tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post4347520820486609372..comments2023-07-04T08:16:28.684-07:00Comments on Kirk Dale: Waiting for the word.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08642768891794895642noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-8529922205836974462017-04-16T04:25:25.814-07:002017-04-16T04:25:25.814-07:00Happy Easter, Kirk!Happy Easter, Kirk!Nadezdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08159291982383302922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-2417428624896842682015-02-25T15:18:56.973-08:002015-02-25T15:18:56.973-08:00Dear Julie,
Welcome to my blog! Thank you for you...Dear Julie,<br />Welcome to my blog! Thank you for your kind comments. Waiting for our 'stuff' is certainly giving a new meaning to the word 'patience'.<br />Bye for now,<br />KirkAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642768891794895642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-40598775084132837172015-02-25T15:17:26.016-08:002015-02-25T15:17:26.016-08:00Dear Mark,
Senator Dirksen seems to have been an ...Dear Mark,<br /><br />Senator Dirksen seems to have been an interesting chap (as I have now discovered). I see that the national flower of the United States is the rose. That is also the flower of England. I think that the US national flower should be something like Quaker Ladies because the rose isn't an American plant but then it is isn't a native English plant either . . . Australia's national flower is the golden wattle. It is a lovely looking plant but I am allergic to this!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642768891794895642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-11397815229819030712015-02-25T04:09:29.814-08:002015-02-25T04:09:29.814-08:00Oh wow. Those pictures are amazing. Waiting is not...Oh wow. Those pictures are amazing. Waiting is not easy, but I'm sure it feels better being surrounded by such beauty!HappinessSavouredHot (Julie Saint-Mleux)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10440062323314751611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-77379693621016741342015-02-24T06:34:46.576-08:002015-02-24T06:34:46.576-08:00Dear Kirk,
Your garden is lovely, and I am remind...Dear Kirk,<br /><br />Your garden is lovely, and I am reminded by your posting that you are experiencing summer as we are experiencing winter.<br /><br />The photo of the marigolds reminded me of an American senator from my childhood, Everett McKinley Dirksen, well loved for his humor and passion. Every year he would stand before the Senate and make a speech extolling the virtues of the marigold, and propose that it be made the national flower. That never happened, I think in part because the other senators looked forward to the next year's speech.Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-66756361608828761682015-02-23T17:05:41.254-08:002015-02-23T17:05:41.254-08:00Thank you Madelief,
I will admit that I like looki...Thank you Madelief,<br />I will admit that I like looking at gardens rather than doing the actual work - especially digging - but that's where AGA comes in! <br />I hope you have a good week too!<br /><br />Kirk xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642768891794895642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-41415997341764238422015-02-23T17:03:53.534-08:002015-02-23T17:03:53.534-08:00Dear Loi,
I love roses. I can't wait to have ...Dear Loi,<br />I love roses. I can't wait to have more space to grow them. I also like growing Chrysanthemums.<br />I am sending you warm thoughts from Melbourne. It is a little cool today being only 18c today but then that would be a balmy day over there in DC at the moment! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642768891794895642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-72084300788729391842015-02-23T17:01:20.537-08:002015-02-23T17:01:20.537-08:00Dear Adrienne,
Thank you for your visit and your k...Dear Adrienne,<br />Thank you for your visit and your kind comments. It is always good to 'see' you, and thank you for that information which I have passed on to Mme O. We used to make huge bottles of scent out of the petals when we were children!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642768891794895642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-245247237136414922015-02-23T16:58:11.931-08:002015-02-23T16:58:11.931-08:00Dear Jim,
Thank you for your good wishes and may t...Dear Jim,<br />Thank you for your good wishes and may they come to fruition!<br />I wonder why one cannot obtain rhubarb in Taiwan. It says in Wikipedia that it originated in China. I love finding out about the origins of things so I am going to check on that in my own books when my library arrives.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642768891794895642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-27800500138622431392015-02-23T16:44:13.889-08:002015-02-23T16:44:13.889-08:00Dear Andrew,
Germany to Melbourne has come with a ...Dear Andrew,<br />Germany to Melbourne has come with a small degree of culture shock however we are acclimatising - slowly. I agree with you regarding the price of lemons. Mme O tells me they come overseas which surprises me as I would think we would grow plenty of them here in Australia.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642768891794895642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-89313378135280865632015-02-23T16:42:12.109-08:002015-02-23T16:42:12.109-08:00Dear Hels.
