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Offline annette

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Photos of Artichokes
« on: August 02, 2010, 11:39:02 pm »
Someone gave me a flowering artichoke last week. I could not get over how beautiful this is.







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Re: Photos of Artichokes
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2010, 11:51:52 pm »
That's beautiful Annette!


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Re: Photos of Artichokes
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2010, 12:15:36 am »
makes me mad when that happens.  i love to eat those things.
Someone really ought to tell them that the world of Ayn Rand?s novel was not meant to be aspirational.

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Re: Photos of Artichokes
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2010, 09:46:06 am »
Is it magic?  There can't be enough room in there for the rest of the troll!
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Very interesting flower, I've always wondered what an artichoke flower looks like.
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Re: Photos of Artichokes
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2010, 11:03:41 am »
big thistle.  they are pretty.  humming bird seem to like them.  also bumble bees.
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Re: Photos of Artichokes
« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2010, 02:24:00 pm »
The women who gave this to me said she sees an occasional honeybee going inside and then they get stuck and can't get out.

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Re: Photos of Artichokes
« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2010, 04:32:02 pm »
first thing I thought of was thistle

nice looking flower.
those hot bees will have you steppin and a fetchin like your heads on fire and your keister is a catchin!!!

Bees will be bees and do as they please!

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Re: Photos of Artichokes
« Reply #7 on: August 27, 2010, 05:20:32 am »
nice photos thanks
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