tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937211191284874151.post1729492782282264675..comments2023-10-31T08:09:25.281-07:00Comments on T.: DigressionT. http://www.blogger.com/profile/16509409207991963533noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937211191284874151.post-80020085375113260792010-06-07T09:32:26.606-07:002010-06-07T09:32:26.606-07:00I love the 'smudge pots', too - and everyt...I love the 'smudge pots', too - and everything about this post, esp. the grand gesture in your concluding line, T!Claire Beynonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005365677016923903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937211191284874151.post-32450136468387398912010-06-07T08:06:09.357-07:002010-06-07T08:06:09.357-07:00It was heartening to see grasses growing between t...It was heartening to see grasses growing between the aisles of the apple trees. Were those white clover flowers or some other? More nectar sources for the bees, as well as the apple blossoms.<br /><br />Presumably the apple blossom period has already come and gone? Were there a lot of bees?<br /><br />Love, C.Foxessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754083123669916994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937211191284874151.post-14065784108807752132010-06-06T19:54:30.734-07:002010-06-06T19:54:30.734-07:00Love the smudgepots!Love the smudgepots!Sean Bentleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02777191262417995366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937211191284874151.post-15147752402309303322010-06-06T13:50:52.311-07:002010-06-06T13:50:52.311-07:00what a lovely post. i grew up around orchards: ch...what a lovely post. i grew up around orchards: cherry,plum, apple. great places for children to play if they're not spraying!Taradharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17665801586196931603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937211191284874151.post-75583658641245164352010-06-06T10:27:46.941-07:002010-06-06T10:27:46.941-07:00It was nice and hot. I liked the feel of my skin b...It was nice and hot. I liked the feel of my skin baking.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937211191284874151.post-57204399549387149032010-06-06T09:21:25.177-07:002010-06-06T09:21:25.177-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.T. https://www.blogger.com/profile/16509409207991963533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937211191284874151.post-71127226297913096192010-06-06T09:21:23.221-07:002010-06-06T09:21:23.221-07:00Cro, smudge pots are an oil-burning device that we...Cro, smudge pots are an oil-burning device that were used to literally heat up the orchards when an early or late frost was feared.<br /><br />Susan, thank-you! Washington is a spectacularly beautiful place. In about an hour's drive one can travel from temperate rainforest (ferns growing high up in trees, moss everywhere) to the scrub sage desert. I've done this trip my whole life and the drama of it has yet to be anything less than thrilling.T. https://www.blogger.com/profile/16509409207991963533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937211191284874151.post-56909428597323338172010-06-06T06:22:45.860-07:002010-06-06T06:22:45.860-07:00oh, i love this post...wonderful, tactile informat...oh, i love this post...wonderful, tactile information about a landscape that i dont know. (i have a new friend in my life who grew up in Wash , and he talks about the woods, the mountains, and the desert of his home state...my pores are alert to the smells, images, sounds of this enticing frontier!)susan t. landryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454487318141469849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-937211191284874151.post-59113622222173213702010-06-05T22:05:09.829-07:002010-06-05T22:05:09.829-07:00Goodness knows what 'Smudge Pots' are??? B...Goodness knows what 'Smudge Pots' are??? But do get your cousin to put them indoors, they look like future antiques to me. Lamp bases perhaps!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com