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morethings5 August 23 2006, 01:09:56 UTC
Ah, another favorite in our backyard. Wonderful photos, I love the skyline in the top.

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harrietbrown August 23 2006, 02:10:26 UTC
I know they are famous for the medicinal properties and I've always been curious to see what they looked like. I fancied they were small ("prim") so thanks for clearing up that misconception.

I have morning glories all over my backyard (it looks like one big wild jungle canopy back there) and (obviously) they open in the early part of the day and close up in the evening. They're very beautiful. I hate to have the landscaper cut them all down. I'm hanging onto my wild backyard as long as I can.

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perspicuity August 23 2006, 03:25:45 UTC
i believe i've seen hummingbirds eat from this too.

you have a way of keep nailing all the plants i keep seeing to, as they flower, and i'm like "must research that" :>

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here's a good one to find out: what's up with that clicking insect i hear all over somerville/cambridge mostly at night? i've climbed trees trying to hunt one down. pesky :)

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urbpan August 23 2006, 11:08:20 UTC
tick tick tick tick ticktickticktickticktick!

If we're talking about the same sound, I'm pretty sure it's one of the angle-winged katydids, Genus Microcentrum. They used to hide in the ivy-like plant (that's still a mystery--what's that plant?) outside my bedroom window. We don' t have the plant anymore, but we can still hear the insect ticking down the street in other places.

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miekec August 23 2006, 15:25:17 UTC
Yeah, that one. I had been wondering too. Thanks.

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perspicuity August 23 2006, 20:53:03 UTC
yesss... and here i thought it might have been a beetle :)

thanx!

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gaychristian August 23 2006, 13:36:38 UTC
Thanks for the photos...I love them...And, I love the idea that if you leave a weed alone for long enough, it turns into a flower...a good metaphor!

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heavenscalyx August 23 2006, 14:01:53 UTC
Ooh! You just identified the little plant we had flowering out at our curb! And that fills a field in Concord we drive by every day. Thanks!

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