Medlem: hfglen

PS - Oh, I see some second-hand copies of Wild flowers are available here.
http://www.alibris.com/booksearch?qwork=...*listing*title
Fancy that!

inlägg gjort av helensparrow vid 6:52 pm (EST) Sep 14, 2009

A google search for Wild flowers of the Natal Drakensberg by W.R.Trauseld brought me here (I am a member too!). My grandfather is the author of this book! He worked for the Natal Parks Board, started Tendele Camp at Royal Natal, and was a avid hiker, photographer and amateur botanist (at least, I don't think he had any formal qualifications - will check with my mom). In the last little while, a full twenty years after he passed away, I have discovered a love of walking and a keen interest in flowers! This evening, as I've been putting up wild flower pics up on my blog - walkthecape.blogspot.com - I've been thinking of my grandfather, and they small way I'm taking up his interests. I don't have a copy of this book, so should you ever wish to sell it, please let me know! Kind regards, Helen

inlägg gjort av helensparrow vid 6:46 pm (EST) Sep 14, 2009

Thank you for your birthday greeting yesterday in GD. It was greatly appreciated.

Cheryl

inlägg gjort av sphenisciforme vid 11:14 am (EST) Aug 14, 2009

Just calling in to say I haven't forgot about you but the people that I need to ask is still on vacation. But - response is coming, sooner or later!

inlägg gjort av Busifer vid 2:45 pm (EST) Aug 13, 2009

I just sent you a friend request because when I looked at my "Mexico One Plate at a Time" cookbook it showed you as listing it in your catalogue, but you weren't in my "Friends who have this book" section, and that seemed sad! :) Anyway, I just finished reading it and gave it a high review. It seems to me to have the essence of Mexican cooking, but makes it practical for the home cook. For the most part. I liked it for its techniques and lessons more than anything.

inlägg gjort av MrsLee vid 11:02 pm (EST) Aug 8, 2009

Hi again,

I don't know if you are able to read Dutch, but there are some good sources here (both English and Dutch). http://www.ncdd.nl/digitaleduurzaamheid-...
The Cornell tutorial (first link at English sources) is very good, and so are the other links (especially the DCC and DPC have much information available). The LOCKSS program is also good to get to know: http://www.lockss.org/lockss/Home.

Hope this gets you started,

Sara

inlägg gjort av divinenanny vid 8:34 am (EST) Aug 4, 2009

There are several papers and systems that can help take away the fear of the fleetingness of digital objects. Yes, they will be gone in decades (or more precisely in about 5 years) if you do nothing. But we are doing something, and especially with regards to research publications and journals there are many institutions worldwide who realize the importance of keeping them forever. Will it help if I find you a couple of introductory papers with regards to digital preservation of journals? You are always welcome to ask questions, and I will be happy to help (or try to find someone who can help).
Kind regards,
Sara

inlägg gjort av divinenanny vid 3:47 am (EST) Aug 4, 2009

Hi, I saw your comments about archival strength publishing in the Happy/Unhappy thread. I work in digital preservation, and I might have some tips, or could point you to some institutions that might be able to help (national archives and national libraries are always good). I would also like to point you to PDF/A as a robust format, which when combined with metadata in XML can be good for preservation. I think it even allows for enhanced publications (embedded video etc.) but I'll have to check if you really want to know. My organization also work with several publishers with regards to long term storage, maybe I can get some information there, if needed. Anyway, I hope this helps!

Sara

inlägg gjort av divinenanny vid 2:19 am (EST) Aug 4, 2009

Hi, I see some of our cold and rain is heading your way. Hope its milder for you than it was for us. Am currently freezing. It snowed on the mountains today.

inlägg gjort av Emily1 vid 1:37 pm (EST) Jul 14, 2009

Thank you!

