monkey balls/anklebtreakers
Fruit of osage orange trees or seed pods from sweet gum trees, or something else?
We're in love. We're ... lovers. We're lesbian, gay-type lovers.
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dcp - Jan 15, 2018 3:58:55 pm PST #21059 of 30002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Beverly - Jan 15, 2018 4:22:55 pm PST #21060 of 30002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Fruit of osage orange trees or seed pods from sweet gum trees, or something else?
My question, too.
Fuck cancer, for real. DH's younger brother spent the past year in treatment for esophageal cancer and recovery from surgery. He just had his followup appointment. He has liver cancer. They're giving him twelve months, but they don't sound at all positive about it. I'm so sorry about your brother, JZ. The best of all possible outcomes to him, and strength and comfort to him, you, and your family.
JZ - Jan 15, 2018 4:24:30 pm PST #21061 of 30002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Thanks again. So much love to everyone.
DX, that's comforting to hear about your friend.
Amy - Jan 15, 2018 4:31:07 pm PST #21062 of 30002
Because books.
Oh, JZ, I'm sorry. And what everyone said about you being the center here. ::hugs you::
And Bev, I'm so sorry about your BiL!
Steph L. - Jan 15, 2018 4:37:11 pm PST #21063 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Fruit of osage orange trees
Does anyone else call these hedge apples/hedge balls? I didn't realize they were from osage orange trees until a year or two ago.
seed pods from sweet gum trees
Which are known in my house as "ding-dong balls," because my mom has a goofy nickname for everything you can think of. (Honestly, though, they should just be called "You Will Break Your Ankle, Puny Mammal."
sarameg - Jan 15, 2018 5:15:21 pm PST #21064 of 30002
Some sort of maple-y tree? It also drops leaves late, which is a pisser. I'm mid Atlantic, remember.
sarameg - Jan 15, 2018 5:20:31 pm PST #21065 of 30002
Google indicates sweetgum.
I hate them. And their helicopter flowers. Pretty tree when they aren't bad neighbors, though.
Steph L. - Jan 15, 2018 5:21:16 pm PST #21066 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Google indicates sweetgum.
Ding-dong balls!
dcp - Jan 15, 2018 5:22:19 pm PST #21067 of 30002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Probably sweet gum [link]
Five-pointed leaves, great Fall colors, seed pods are a nuisance. The pods burn well, but not hot enough to make good firestarters.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 15, 2018 5:32:28 pm PST #21068 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I managed to cook a couple of more or less perfect hard boiled eggs to go in my ramen and salad tonight; came out of the shells without tearing, and the yolks were neither rubbery nor coated with that slimy greenish patina.