Birding and other pleasures and aggravations, in Berkeley and beyond, by Ron Sullivan.
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Sometimes I get color-hungry,
especially at this time of year when the grasses are all drabbed out and nothing much is blooming in the Real World.
So I walked over to the Ashby Flea Market
and took some shots
there
and on the way.
Click on them and go to All Sizes to enlarge.
Posted by: Ron Sullivan
3 | By: Patrick on September 12, 2008 at 06:31 AM
I loved my marbles too, then I lost them all. (Back to lurk…)
4 | By: Narya on September 12, 2008 at 08:23 AM
On of most favorite jigsaw puzzles ever was of marbles. And the pieces were irregularly shaped. It was also the most difficult puzzle, by far. I actually have two of it, still, because I had purchased it and then received it as a gift.
Personally, I covet the fabrics and clothes.
5 | By: VS on September 12, 2008 at 08:28 AM
“And, in a startling about-face, today, the administration FOUND its marbles.“—a paraphrase of, I believe, Chevy Chase as the newscaster on SNL, back in the 80’s
No color? Nothing blooming? Tell that to my garden! The one squash vine I permitted to grow is taking over—but it isn’t squash. Big yellow flowers turn into oval grayish-green mysteries, fuzzy until they pass large kiwi-fruit size. I thought they were Italian squash hybrids, but no. They seem to be cucumbers! If you let them get much beyond large kiwi-fruit size, the delicate skin begins to harden. A friend of mine wants me to let them grow, certain they are actually melons. Do melon plants climb up things?
The tomatoes soldier on, despite the weird weather. I still have no idea where the oval ones came from. They aren’t plum tomatoes, just oval and very sweet. The cherry tomatoes and the occasional large round one are more understandable. I planted some of each last year and these plants are volunteers.
I have my doubts about the lifespan of the bean seedlings and the peas seem to have given up. That last week of unseasonably warm weather must have discouraged them. Ah, well, the chives and sorrel are still growing like mad things, the dill set to seed some time back, and the lemons are starting up again finally.
Lotsa color here, in fact! I’ll try to get you a photo of the mystery veg - I suspect you two will know exactly what it is.
6 | By: Ron Sullivan on September 12, 2008 at 08:52 PM
Melons grow on vines, and vines do whateverthehell they please IME. And the classic solution for melons is to support the fruit with old stockings (or pantryhose) tied onto whatever support the vine’s growing on.
And, y’know, it’s all relatives.
For those who don’t know VS: the stuff she’s talking about, except for the (Meyer!) lemons, is all growing in a raised brick thing about the size of a bathtub.
8 | By: VS on September 14, 2008 at 11:35 AM
More like four bathtubs, I think, and I can’t take any of the credit. I use Darwinian gardening methods. Every season, I plant the things I would like to have and let them fight it out. The landlord’s auto sprinkler does the watering. I just plant and harvest.
I’m still wondering which is more likely, a cucumber that is oval and greyish green with tiny seeds or a melon that tastes like a cucumber when it’s tiny.
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1 | By: B. Dagger Lee on September 11, 2008 at 06:35 PM
When I was little, I was in love with marbles. Still am, kind of.