It rained very heavily the whole day. Luckily we live against a hill and the water can flow away, but we went on a drive late this afternoon to look around and everything was flooded in the lower laying areas. Rivers and streams have flooded. Some roads are impassable or under water. It is the worst I've seen it. I won't be surprised if some of the townships here are declared disaster areas.

inlägg gjort av Emily1 vid 2:27 pm (EST) Jul 12, 2009

Thanks, Hugh!

The site all of a sudden dispayed my group topics in alphabetical instead of chronological order. I tried logging out and in again, but that did not help. In the middle of panicing (after I posted my Help-thread), I tried a link again and suddenly everything was back to normal again. Probably a LT bug. Just hope it doesn't happen again, becouse it is near impossible knowing what's going on if you have to wade through hundreds of threads (a lot of them dormant).

I see you've added Janny Wurts's Curse of the Mistwraith. Have you read it yet? I can really recommend it. It's one of my favourite series.

How's the weather in Durban? Are you guys freezing like the rest of the country? Weather in Cape Town was absolutely lovely today.

Regards

Emily

inlägg gjort av Emily1 vid 5:05 pm (EST) Jul 5, 2009

Hi!!! *waves*

I see you added The Well of Lost Plots. :D I've yet to read it, I've only read the first two in the series but I'm itching to buy all the rest. The Eyre Affair took a little while to grow on me (only because it was kind of complicated, as I'm not very familiar with UK culture as opposed to US culture), but I was hooked by Lost in a Good Book. I was literally lost in a good book! :D I love the series. What's your opinion of it? (Well, seeing as you already have the third book, I'd say it's a good opinion but I had to ask :P)

inlägg gjort av Delirium9 vid 11:30 pm (EST) Jun 12, 2009

I spent a week in Kruger National Park about five years ago. Amazing place, hope you have fun and take lots of pictures!

inlägg gjort av DeusExLibrus vid 8:14 pm (EST) May 25, 2009

Hi Hugh,

I'd love to see any photos you have of Goats do Roam. My husband and I have toured a few wineries, but only North American ones. Someday we'd love to go farther afield. I don't have any photos of my own to post but I'm sure I could find some nice ones online of favorite places.

PS - We can find Goats do Roam wines in our liquor stores here in British Columbia Canada. I'm not sure about the other provinces. I know I've had one of their red wines before but my memory for what wines I've had, when, with what, and did I like it is pretty much nil. To my husband's dismay, my wine knowledge and appreciation skills could stand improvement :oD
(I blame genetics. I can only stand a little bit of any alcahol before my taste buds rebell.)

Take care,
Sandra

inlägg gjort av sandragon vid 8:43 pm (EST) May 12, 2009

Edison cylinders--how cool! I've never seen one in action. Many years ago, I heard a piece on National Public Radio about how they couldn't play Edison's cylinders without destroying them until laser technology was more developed. I guess we're there now.

inlägg gjort av jennieg vid 4:31 pm (EST) May 4, 2009

It very well could be the case that you have to open an account first.

inlägg gjort av scaifea vid 11:34 am (EST) Apr 21, 2009

Huh. There are lots of blank pages between the 'real' pages, so keeps 'flipping' through to find more of the text. (I'm not sure if this is the problem you're having or not.)

inlägg gjort av scaifea vid 11:10 am (EST) Apr 21, 2009

So, I finally found the de florum cultura, in Latin, and whaddayaknow, it's on googlebooks:

http://books.google.com/books?id=OSMOAAA...

Just thought you might be interested,
Amber

inlägg gjort av scaifea vid 9:27 am (EST) Apr 21, 2009

Hi,
A review for this book just came across my virtual desk (via email), and I thought you might be interested. If so, and you'd like to read the review, let me know and I can paste it into a comment.

scaifea
(Amber)

Helmut Baumann, Flora mythologica: griechische Pflanzenwelt in der
Antike (Vollstaendig ueberarbeite Ausgabe). Akanthus crescens; 8.
Kilchberg: Akanthus, 2007. Pp. 173. ISBN 9783905083248. [euro
]40.50 (pb).

