tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post608944631325032733..comments2024-03-27T16:19:53.023+00:00Comments on Friko's World: February in the GardenFrikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-89994177444445712872010-02-23T12:16:24.064+00:002010-02-23T12:16:24.064+00:00A very nice post. All of it is so interesting. I...A very nice post. All of it is so interesting. It looks like spring starts earlier in your part of the globe. Although sometime we get forsythia and snowdrops this time of year. (Not this winter though.)Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-7538395355010450512010-02-12T04:46:14.168+00:002010-02-12T04:46:14.168+00:00It's so lovely to see your photographs of flow...It's so lovely to see your photographs of flowers. Here is the desert of Arizona we're not sure what spring will bring. We need winter rains to bring the spring flowers but this winter they were erratic and late so we'll just have to wait and see. Some years are magnificent and some years quite flowerless. I used to live where there was lots of snow and ice and think the anon advice karinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18168012252053900809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-83607610881465685762010-02-12T01:54:08.027+00:002010-02-12T01:54:08.027+00:00HI Friko
Yes I lived in Christchurch, New Zealand...HI Friko<br /><br />Yes I lived in Christchurch, New Zealand until we moved to the North Island before jumping the Tasman to live in Au - see my reply to you in my comments today on the walk to Little Cove post...Delwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813713107604750354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-39709926982567889402010-02-11T13:48:31.274+00:002010-02-11T13:48:31.274+00:00Margaret Pangert - Lovely to hear from you again...Margaret Pangert - Lovely to hear from you again. Yes, We hear about your snow too, it's just been on the news. Keep cosy.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-54591795303549249292010-02-11T02:01:27.297+00:002010-02-11T02:01:27.297+00:00The snowdrops are beautiful! We have no spring te...The snowdrops are beautiful! We have no spring teasings here; in fact, another blizzard today! We are planting sunflower seeds and castor beans in peat cups and letting them sprout indoors.Margaret Pangerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09995968579194433270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-68542961900937824642010-02-10T18:42:52.956+00:002010-02-10T18:42:52.956+00:00mollygolver - I keep looking for signs of spring...mollygolver - I keep looking for signs of spring everywhere too, but there's not a lot to see yet.<br /><br />Shattered - I've had enough of it too, but it'll be with us for a while yet.<br /><br />her at home - some of the other finches are getting very bright too; the birds are getting ready.<br /><br />Darlene - it's so sad when that happens. I am not looking forward toFrikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-32657365772623458952010-02-10T12:29:38.504+00:002010-02-10T12:29:38.504+00:00We saw a male bullfinch at Wipso's on Monday -...We saw a male bullfinch at Wipso's on Monday - such a glorious coral chest!Twiglethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851717329658611598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-762137752591162822010-02-10T11:54:24.786+00:002010-02-10T11:54:24.786+00:00Those early flowers are beautiful and so welcome a...Those early flowers are beautiful and so welcome at this time of year which can be so bleak. <br /><br />How lucky you are to have bullfinches - although I suppose they are a nuisance in some respects if you have fruit trees. But are they not the most handsome birds?mountainearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15977393968796316843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-9157194533144037932010-02-10T10:07:31.968+00:002010-02-10T10:07:31.968+00:00Those bullfinches are beeeeeautiful! I liked the a...Those bullfinches are beeeeeautiful! I liked the advice in the last snow poem, too. Very sage.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10892637441668897411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-22327444869672626122010-02-10T00:46:51.220+00:002010-02-10T00:46:51.220+00:00What handsome birds! And now I feel in such need ...What handsome birds! And now I feel in such need of daphne and snow drops. Neither are common where I live -- I shall have to find out if they'll thrive.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-59495698736259274472010-02-10T00:41:53.878+00:002010-02-10T00:41:53.878+00:00You are a born teacher, Friko. I write this becau...You are a born teacher, Friko. I write this because you always help to see something, some place, some person that I cannot see for myself. Thank you for being so generous.<br /><br />The end of your post with the tale of Elizabeth taking shelter in a snow hole is such an example. I am reading this while the television weather forecaster tells me that we are in for a blizzard that will being Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-49746096111831941982010-02-09T23:55:54.819+00:002010-02-09T23:55:54.819+00:00The fragrance of Daphne hanging in the morning air...The fragrance of Daphne hanging in the morning air is delightful. I always smell it before I see it. I loved the reminder of the finches too.English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-15775931836808936372010-02-09T23:46:51.663+00:002010-02-09T23:46:51.663+00:00Hi Friko
it must be wonderful to see the emergenc...Hi Friko<br /><br />it must be wonderful to see the emergence of spring after that cold snowy winter. Your photos are poignant for me, coming as I did from the cooler climes of CHCH, in NZ, where your vegetation was familiar.<br /><br />Happy warmer daysDelwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813713107604750354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-52430043258972363762010-02-09T23:07:47.698+00:002010-02-09T23:07:47.698+00:00stuck down a hole in the snow with nothing but snu...stuck down a hole in the snow with nothing but snuff?!! hmmmmm. i'm in!!! stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-61114961883289237132010-02-09T22:49:46.949+00:002010-02-09T22:49:46.949+00:00Thanks for the beautiful pictures. I do love natur...Thanks for the beautiful pictures. I do love nature, but can no longer garden so it's nice to see the results of the labor of others.Darlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18373134676852496647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-72764416820996059572010-02-09T20:54:15.029+00:002010-02-09T20:54:15.029+00:00we have bullfinches a plenty and their waistcoats ...we have bullfinches a plenty and their waistcoats are startling red this year against the bleak landscape. No flowers yet just mud alas!her at homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553181592011484686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-35559332706255597022010-02-09T20:09:46.544+00:002010-02-09T20:09:46.544+00:00Thank you for a beautiful preview to spring. This...Thank you for a beautiful preview to spring. This winter has gone on too long...Shatteredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03522971021773946033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-36224739498869520282010-02-09T19:42:54.686+00:002010-02-09T19:42:54.686+00:00I love this post Friko. I think I could spend the ...I love this post Friko. I think I could spend the rest of my life looking at and breathing in the fragrance of some flowers. Winter does seem to have subsided a little here and today I noticed a wee blue primrose bud starting to poke through in the sandstone trough outside my back door.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.com