tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193860341876403275.post1990699767666901739..comments2023-10-10T10:11:26.749-05:00Comments on ANDY'S PLACE...: We have a wiener!Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10945901944078164054noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193860341876403275.post-40809238866345074712010-10-14T10:09:54.981-05:002010-10-14T10:09:54.981-05:00The tipping of scales is a time-honored tradition ...The tipping of scales is a time-honored tradition in the Big Easy.Moogie Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05665429537064900337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193860341876403275.post-11788305988059564622010-10-13T15:56:54.182-05:002010-10-13T15:56:54.182-05:00Innno, you may be right. The quince down south he...Innno, you may be right. The quince down south here are gorgeous when they bloom in the Spring. <br /><br />But, it's likely that it's not cold at the proper time. We did have a very cold early Spring, which turned to an extremely hot Spring overnight. That could be why I've never seen the fruit.<br /><br />Moogie, I have seen Japonica. So, I went and Goobled. There is one japonica that resembles the bloom of a quince, but the image search shows about a zillion different kinds.<br /><br />The place I grew up on here in NW Louisiana had about 8 big quince bushes, and they all looked like the one in that picture...spiky (and kinda toxic) limbs, and reddish blooms.<br /><br />And, seein' it's you axing, I will try to come up with another quiz so you can win sumpin'. I will try to come up with something that an Arkie/Crescent City Dweller might know that an Okie like Staci will not...kinda tip the scales in wannabe Queen Moogie's favor, if you know what I mean.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945901944078164054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193860341876403275.post-85981612146389876172010-10-13T15:09:48.589-05:002010-10-13T15:09:48.589-05:00I thought quince was a yankee fruit. Martha Stewa...I thought quince was a yankee fruit. Martha Stewart does things with them from time to time.<br /><br />Does the bush look like japonica? My grandmother had a prickly bush she called japonica but I don't remember fruit.<br /><br />Okay -- you have to give us another chance to win the crown and scepter. Living in New Orleans, I already have a mantle. And a tiara. But a tiara ain't a <i>crown!</i>Moogie Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05665429537064900337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193860341876403275.post-19129288425360612692010-10-13T14:43:27.646-05:002010-10-13T14:43:27.646-05:00Curiosity made me wikipedia this quince thing. Sa...Curiosity made me wikipedia this quince thing. Says they need a cold period of 7 degrees C in order to flower properly (and hence bear fruit). I betcha it doesn't often get that cold down there in LA at the right time.<br /><br />So "global warming", oops I mean "global climate change", oops I mean "whatever they're calling it today" must be at work here.innominatushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08365636738022339985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193860341876403275.post-18057841454349021632010-10-13T09:11:22.517-05:002010-10-13T09:11:22.517-05:00Staci, get you one. I grew up with these things a...Staci, get you one. I grew up with these things all over the place.<br /><br />But, be very careful mowing around them, they are very sharp. <br /><br />Heck, my Momma used to make us go cut a quince switch to take our whippings...dang, those things sting like bees on the back of your legs.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945901944078164054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193860341876403275.post-48237463996066488262010-10-13T08:57:22.193-05:002010-10-13T08:57:22.193-05:00Yay! Me!
That's a darned pretty bush. Now...Yay! Me! <br /><br />That's a darned pretty bush. Now I want one. To remind me of my VICTORY!!Stacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09853546274996763802noreply@blogger.com