inlägg gjort av scaifea vid 3:52 pm (EST) Apr 16, 2009

I had some fun with your sludge last night and made strawberry slugs. I used fresh diced strawberries and buttermilk instead of milk, and a little less water. Very yummy! I think any fruit would be great. This is so easy to make it's fun to play with.

inlägg gjort av MrsLee vid 5:41 pm (EST) Apr 5, 2009

We had sludge pudding last night, it was a hit! Thank you for converting most of the amounts for me. :) A couple of questions:
What sort and size of dish do you use to bake it in? I used an 8x8 glass baking dish.
What is a large cup of flour? Does that mean heaping?
Have you ever mixed the cocoa powder into the other stuff, instead of sprinkling it on top? I think I'm going to try that next, and sprinkle a bit of it on top too. We love our cocoa powder!

Thank you again for sharing.

inlägg gjort av MrsLee vid 12:13 pm (EST) Apr 3, 2009

Thanks! I might try it tonight, we are having company. Looks pretty easy. :)

inlägg gjort av MrsLee vid 6:56 pm (EST) Apr 2, 2009

You're the man! With the help of the clue, Dutchman's Pipe, I found that it is Aristolochia californica. Also found out the the Swallowtail butterfly larva love it, I've always had a lot of swallowtails in my yard. I am a happy woman today, thank you for the great lead. Hope you find you errant notebook!

inlägg gjort av MrsLee vid 11:11 am (EST) Mar 24, 2009

Thank you. I've got it on Flickr now. Can't wait to hear about your meteorite travels. Did you find the way to the Center of the Earth?

inlägg gjort av MrsLee vid 4:30 pm (EST) Mar 22, 2009

Hi Dr. Glen!

I hope you didnt get too wet when you left FABI! it wasnt long after you walked out the door that the heavens opened! sry...... :(

inlägg gjort av Taliska vid 7:53 am (EST) Mar 19, 2009

hfglen,

Your package came in the mail today - thanks! I felt so important getting mail from South Africa here in little old Ohio :) I'm not having much luck finding the original yet, but I'm not giving up.

thanks again,
scaifea

inlägg gjort av scaifea vid 4:30 pm (EST) Mar 18, 2009

Thanks so much!!

scaifea
(Amber)

inlägg gjort av scaifea vid 7:36 am (EST) Mar 5, 2009

LOL!!!

inlägg gjort av mrgrooism vid 2:16 pm (EST) Feb 14, 2009

Ah, nice to hear from you, and you're quite welcome. I get frustrated with plain old "like this/didn't care for that" posts, as they don't give enough info to be useful at all.

Greg Bear's a well respected writer - for his strengths. He's very science oriented, very logical - you don't read him for emotional impact, but to raise thought on ideas. Darwin's Radio is about the "next evolution" in the human race delivered as a virus that IS a "disease" according to our scale of measurement - and how the medical panic of an "epidemic" causes society to sterilize anyone and everyone who contracts the virus - which indeed does deliver the next stage in beneficial development, and how we very nearly stamp it out, miss the boat, and freeze ourselves in place - to my eye, VERY likely how many evolutionary changes DO occur, and a very likely dead end, if genetic manipulation decides all change...and yes, our organisms may well treat such invasive changes as pathogens, at first....a step beyond survival of the fittest, to survival of the changed/ to test if innovation that works improves survival - quite a concept....thought as a botanist you might be intrigued by some of Greg's ideas...would hate to see his stuff panned for what it's not. (I wouldn't read him expecting to FEEL for the characters; it's a theatre to enact concepts, not drama in the emotional sense.)

Whether your read the book or hand it on, at least you can respect what it IS and find a home for it that may be appropriate - or enjoy it knowing what to expect.

That's what LT's for, yes?

