Comments on: Nature Green in Tooth and Claw

By: Christy Pugh

Christy Pugh — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 23:22:30 +0000

Fred, I’m still fighting those green guys and it’s November. They are so persistent and good at hiding. Their only redeeming qualities are not flying away right when you’re about to grab them, and not stinking when squooshed. Hopefully they’ll leave some broccoli for us.

By: Wanda Kidd

Wanda Kidd — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:00:12 +0000

I love those blackberries. Glad you’re getting some rain.

By: fred

fred — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:32:51 +0000

I guess a better gauge would be along the notEnough-Enough-MoreThanEnough continuum but that makes meteorologists seem squishy and unscientific. Point is, it seems like we have Almost Enough just now. The blackberries are a pretty good yard stick, and it looks like we’ll get oodles (another soft measure of volume and mass).

By: Con

Con — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:05:14 +0000

So how do you think they figure that stuff out, some four inches behind “normal”. Does nature acknowledge a commitment to deliver some periodic ration for rainfall, or do we just impose it? If, as is commonly understood, “normal” really means “average”, then how can we expect to be issued, at a minimum, a “normal” amount of rainfall when that exact amount is an abstract concept and may have never ever happened in reality? I really do wonder what we mean by “normal” and this most curious construct of being “behind normal” when applied to counting drops of rain.

By: poopie

poopie — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:24:48 +0000

..kinda like those pesky tomato hornworms! Nice shot of a creepy critter.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:59:46 +0000

Awesome closeup of tiny caterpillar. What a camera!