Today, the Cirsium Arvense were in bloom! if their scent were bottled, it would make a truly manly fragrance that would attract more than bees!
What should be the official Bird and Flower of Canada?
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"A sailor's wife had chestnuts in her lap,
And munched, and munched, and munched.
“Give me,” quoth I.
“Aroint thee, witch!” the rump-fed runnion cries. "
from Billy S's Macbeth.
Actually the sugar maples don't die after some of the sap has been drained. Neat thing about them is that they seem to sense sap being drained so they up the production of it. As long as they are watered well, they just keep going and going and ....Kathie, I don't know where you live, but here in BC there is no end of C. geese.
I'd be happy with those, too.
Oh, gawd, I know! I was outside eating a sandwich one day and pondering my flowers or something and one came along to sit on my shoulder and see what I was eating. lol Only other bird to do that was a hummer apparently in need of a little rest.
Yeah, larks are nice, too.
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All right, I was just trying to make a point about hunting in general, something I deplore. Yes, I know all the argument pro and con, nonetheless, I deplore hunting.
I nominate the magpie, since it well expresses the Canadian go-getter mentality.
For the state flower I would have said the wild rose, but it is already the official flower of Alberta where I live and Quebec may object. How about the lilac?
Kathie Bondar:triplets:
Lilacs are cool. Hubby and his dad used to have a pet magpie. Every morning either of them would finish the breakfast and save a bit of toast or pancake for the magpie. And sure enough when they walked out the door the magpie would land on a shoulder and tug at an earlobe till it got some grub. It'd stand on the food and nibble away at it till gone and then it'd fly off in its usual magpie duties. Neat little bird, and they're quite pretty.
Ah, we can not have a specie that is still thriving? Is there a specie with only one specimen left?