Comments on: I’m a Bitter Elitist! http://politicook.net/2008/04/15/im-a-bitter-elitist/ Food for the Progressive Soul Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:36:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Asinus Asinum Fricat http://politicook.net/2008/04/15/im-a-bitter-elitist/comment-page-1/#comment-695 Asinus Asinum Fricat Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:19:45 +0000 http://politicook.net/2008/04/15/im-a-bitter-elitist/#comment-695 Same here, we're having a wonderful spring, still cold for the bees, but hopefully the Nordic winds will eventually stop. Last year we planted 40 apple trees so we should see if the bees are coming back when they flower. Same here, we’re having a wonderful spring, still cold for the bees, but hopefully the Nordic winds will eventually stop. Last year we planted 40 apple trees so we should see if the bees are coming back when they flower.

]]> By: drchelo http://politicook.net/2008/04/15/im-a-bitter-elitist/comment-page-1/#comment-693 drchelo Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:15:56 +0000 http://politicook.net/2008/04/15/im-a-bitter-elitist/#comment-693 Today, I noted the first of my lovely, fat, stumbly bumbly bees flirting with my Jupiter's beard - which fortunately grows as an invasive in most parts of the US, which makes it perfect for Dallas climate and clay-bake soil! The evening primroses are invading the beds - and the lawn - nicely, as are the "butter-and-eggs". These are also very bee-and-butterfly friendly. The hummingbird vines are greening up beautifully, and the lavender is blooming. So, I hope that my mason bees will burrow out from their underground hidey-holes by May. Spring is good time of year in Texas. Today, I noted the first of my lovely, fat, stumbly bumbly bees flirting with my Jupiter’s beard – which fortunately grows as an invasive in most parts of the US, which makes it perfect for Dallas climate and clay-bake soil!
The evening primroses are invading the beds – and the lawn – nicely, as are the “butter-and-eggs”. These are also very bee-and-butterfly friendly.
The hummingbird vines are greening up beautifully, and the lavender is blooming. So, I hope that my mason bees will burrow out from their underground hidey-holes by May.
Spring is good time of year in Texas.

]]> By: Anne Hawley http://politicook.net/2008/04/15/im-a-bitter-elitist/comment-page-1/#comment-641 Anne Hawley Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:29:41 +0000 http://politicook.net/2008/04/15/im-a-bitter-elitist/#comment-641 "White" noise is right. Goes well with the white bread, the white sugar, and the white hydrogenated fat in the diets of the braindead people they're talking to. “White” noise is right. Goes well with the white bread, the white sugar, and the white hydrogenated fat in the diets of the braindead people they’re talking to.

]]> By: Asinus Asinum Fricat http://politicook.net/2008/04/15/im-a-bitter-elitist/comment-page-1/#comment-639 Asinus Asinum Fricat Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:25:27 +0000 http://politicook.net/2008/04/15/im-a-bitter-elitist/#comment-639 Yes, the incessant white noise coming from idiots such as Hannity & O'Reilly must be really dumbing down the average elitist ;0) Yes, the incessant white noise coming from idiots such as Hannity & O’Reilly must be really dumbing down the average elitist ;0)

]]> By: Anne Hawley http://politicook.net/2008/04/15/im-a-bitter-elitist/comment-page-1/#comment-637 Anne Hawley Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:22:32 +0000 http://politicook.net/2008/04/15/im-a-bitter-elitist/#comment-637 I meant to add: I'm a bitter elitist too. But not so bitter that I think cat-poo coffee is a good idea. I meant to add: I’m a bitter elitist too. But not so bitter that I think cat-poo coffee is a good idea.

]]> By: Anne Hawley http://politicook.net/2008/04/15/im-a-bitter-elitist/comment-page-1/#comment-636 Anne Hawley Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:21:51 +0000 http://politicook.net/2008/04/15/im-a-bitter-elitist/#comment-636 Here in the US Pacific Northwest, winter has lingered unduly, and our gray skies have barely budged to reveal the sun since October. So when the sun finally did come out in the last few days, the change was dramatic. The whole world outside my door smelled like flowers (and I live in the heart of a good-sized city). My yard was alive with hundreds and hundreds of bees. I'm afraid most of them were hornets, unfortunately. Anyway, the neighborhood is loaded with flowering trees, and if I can smell them, I'm betting so can the bees. I've got a couple of massive flowering shrubs coming into bloom now (a hedge of Otto Luykens laurels and a ginormous ceanothus). Lots of lavender on the way. I'm sure the hornets will be delighted! :-) Here in the US Pacific Northwest, winter has lingered unduly, and our gray skies have barely budged to reveal the sun since October.

So when the sun finally did come out in the last few days, the change was dramatic. The whole world outside my door smelled like flowers (and I live in the heart of a good-sized city). My yard was alive with hundreds and hundreds of bees.

I’m afraid most of them were hornets, unfortunately.

Anyway, the neighborhood is loaded with flowering trees, and if I can smell them, I’m betting so can the bees. I’ve got a couple of massive flowering shrubs coming into bloom now (a hedge of Otto Luykens laurels and a ginormous ceanothus). Lots of lavender on the way.

I’m sure the hornets will be delighted! :-)

]]> By: Asinus Asinum Fricat http://politicook.net/2008/04/15/im-a-bitter-elitist/comment-page-1/#comment-632 Asinus Asinum Fricat Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:11:41 +0000 http://politicook.net/2008/04/15/im-a-bitter-elitist/#comment-632 Plant away! Lots of flowers, trees, grasses....it's all good. Plant away! Lots of flowers, trees, grasses….it’s all good.

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