tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325768748891153243.post5697515575524017747..comments2023-11-03T05:46:06.038-07:00Comments on Michigoose's gander at quilts & life: Thank Goodness there's no Smell-o-vision!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15140675211931598431noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325768748891153243.post-4931083827039746392012-03-28T13:54:54.959-07:002012-03-28T13:54:54.959-07:00I wondered what those stinky flowers were! Last ye...I wondered what those stinky flowers were! Last year a friend and I were walking to lunch and decided to sniff the flowers on the trees along the way (we thought they'd be sweet like crabapples, but for sure not!<br /><br />Our redbuds are already in bloom here in West Michigan. Normally a late April, early May flower. We're worried about the fruit trees, too.<br />Vicky FVicky Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13580450164312941983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325768748891153243.post-52752042123430271062012-03-22T17:11:07.342-07:002012-03-22T17:11:07.342-07:00lol...then I guess you really enjoy Catalpa trees!...lol...then I guess you really enjoy Catalpa trees! Graham Hood, the director of the Department of Collections (antiques, not money coming in) at Colonial Williamsburg who was the head of my program called them the most oriental of trees because of their wonderful shapes, the gorgeous flowers, then the long seed pods...<br /><br />I love my red buds and when I can wrestle a volunteer out of the bed where I had to cut down one, I replant it....I now have three trees here thanks to that lovely tree....and they're going to be in full bloom tomorrow I think...Usually, they wait until about April 30 here. I'm just hoping we don't get a freeze. If we do, the fruit crop is doomed. Some farmers are talking of planting corn now....hard to believe.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15140675211931598431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5325768748891153243.post-26879492097749427852012-03-22T06:12:56.341-07:002012-03-22T06:12:56.341-07:00I hate bradford pears too. For the reasons you me...I hate bradford pears too. For the reasons you mention, but also because they're so symmetrical. Give me a lopsided redbud any day of the week. (My husband thinks this is the most unreasonable reason to hate something that he's ever heard.)Kathleen Loomishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05930922068379938756noreply@blogger.com