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Carol Kean
@carolkean
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Author, Editor, Book Critic -Perihelion SF, NetGalley, AmazonVINE
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2017-06-06 17:27
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Emotions & Feelings
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RE: Backliners of Grief
"And then they died." You remind me of a Peanuts cartoon in which Lucy is reading a book. “A man was born, he lived and he died. The End!”, she says, and tosses the book aside. Linus picks it
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creativegarden
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RE: My Beautiful Disasters as an A^^hole Gardener
YES, your world view (tree view) makes sense! We impose order onto "chaos" (weeds) - or we impose disorder - depending on who's looking. I love love love the studies on how trees communicate
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HiveGarden
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RE: Rodent War Update
Ohh THANK YOU for this! Bugs and cute furry mammals (and weeds, and poison ivy) continue to plague my own gardening efforts. It's easier to show no mercy to a bug. But the little ground squirrels are so
carolkean
creativegarden
3y
RE: My Beautiful Disasters as an A^^hole Gardener
I can't head over to Leofinance to vote for a fave (techno difficulties limit me to Hive) But Here's one already! And oh, man, I must stop rewarding my evil little ground squirrel.... NOT a vole, mole,
carolkean
creativegarden
3y
RE: My Beautiful Disasters as an A^^hole Gardener
Why, THANK YOU!! I wasn't expecting that...!!!!
carolkean
creativegarden
3y
RE: My Beautiful Disasters as an A^^hole Gardener
Aww, thank you for taking it all in stride, this brash and reckless rant I offered up (after the deadline, exceeding the word count) in response to your challenge. I do mean well. Really, I do! But: "No
carolkean
Emotions & Feelings
3y
RE: Backliners of Grief
Wow, wow, wow, you really nail it. Yes, people tend to offer trite (annoying) truisms and condolences, but I think most of them really do care and want to console, but just lack the words. Some say really
carolkean
creativegarden
3y
RE: My Beautiful Disasters as an A^^hole Gardener
The Secret Life of Plants - how have I not read this yet? by Peter Tompkins, Christopher Bird, 1973 The Secret Life of Plants includes remarkable information about plants as lie detectors and plants as
carolkean
creativegarden
3y
RE: My Beautiful Disasters as an A^^hole Gardener
Ohhhh I love you @myjob! A plant saver, rescuer, transplanter - a husband who pulls up plants and you take pity on them - You know, there is a big school of thought on plants having feelings. My niece
carolkean
HiveGarden
3y
RE: Disaster in the Garden, Take Two
Gateway Garlic Farms posted this at Facebook: .... the new bio dynamic way. Most of the produce crops we grow here are not native to this continent so the predatory insect life has very little history
carolkean
Abundance Tribe
3y
RE: Visits from lost loved ones coming to us via birds, butterflies, and...frogs?
LOL Oops again Turns out, I did reply to your comment.... didn't see my own reply ... eh No explanations.
carolkean
Abundance Tribe
3y
RE: Visits from lost loved ones coming to us via birds, butterflies, and...frogs?
Thank you @yangyanje and please forgive me for not seeing this comment two years ago... TWO YEARS Good grief.... I may have to unblock notifications. Thanks again! LOVE and LIGHT!
carolkean
creativegarden
3y
RE: My Beautiful Disasters as an A^^hole Gardener
No search tool. Just went to my own Hive posts, searched for the Butterflies and Feathers, then found the comment. My brain ought to be a file cabinet full of folders, easy to access, with memorable quotes.
carolkean
HiveGarden
3y
RE: Disaster in the Garden, Take Two
I hear you. Last century, 1960s, even... All the good little boys and girls turned out well and won accolades. The misfits were ignored... some committed suicide... But, sshh, school pride, and community,
carolkean
HiveGarden
3y
RE: Disaster in the Garden, Take Two
Isn't this a haiku? lacy foliage makes for unhappy humans and happy beetles
carolkean
creativegarden
3y
RE: Pickleman Family Garden - Plenty of Rain
Ohhh those black raspberries. Yes, they will conquer the universe, too. And the mint! But the mint is so much easier to cut back (and smells wonderful). The tiger lily, though, holds on for dear life,
carolkean
HiveGarden
3y
RE: Disaster in the Garden, Take Two
I love you Stacey!! The fake signature.... yeah, that's how much we value the oversight of institutionalized public education our esteemed SCHOOLS.
carolkean
HiveGarden
3y
RE: Disaster Strikes! A Big House/Tiny Garden Update
You apparently have not suffered enough, if you feel any squeamishness about squishing the wicked agent of destruction known as Japanese Beetle. Today, after posting my rant, I watered my pathetic little
carolkean
creativegarden
3y
RE: My Beautiful Disasters as an A^^hole Gardener
Awwww, thank you for reading, and for your kind comments. You see this as a positive post....! Bless you!! Lone hawks, murders of crows. Why not, Niko? Why not Niko visiting you via the feathered friends?
carolkean
HiveGarden
3y
RE: Hive Gardeners are My People
LOL, I see now that my image did NOT get hyperlinked. Make a liar outta me... There's so much that I left out of that post, yet far too much is in it already. So here's the link, for whomsoever cares to
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