tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2044945947832003194.post7656657845407416743..comments2023-06-26T02:22:06.758-07:00Comments on Ganeida's Knots: Once there were flowers.Ganeidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17176246964466185315noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2044945947832003194.post-33048152669624555962009-05-23T05:52:37.745-07:002009-05-23T05:52:37.745-07:00I should look at what I write. Not mad, but made. ...I should look at what I write. Not mad, but made. : )Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13915962999372304054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2044945947832003194.post-30633116423287766982009-05-23T05:51:50.184-07:002009-05-23T05:51:50.184-07:00This mad me sad. Not only for you and your country...This mad me sad. Not only for you and your country, but for ll of us.Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13915962999372304054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2044945947832003194.post-67490797138837480942009-05-22T04:26:18.262-07:002009-05-22T04:26:18.262-07:00It's sad that mankind leaves no room for delicate ...It's sad that mankind leaves no room for delicate beauty. On a different spectrum, I think of America when it was first "discovered" by the Europeans. All of the vast wildlife and flora, no wonder they were mesmerized! Now, we have small pockets preserved so that it's not gone forever. Still, I wonder at what has already been lost that we never even had knowledge of.<br />ConnieConstancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15748558090320737035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2044945947832003194.post-79860846954922290172009-05-21T18:08:09.163-07:002009-05-21T18:08:09.163-07:00I love God's world rather than man's world, too. I...I love God's world rather than man's world, too. It's one great thing about living out here - we won't get built out, as it's farming country!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2044945947832003194.post-65772924510374520872009-05-21T16:56:12.067-07:002009-05-21T16:56:12.067-07:00I loved reading you reminisce about your home and ...I loved reading you reminisce about your home and I'm quite naive to the entire region. Thanks for the glimpse of the flowers and it is so sad when all around us changes--where I grew up not too far from here as well. Your last sentence is quite beautiful to me: "I would rather a sea of wildflowers than anything a man could make."Jan Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642571561383445699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2044945947832003194.post-10356249357908424762009-05-21T12:39:56.302-07:002009-05-21T12:39:56.302-07:00Diane: You have kittens?! I'm on my way!
Br...Diane: You have kittens?! I'm on my way!<br /><br />Britwife:I feel for you. We don't have a lot of farmland but what we do have has gone under the developers' hammer ~ which is so stupid. If we put housing on every available bit of farmland where will we grow our crops?<br /><br />Seeking: There is a happy medium. It is not necessary to cut down every tree & take 6" of topsoil off every block for development. It's not necessary to put in lawn at the expense of native grasses & wildflowers. I understand people want to live somewhere nice but then they should take care of it appropriately ~ which is biblical, natch?<br /><br />Too true Mrs Darling ~ & it aint a'coming back in this world.<br /><br />MrsC: Yep. I think it's sad but I'm considered more than a little odd. I wouldn't let the man who owned the blocks around us to cut down his own deadwood because the kingfishers were feeding on the termites & the osprey were nesting in them. lol<br /><br />Birbitt: it was very beautiful & no~one around us cared so it all went. We have a big block here but we have never felt it was enough & we kept as many trees as we could & let it rejunenate but it has taken years & I was furious in the beginning because all our topsoil had been nicked. I had to start by making soil & buying soil & it is never the same. The small native wildflowers won't grow in it.Ganeidahttp://ganeidasknot.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2044945947832003194.post-61690001323733143532009-05-21T10:59:51.578-07:002009-05-21T10:59:51.578-07:00I can only imagine how beautiful that must have be...I can only imagine how beautiful that must have been for you as I'm not familiar with many of those plants. However, I too understand the sadness that comes with watching such beauty disappear. My own hometown is very much like that, slowly disappearing each year until someday I'm sure there will be nothing left. <br /><br />One day when we finally choose a place to be our permanent home I will take the time to plant, nurture, and grow the beautiful plants that I remember so fondly. Thanks for making me remember the fragile nature of the beauty around us, so many times it's forgotten or taken for granted.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05908763126393633050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2044945947832003194.post-7188914429364420812009-05-21T09:39:52.419-07:002009-05-21T09:39:52.419-07:00Sigh. That's so sad, Ganeida.Sigh. That's so sad, Ganeida.Happy Elf Mom (Christine)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15047347624037697311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2044945947832003194.post-4320035932006105152009-05-21T09:26:33.065-07:002009-05-21T09:26:33.065-07:00I miss the woods I roamed in as a girl. Time is re...I miss the woods I roamed in as a girl. Time is relentless.Mrs. Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12911621891840832728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2044945947832003194.post-49776847210104741222009-05-21T07:23:53.364-07:002009-05-21T07:23:53.364-07:00These are the strange ironies:
We want to live wer...These are the strange ironies:<br />We want to live were man's footprint is not, yet in doing so we set our own footprints for other people to follow. <br />When we are present to observe the diminishing of nature due to man's encroachment, we are part of the reason for it happening.seekingmyLordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03242380845994448311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2044945947832003194.post-37195593574272214652009-05-21T06:53:05.693-07:002009-05-21T06:53:05.693-07:00We are saddened by the urban sprawl here in Minnes...We are saddened by the urban sprawl here in Minnesota - our county has been growing and growing at alarming rates. The farmers have been selling out to developers. However with the economy being so bad - it has slowed down. That is one plus side to this bad economy, I guess. I hate seeing the fields turned into suburbs. I'm sure that we are losing native plants - just as you described. It breaks my heart.Britwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123997340814318068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2044945947832003194.post-73128479183969985652009-05-21T06:46:05.414-07:002009-05-21T06:46:05.414-07:00hey girl! guess what's happening at our house this...hey girl! guess what's happening at our house this morning???Diane Shifferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03449110271720365988noreply@blogger.com