Baldur

He was kind enough to deflect a rainstorm one day so that instead of ruining a cookout it passed harmlessly to our South.
Baldur didn't watch closely as there was potato salad that needed mixing but Derby put his black robes over his clothing, grabbed a small velvet pouch out of his knapsack and walked out to the middle of my lawn.
He raised both hands and stood there appearing tro pray for quite some time. 30 minutes later patches of blue sky began to appear.

Baldur

-p =doubt

Radio Baldur has just passed the 1100 comment mark!

Baldur

-there +their in comment #1094

marius

Ah - dinner in the belly and curiosity about witchyosities being satisfied! (generous smile and contented sigh)

sheftali52

For marius: "She put the lime in the coconut, she drank them both up." For Baldur: your outfit yesterday, as described, was rather dapper.

sheftali52

Baldur would be enchanted with the architect Sarah Susanka, judging from his comment about Chateau Baldur: "flowing traffic patterns". Susanka has some eclectic ideas about homes, which Sheftali likes. Susanka's mantra of "The Not So Big House" appeals to Sheftali on many levels. Homes should be lived in, and contain only those things that are beautiful, or useful, or both. Sheftali, alas, has a long way to go to achieve that goal.

Baldur

Sheftali

One of the tenets of the Arts & crafts movement was 'have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.'
Does that sound familiar?

Baldur has read several of Sarah Susanka's books and enjoyed them thoroughly.

Baldur

Baldur also lives with Robert who's sense of style does not always agree with mine own. That can be a challenge.
He owns many things that I find neither useful or beautiful.
That is why the gods gave us attics and closets.

marius

Have not read SS books but follow that theory - in general. And, now know what we have attics and closets! How was the luncheon and also, what happened with the nasty wound? Brown recluse or not?

marius

For Sheftali - thanks re Lime and coconut. Have not had that mixture for ages, but sounds good to sip while enjoying some "galactic grazing."

For Baldur - apparently even when the host is off the air, the radio show goes on. Would you tell us more about your garden - have all the same flowers you mentioned (forget where) except basptisia. You did say you have that, yes? thought it only grew in the great plains prairies.

marius

baptisia ... and even when clam, that's how things come out at times so I give up on splleing correctiosn fmro own on. : )

Baldur

The luncheon was quite nice, Baldur of course had the eggplant as a main course. Somehow however printed out placecards for each person with their predetermined menu selection on it.
The somehow managed Baldur's difficult surname, but my entree choice became:
'Egg Plant Parm'.
Baldur can quite understand the abbreviation of the last word, but in all my years always took that particular vegetable to consist of but one word.
'Eggplant'
Heavens, I have the same reaction when traveling and see a roadsign that says:
No. Providence, No. Dakota or 'Rt 95 No' (Baldur has actually never been near enough to the Dakotas to witness that sign, but I believe with all my soul that it must exist).
The Abbreviation for North is 'N', South gets a simple 'S'. Gosh darn it I live in a state that made it's money seafaring, usually in the slave trade but I don't wish to tread that topic this evening. Has no one here seen a a compass?
Last I heard 'No' was the abbreviation for the word 'number'. Do not ask Baldur why that should be, but it is.
I just think of the millions of dollars our highway departments spend on that extra vowel. Sigh.

Baldur

+y =they

Baldur

that was a mess, precede that correction with -how +one =someone

Baldur

the could use some of the money to change the abbreviation of 'route' from 'RT' to 'Rte' which would be correct.

Baldur

While some of my plants were found nearby Baldur also adds to his garden from catalogs. The Baptisia was a nice addition

Baldur

The nasty wound is much less nasty, though still swollen.
The color has improved and the whole area is now itchy.
It occured to Baldur today whilst getting stabbed in the hand by barberry thorns that I toured a tropical plant greenhouse on my way home last Sunday.
Whatever bit me could indeed have been lurking in the banana palms.

Baldur

Baldur is almost tempted to stop correcting his own spelling but his gentle readers would think the less of him.
So +y =they

marius

Wouldn't think a thing less if you didn't correct your spelling. Believe it or not, my dyslexic mind has "auto=correct" so I don't even notice spelling mistakes. ha ha ha.

Baldur

What else can I say?
The black hollyhocks are in full bloom right now, quite a sight in the blazing sun. The Prickley pears are also buried in blossoms this week.
It's quite amazing how prolific they are.
The daylilies planted in the horrid soil across the street are starting to open. Eventually they will transform that mess into a flowering show that will last all summer.