tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post1633440844359820317..comments2024-03-21T05:30:03.220-04:00Comments on Science teacher: "Heh...it smells like butt."doylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-50525054373918958572009-11-22T11:57:50.831-05:002009-11-22T11:57:50.831-05:00What a specimen... Ginkgo biloba. There is a co...What a specimen... Ginkgo biloba. There is a colossal one at the top of my block that is simply the most beautiful autumn tree around. Sure we have riotous maples of every different variety. We have white ask... a myriad list of oaks in every shade of rust, red and brown.<br /><br />But that doggone ginkgo is the queen. (Or rather- king in this particular case) The sprays of leaves spilling down the aged branches just have... a different pattern even from afar. Upon closer inspection of the crystal-yellow leaves, the parallel venation does it's weak monocot impersonation.<br /><br />Love those trees. Love the story of how they arrived on our shores (sorta). So beloved that monks kept them from extirpation for generations? Love the sheer fact of holding onto a living "fossil" of the plant kingdom.<br /><br />I love how these naked seeds make us wonder about how they were once spread when actively reproducing and spreading across the land. Botanical anachronisms like this should make proponents of intelligent design weep.<br /><br />Should.nashworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185285175525104680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-80321606240581144862009-11-21T22:55:42.754-05:002009-11-21T22:55:42.754-05:00it could be the carob tree that ur smelling tooit could be the carob tree that ur smelling tooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-16659255263683173672009-11-21T22:53:49.421-05:002009-11-21T22:53:49.421-05:00Here in AZ we have a tree that smells like sex. I...Here in AZ we have a tree that smells like sex. I know I'm not supposed to say that, because the mention of that word is "unprofessional," but seriously, you take a drive past it and it smells like sex.<br /><br />Apparently they are also called Trees of Heaven and something else as well. But growing up in California and then in Arizona we just called them sex trees or sperm trees.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10956056168256756705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-26399937804319478982009-11-21T19:38:30.100-05:002009-11-21T19:38:30.100-05:00doyle! it's so true!
My daughter is a sophomo...doyle! it's so true!<br /><br />My daughter is a sophomore and I see her and her friends look at the young men in their class and shake their heads.<br /><br />We have a female ginko down the street from us. Fortunately we are north of it and prevailing winds are west to east or from the north, because it smells like a feedlot on a bad day. Sheesh! Nature is perverse, but (I guess) the stench protects the seeds from being eaten.<br /><br />There are at least two apple pies in my future this week (but no ginko jelly!) - and the family is gathering. We promise to tell good stories.Katehttp://tabor330.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-51118701301949058772009-11-21T19:37:03.336-05:002009-11-21T19:37:03.336-05:00Apparently sophomores aren't all that differen...Apparently sophomores aren't all that different from eighth graders.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10956056168256756705noreply@blogger.com