Zoology: Botany, Indoors: Outdoors

[tacithydra]

Comments

[jamiam]

And then there is my husband, who is convinced that my sunflowers and hollyhocks are going to GET him.

[tacithydra]

Well, yeah! I mean, jesus, just look at the thing:

[jamiam]

He says it's the specifically the notion of "plants that are taller than he is" that bothers him. But I don't think that's it, exactly. For example, he isn't scheming to hack down any of the mesquite trees. I think it must be that the sunflowers grew to that height in just a couple months--that for several weeks he could look out the bedroom window and see that the plants were visibly taller than they had been the morning before.

[pats_quinade]

Just in case he hasn't read it yet, you should really steer him toward "Day of the Triffids." We'll get that agoraphobia firmly in place, we will...

[bondgwendabond]

Oh, how I love David Quammen.

[tacithydra]

Oh! This is my first encounter with him. He's got a lot of stuff out there - anything in particular I should go after when I'm finished with Monster of God (which I'm really enjoying)?

[bondgwendabond]

Song of the Dodo is wonderful, but I'm also a tremendous fan of his essays (The Flight of the Iguana, Wild Thoughts from Wild Places).

[tacithydra]

Hm. I will definitely check them out - thanks!

[orbitalmechanic]

My experience is that the wild Violet is a lot more like a mountain lion than you might think.

Ho ho ho! How I amuse myself.

[tacithydra]

Do not make me choke on my coffee! How will I be able to think of something funny to say in response when there is caffeine up my nose?

[silk_noir]

ooo, science! Should I read this book?

[tacithydra]

So far it's very interesting, though not what I expected, exactly. Of course, I am only 50 or so pages in, so that may change. But he is a good writer.

I will commit review, or at least further commentary, when I am finished.

[buymeaclue]

You read the neatest books.

[tacithydra]

:: blush ::

Thanks.