea-Pigs, the late 70's. I lived with Guinea-Pigs in my room. The one who lived longer was named Cutty and was all white, with long fur, an albino, with rosy hued eyes, he lived six years.

cute bunny

2012-05-28T18:04:06.851+01:00

cute bunny

What a cute bunny! I like the altered books idea....

2012-05-28T17:36:44.553+01:00

What a cute bunny!

I like the altered books idea. I've wanted to try making some ever since my daughter once had an assignment to do one in her high school art class.

And once again, your wonderful writing class. I should enroll, but my self-discipline seems to have slipped. I don't even get around to blogging regularly.

I love rabbits...our Hawks have gotten rid of ours...

2012-05-28T16:07:55.810+01:00

I love rabbits...our Hawks have gotten rid of ours...~sniff~
Sounds like you are having a wonderful time!

Every day is Bunday here Juliet.

2012-05-28T15:58:56.593+01:00

Every day is Bunday here Juliet.