Ellada has inspired me to write this post with three threads. A Frenchwoman living in Greece, who also writes in English. She writes in all THREE languages. Has tagged me. PlaisirsJardin Games
PS Ellada has changed her blog host. Find her here now - auxplaisirsdujardin-ellada.blogspot
PS Ellada has changed her blog host. Find her here now - auxplaisirsdujardin-ellada.blogspot
Now I have to find ----- 10 blogs. Aha, foiled that Titanic moment. Make this technology work for you. Memorable post/blog – tuck it in my Visit Blogs folder. No longer do I have to hunt for … it is on the tip of my tongue … it’ll come to me … but I was sure it was – sorry having a senior moment here!
I should list ten things I love. And then point you to ten blogs. So I shall weave that together. (The things I love have anyway come up in earlier memes honest-scrap and meme-award)
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| Scabiosa africana |
Soft leaves. Fynbos. Bluer. Sandstone slopes of the Cape Peninsula
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| Scabiosa incisa |
Finely divided leaves. Fynbos. Pinker. Coastal sands from Piketberg to Grahamstown
1. Blotanical. I often see comments – Haven’t been to Blotanical in ages … Then you won’t know that Stuart has taken six months, his wife and kids, to travel around Australia. Aussieroadtrip Stranded-in-Cygnet in Tasmania
2. Words. I will happily read a post – with All These Words, and no pictures. Our Friend Ben and Silence Dogood Never Post Pictures and they have No-regrets
3. Languages. Come to Sweden to revel in enchanting municipal planting. Prairie. If it wasn’t for the snow in winter, I’d love to live here - Biotopedesign Sea-spot-in-Trosa
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| Sea spot in Trosa |
4. Memories and introspection. Mostly words. Tightly crafted posts, and he keeps them coming. Time, is marching on … ElderlyEclecticGentleman Atom-and-Leave .
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| Once was a sparrow-called-spirulina then 'she' grew up into he. Spirulino |
Bleddie housekeeping! Always chucking me out so they can change the towels, Sir.
But it is nice to sleep on clean sheets.
5. Wildlife, especially, small creatures….. MeinGartenimFliesstal Auf-Schmetterlingsjagd (That's butterflies ...) Who knew, that there is a wildlife path along what once was the Berlin Wall?
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| Berliner Mauerweg |
6. What nature did, or would have planted. Gail at Clay and Limestone celebrates Wildflower Wednesdays Nothing-to-sneeze. A meme that runs on the fourth Wednesday each month. Do come, bring your flowers with you to show us …
7. Reading. Living green, thoughtfully. Rehabilitated authentic native grassland in Colorado's Rocky Mountains. Sharing with us, step by step, life’s journey. I always come away feeling enlightened. SusanJTweit WalkingNatureHome Lighten-up-kitchen-literacy and Thank-you for a handmade book illustrated by friends.
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| Susan and Richard's house |
8. Mountains . Chamomilla takes us to the Carpathian Mountains, where Andy Warhol comes from Gardenless Running-with-wolves
9. LOL AuntieKsGarden That-floofy-thing-on-top? People who have So No Idea about plants. ‘Grass has flowers – you’re kidding! Right??’
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| Lunch is served to Pretty-in-Pink flower/crab spider. And Lunch has been eating pollen on the flower ... |
10. Armchair travelling, which the Ungardener just doesn’t understand. That is a big reason why we read blogs. Let me walk your path, see thru your eyes, live your life – just for a few minutes as I read your latest post. ATidewaterGardener I heart NY
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| Aragon on the jetty |
Scabiosa and cat. One saw stars and the other saw bars
Some familiar, some new, some new to me. But all tucked in my folder of posts I don’t want to lose. Does anyone else find that reading so many blog posts, means your mind has to change gear, when you sit down with a book? Cover to cover, hold the characters and their names in your mind? But then following blogs is like reading Dickens novels as he originally wrote them. As pot-boilers to feed his family, sold chapter by chapter. Not so different from publishing a book, in chapters on the net. Dickens as the very first e-book writer?
Pictures from their blogs, or by Jurg and Diana, and words by Diana of Elephant's Eye
11 comments:
Hello,
Thank you for continuing this game. A game where you meet new bloggers.
And thank you for finding the name of the insect in "The perfect disguise"
Have a nice week.
Thanks for the post. I always love to see pictures of Spirulino!
Happy gardening,
Elizabeth
Wow! Diana, I always find your posts interesting, but this one is superb! It held my attention for more than an hour as I explored all the links. Most of the blogs you picked were new to me. A Dickens novel indeed. Pam
Very cool! You really do get around, some very interesting blogs...
Love that pink spider... and I don't usually like spiders.
Helen - I have had fun with Lunch before http://elephantseyegarden.blogspot.com/2009/08/waiting-for-lunch.html
Dear Diana Mental gymastics indeed! Loved the thread as best I could follow and was gratified to see that wierd pink spider.
Nearly all new to me!
I'm not sure I'll be chasing the links though because I already read / look at (depending on the kind) more blogs than I can sensibly keep up with.
I don't think reading blogs has changed the way I approach books - though it does mean I approach them less often! However, blogs have changed my world view - and continue to do so.
I'm not usually a cat-photo person but I enjoy yours in this post.
Esther
I enjoyed how you creatively blended your favorite things with 10 great blogs. I hope you are seeing signs of spring arriving soon :-)
PS. I did visit Town Mouse and poured over my plant books, but I could not id her plant :-(
Hello Diana, what a wonderful post. I hope I can find the time to take a look at those blogs that you have written about so beautifully. Your photos for this post are lovely, you've inspired me to seek out a scabiosa and I'd like to seek out an Aragon too, but I'm afraid there are two whiskered friends here who would not like that idea!
Hi Diana, it's always fun to read other people's blog recommendations, and I've already taken a look at the blogger from Czech Republic. I agree with you that it's like armchair travel. Thanks for the tips.
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