Familial Gifts
- ✔ Mom- eyeshadow palette^^, cameo pendant
- ✔ Dad- hat^^
- ✔ Becca- eyeshadow palette^^, cameo earrings^^
- Kris- entire pie
- ✔ Karen-pears^^
- Kate,D,B,F- bath thing^^, Thomas, Percy, blanket
- Fred- gift certificate
- ✔ GmaS GpaB- pears^^
- AT,UR,S,M,C- cookies, tatted earrings^^, blanket
- UC&J- cookies
- L&E- cookies
- Jacob- cookies
- Aaron&Mrs- cookies, sampler^^
- ✔ GmaP&J- pears^^
- Lorraine- something
- AK&J,C,B- cookies, Humboldt jam/honey
- AL&D,I,P,B- cookies
sep 8 2012 ∞
nov 8 2012 +
- given to embellishment
- fond of purple
- takes shoes on and off when thinking
- tiny feet
- socks usually striped
- prefers skirts
- thick hair
- green brown gold green again eyes
- quick to smile, slow to cry
- talks quietly when most serious
- shouts when it seems both necessary and appropriate
- attracts cats
- fascinated by fishes
- enthusiastic about the little and growing
- curious, and curiouser still
- on time
- dimples, and beauty marks left small and high, right low and larger
- scarves, sweaters, mittens, whenever plau...
oct 12 2011 ∞
oct 26 2011 +
- Librarian
- Famous writer
- Opera singer
- Ballerina
- Fairy speaker
- Tree climber
- Pirate queen
- Astronaut
- Surfer
- Veterinarian
- Princess
- ✔ Beautiful
- ✔ College student
- ✔ In love
I hadn't really decided clearly, but I saw no reason why I shouldn't do them all at some point.
apr 2 2011 ∞
feb 7 2012 +
- Cortanarious purpurascens That whole species complex, cobwebby veils, vivid colors, distinct conifer loving species.
- Lepiota They make me feel like mushroom season is starting. They are the crocus of mushroom season and just as ubiquitous.
- Mycena Tend to grow in troops, 16 lineages with bioluminescence. Tiny beautiful mushrooms
- Nolanea Diminutive Entolomataceae, and how.
- Omphalina Associates with lichens! Only genus that does, beautiful things.
- Omphalotus The Western Jack O' Lantern especially.
apr 2 2011 ∞
apr 3 2011 +
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- early dark
- also early light
- rain falls cold, grey
- geese overhead
- tired people, but not unhappy
- ribbons
- waterproof coats over thick sweaters
- smells of cinnamon, ginger, baking defiant and warm
- pine, fir, and cedar
- nativity scenes with extension cords
- songs everyone knows
- busy, so busy
nov 8 2012 ∞
nov 8 2012 +
- The Woodpigeons
- Cemeteries
- ✔ Porcelin Raft
- ✔ Lavender Diamond
- ✔ The Decemberists
- Echo and the Bunnymen
- ✔ ish More and more classical, ask at Berliners where to begin
oct 12 2011 ∞
feb 24 2012 +
- warm
- misleadingly slow seeming
- green and yellow and red
- birds building nests
- cats seeking kittens
- oceans call
- rain sweet
- nights long, but slow to arrive
- days slow, but quick to pass
- irises cousins
- roses
- jasmine
- leafy leafy trees
jun 8 2011 ∞
jun 8 2011 +
- Equisetum hyemale scouring rush
Emerging singly as a hollow stem with embedded silicates. At nodes single whorl of small, bract like leaves. Apical strobilus of sexual structures. Non Branching.
Much as above, but branching, and often a bit thinner.
Not a moss, having a dainty lignified stem with spirally inserted small awl shaped leaves and small root/rootlike structures on the ventral side of that stem. Embedded strobili at squared of apices contain cone like nooks for micro and mega spore production.
apr 3 2011 ∞
apr 3 2011 +
- ✔ Baby hat
- Button up gloves
- Cozy blanket
- ✔ Felted purse with rose motif
- ✔ Felted slippers
- Green shawl
- Lacey edged hat
- Leg warmers in merino maybe
- Red cardigan
- Socks, many
- ✔ Triple set of striped scarves
apr 2 2011 ∞
feb 7 2012 +
- Super Geek, a la Super Freak
- Build Me Up Ranunculus
- Love Grows Where My Rosmarinus officinalis Goes
- You Are the Malus of My Oculars, That's a Good Thing
- Rosa rubra
Mostly these start out as puns, which I then want to expand on
apr 2 2011 ∞
apr 3 2011 +
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- geese returning
- daffodils are early, but snowdrops are first
- Alium beats all
- apple moss in spore
- mornings getting brighter
- grape hyacinth, all over the place
- robins showing off
- cats, in fights
- rain unpredictable
- Morchella and the elven saddles
- Eager kind of time
feb 24 2012 ∞
feb 24 2012 +
- maples bleed first
- smells of fire wood
- misty mornings
- fog creeps, or rolls
- nights inching long
- mornings sleepy
- geese
- ocean murmurs, until it roars
- rain cool and soft
- Vitus gold,
on the green Sequoia
oct 3 2011 ∞
oct 3 2011 +
- rose black tea
- new matched tea cups (2)
- pajama pants
- fountain pen refills
- wind chime
- bit of lace
- macarons, lavender
apr 6 2011 ∞
oct 19 2011 +
- Frulania has heart shaped under-leaves that are as transparent and fragile looking as glass, but survive in the gutter nest to my house
- Lunularia has a name that sounds vaguely like a silvery moon princess, but is currently out competing many other species like her
- Pellia really believes it is a plant, even without leaves or stems to speak of
- All the leafy liverworts captivate me to a time expensive degree
- The simple thalloid liverworts, remind me how things can be simple and complete
- The complex thalloid liverworts, remind me that simplicity is a matter of opinion
apr 3 2011 ∞
apr 3 2011 +
- Candied flowers
- Cucumber sandwiches
- Figs with honey
- Fresh blueberries
- Lemon tarts with strawberries
- Lime tarts with whipped cream
- Raspberry filled white cake with white chocolate icing
- Scones with cream and jam
- Shortbread, especially Earl Grey shortbread
- Sliced pears
- Tea soaked egg salad sandwiches
- Toast with butter
- Toast with cinnamon sugar
- Toast with ginger syrup
- Toast with mango chutney
- Watercress heavy salad
apr 2 2011 ∞
apr 3 2011 +
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