Oh oh! I saw this today in the news and thought of you!
Crazy Coconut Tree for sale

posted by kassetra at 2:06 am (EST) on May 1, 2008

Awwww, thanks!!!! :D

How nice it feels to be thought of. *hugs*

I do that all the time, I'm afraid: I post heavily in this or other forums (fora?) and then I disappear for a while, and then come back again. Same with e-mails, I'm awful with them :(

But I'm here, I'm OK :D Thanks for thinking of me :)

Tess

posted by Delirium9 at 1:40 pm (EST) on Mar 19, 2008

No, not at all! Go ahead and post it!
I'm sure I'm not alone in wanting to see it.
:o)

posted by clamairy at 2:42 pm (EST) on Mar 6, 2008

Hugh, I received your emails today and thank you for your offer however I think I will decline. I am very careful about addresses, etc.

posted by maggie1944 at 9:34 am (EST) on Jan 21, 2008

A day late. . . but herewith declare a FULL birthday weekend. . . have a happy time!

posted by Esta1923 at 5:36 pm (EST) on Jan 19, 2008

No problem. In fact, please start a thread if I do appear to have missed a birthday. It doesn't really matter who starts them, I just prefer to have single threads. For example, I plan to post a Johnny Depp picture for littlegeek, and that might not be appropriate/fitting for the other two people.

posted by clamairy at 2:46 pm (EST) on Jan 8, 2008

Thanks for the info, and also for making me one of your contacts. Friends pictures, the next best thing to being there! May the New Year find you blessed. :)

posted by MrsLee at 4:24 pm (EST) on Dec 31, 2007

You are most welcome!
:o)

posted by clamairy at 9:42 am (EST) on Dec 31, 2007

I used this:

< img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2321/2145940729_47f50c3701_o.jpg" >

with no spaces after the < or before the >

posted by clamairy at 9:40 pm (EST) on Dec 30, 2007

Yes, there is. You can post it somewhere on the web (I use http://www.flickr.com/ ) and then all you have to do is post the file in the Dragon using the link, like this:

< IMG SRC="http://www.whatever.com/image.jpg" >

But close up the space after the < and before the > .

posted by clamairy at 9:17 am (EST) on Dec 29, 2007

Merry Christmas Hugh, bet the weather here in Portugal is as good as yours - but I'm off to murky England - if the planes can land!

Gerald

posted by botanica at 1:06 pm (EST) on Dec 24, 2007

Thank you Hugh, for the note and kind thoughts, how does one "curry" turkey?

posted by MrsLee at 11:29 am (EST) on Dec 12, 2007

I never thanked you for your kind comment! All the nice things people wrote in the GD really meant a lot in that crazy last week. I never knew you could get so attached to a kitty.
I'm really glad he's doing so well now. You can really feel the difference although he is still recovering.

So, thanks again!

posted by Thalia at 5:03 pm (EST) on Nov 27, 2007

Thank you for your kind words in The Green Dragon
:o)

posted by clamairy at 3:33 pm (EST) on Nov 23, 2007

Well, my gut reaction to the "ubuntu" (which certainly does sound like what Tim's after, as you define it!) was "that must be where they got the name of the linux distro..." so without context people will either say "what the heck is that" or "linux? huh?" It looks like you're relatively new to LT, but in the past Tim has occasionally erred on the side of clever rather than clear feature names (like "pssst" for Suggestions, and "joy" for Tools) and he may be wanting to avoid a similar issue.

Your tag cloud is fascinating, by the way -- too bad I know nothing about plants!

posted by lorax at 2:07 pm (EST) on Oct 4, 2007

See you share my enthusaism for ephemera. (Including my home town of Canterbury.) I spend quite a bit of time poking about private archives whilst researching gardenmakers, how glad I am when I stumble across theatre tickets, menus, and pamphlets: amongst bills, receipts, and tax returns! I catalogued a book on mediaeval coinage yesterday - there you were too [I'm not expert on that, an oddball in my collection].

Gerald

posted by botanica at 4:43 pm (EST) on Sep 24, 2007

Sabor de Goa: cozinha indo-portuguesa by Maria Fernanda Noronha da Costa e Sousa

Sorry its in Portuguese. But if that's OK I can try to get you one.

Gerald

posted by botanica at 7:00 am (EST) on Sep 21, 2007

Hugh,

Thanks for all you help and interest. I have sent an email to Prof. Musselman and received a quick reply. I've already planted (modern) wheat and vines in a children's botanic garden in Funchal "Madeira Magic". Date Palms also grow well in another of my gardens, so I think that at sea level the climate should prove quite suitable.

Just back from Porto Santo, but still in Funchal, I shan't get home 'til the week-end. I think I have a Goan Portuguese Cook book at home, but I have not finished adding all food books to my catalogue. Will be sure to add it. Macau must have books too, but I don't have anything. Take a look at vaneska's staggering collection of cook books. If she doen't have it, then likely it doesn't exist! See link on my interesting libraries.

again thank you for your help,

Gerald

posted by botanica at 6:06 pm (EST) on Sep 19, 2007

Hugh,

Must check out that recipe book. You're right the penguin book is a bore. I was just surprised to see a Portuguese connection. Of course Mozambique was an obvious connection. Regarding Bible gardens this stems from a recent conversation with the Anglican Chaplin at Funchal where I have made many sub-tropical gardens. I imagine the climate is not so far from Durban - hence my problem! Well there are a few olive trees, so maybe it will not be so difficult. I suppose the climate is somewhere in between.

Currently I am making a 15,000 m2 garden on Porto Santo - an Atlantic desert island. Guess I will be pulling out my books on succulents.

Have you seen Jaarveld's recent book on Plectranthus? This will provide inspiration for gardens where I live,

Gerald,

Sintra, Portugal

posted by botanica at 4:31 pm (EST) on Sep 18, 2007

Just a quick question. You have two books on bible gardens. Would you recommend either (or both) for such a garden in Madeira?

posted by botanica at 3:28 am (EST) on Sep 18, 2007

With only 15 books in common we don't even register on similar libraries. But I discovered you through Reynolds "Aloes of South Africa". Portuguese Cookery and the Joy of Cooking show another affinity. I love to cook. I bought the latter when studying in US, Portuguese cooking is home cooking nowdays!

I've added you to my favorite libraries, I shall enjoy looking over your collection.

Gerald
Portugal

posted by botanica at 3:24 am (EST) on Sep 18, 2007

Hi,

I'm not looking very seriously, actually -- was just browsing through curiosity. I should probably cook some more recipes from the books I've already got first!

I envy you your freshwater algae field guide, BTW!

Thanks,
Laura

posted by perodicticus at 4:34 am (EST) on Sep 17, 2007