I agree with you 100%. The scent of le...Dear Hels.<br />I agree with you 100%. The scent of lemon flowers is wonderful. Some time ago I was watching a television show about Amalfi and the lemons they grow there that are considered to be amongst the best. I have a desire to own one of those although I don't expect them to be available in Australia.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642768891794895642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-37897633379227128752015-02-23T11:02:39.772-08:002015-02-23T11:02:39.772-08:00What a lovely garden you have Kirk! I enjoyed have...What a lovely garden you have Kirk! I enjoyed have a poke around very much indeed. Your roses look exceptionally good considering the heat. <br /><br />Hope your garden stuff and other things will arrive soon!<br /><br />Have a good week!<br /><br />Madelief xMadeliefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05906326152435858221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-662897429939499652015-02-23T09:11:07.230-08:002015-02-23T09:11:07.230-08:00How lush and beautiful! The roses....heavenly! I e...How lush and beautiful! The roses....heavenly! I enjoyed the tour, especially on this frigid (20 degrees at the moment....and dropping) day in DC. It's been a cruel winter for our region. Good luck with the container! Look forward to seeing your clocks again.Woodside Parkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13981644571968878448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-20444824596819523502015-02-23T06:17:44.360-08:002015-02-23T06:17:44.360-08:00Your garden is beautiful, Kirk. We love many of t...Your garden is beautiful, Kirk. We love many of the same flowers. Foxgloves are one of my very favorites and I wait each year to see where they'll pop up. <br /><br />The rose certainly looks like Queen Elizabeth, My uncle (by marriage), Dr Walter E. Lammerts, was the hybridizer of Queen Elizabeth as well as Chrysler Imperial, Blaze, and many others. His work caused the A.R.S. to create an entirely new class of rose, the Grandiflora. If I'm not mistaken, Queen Elizabeth still holds the record for most awards ever given a rose. Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01562944653624224107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-28767015226034204622015-02-23T04:20:59.589-08:002015-02-23T04:20:59.589-08:00Hello Kirk, I have gone through that kind of red ...Hello Kirk, I have gone through that kind of red tape for small shipments, and I can only imagine what it would be like for such a large and complicated one. I wish you the best of luck and fewest delays in getting it through.<br /><br />It must be cheerful moving to your established garden, with so much color and variety, rather than to some barren yard. I am envious of your growing rhubarb, long a favorite of mine, and not obtainable in Taiwan (it is even difficult to describe it here!). I just was looking at an 1851 New York seed catalog for sale, and the only rhubarb variety it mentioned was called Victoria. Let us know when you solve that mystery.<br />--Jim<br />Parnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-85075885715192796242015-02-23T02:53:08.780-08:002015-02-23T02:53:08.780-08:00Indeed I did enjoy a poke around your garden. What...Indeed I did enjoy a poke around your garden. What a contrast, Germany to Melbourne. Bougainvillea grows pretty well in Victoria, in my experience. A little bit too well at times. Retail prices for lemons are a disgrace. There should be an ACCC investigation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636243284078640845.post-82139673807196055752015-02-23T02:15:02.596-08:002015-02-23T02:15:02.596-08:00Your garden is indeed growing beautifully. Normall...Your garden is indeed growing beautifully. Normally people only worry that their plants are a) fruitful and b) colourful and attractive to look at. But the hero of your garden is the Meyer lemon... The scent is gorgeous.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com