Happy reading.

inlägg gjort av JannyWurts vid 5:37 pm (EST) Feb 9, 2009

Thanks for the good wishes, and may your holidays be blessed, whatever you decide to eat. :)

inlägg gjort av MrsLee vid 10:03 pm (EST) Dec 23, 2008

Big hugs to you and yours too, Hugh. Have the very merriest of Christmases and wonderful New Year, as well.
:o)
Clare

inlägg gjort av clamairy vid 3:47 pm (EST) Dec 23, 2008

Thanks, hfglen! Happy holidays to you and all whom you love!

inlägg gjort av JPB vid 2:19 pm (EST) Dec 23, 2008

Thank you for your good wishes for me. I send them back, multiplied, to you and your family. May we all expearience peace, health, and joy in our new year. And more good fun on LibraryThing.

inlägg gjort av maggie1944 vid 11:31 am (EST) Dec 23, 2008

Warmest Holiday Wishes to you, you are part of what makes this wild and wonderful place so cool!

inlägg gjort av mrgrooism vid 11:26 am (EST) Dec 23, 2008

Happy Christmas! Hope it's a great one for you. :)

K

inlägg gjort av Severn vid 4:52 pm (EST) Dec 22, 2008

Would you be okay with providing me your mailing address for the purposes of holiday card greetings? :D

inlägg gjort av Morphidae vid 3:57 pm (EST) Dec 2, 2008

Sorry it took me so long to get back to you! Here is the recipe:

Gingerbread and Lemon Curd Trifle with Blackberry Sauce by Bobby Flay

For the gingerbread:
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons ground ginger
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons minced crystallized ginger
10 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup (packed) brown sugar
3 eggs
1 cup molasses
1 cup boiling water
2 1/2 teaspoons grated lemon peel

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a half-sheet pan or large jellyroll pan. Combine flour and next 6 ingredients in a bowl. Mix in crystallized ginger. In a large bowl, beat the butter until fluffy. Beat in brown sugar. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Gradually beat in molasses, followed by 1 cup boiling water. Mix in grated lemon peel. Gradually mix in dry ingredients. Spread batter in prepared pan and bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool and cut into 1-inch cubes.

For the lemon curd filling:
2 (11-ounce) jars prepared lemon curd
2 cups heavy cream, sweetened with sugar and vanilla, beaten to soft peaks

Place lemon curd in a large bowl. Fold in half of the whipped cream until combined. Reserve remaining whipped cream for the top of the trifle.

For the blackberry sauce:
2 pints fresh blackberries, or 1 bag frozen blackberries, thawed (I use blueberries for this)
1/4 cup sugar
Pinch salt
2 tablespoons framboise (raspberry liqueur)
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

Place blackberries, sugar, and salt in a medium saucepan and cook until the berries are soft and the sugar has melted. Transfer to a blender and blend until smooth. Pour through a strainer into a bowl. Stir in the framboise and lemon juice.

To assemble the trifle:
In a trifle bowl, start with an even layer of gingerbread cubes, top with 1/3 of the lemon curd mixture, and 1/3 of the blackberry sauce. Repeat 2 more times. Top with remaining whipped cream. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight before serving.

inlägg gjort av celebrian vid 2:49 pm (EST) Dec 2, 2008

Ohhh Are they? Neat! :D

inlägg gjort av Delirium9 vid 4:15 pm (EST) Oct 18, 2008

Smurf power yay!!! Hahaha Oh well, the chocolate purchase has been put on hold. I have so many things I need (well, not exactly "need" need) to buy right now, that indulgence will have to wait. But one of those things is a new laptop, which is a "need" AND an "indulgence" at the same time, so not that bad, really. ;)

inlägg gjort av Delirium9 vid 3:37 pm (EST) Oct 18, 2008

Hi! Thank you! :D Yumm! 90% cacao must be very yummy. I'm now browsing their online catalog. Oh my!

I discovered sometime ago that I'd developed a certain taste for dark, bittersweet chocolate, and now can't stand milk chocolate, and specially those overly sweet American candy bars like Hershey's or Mars. :S So I started buying bars by Ghirardelli (it's still an American company, anyway, a division of Swiss Lindt) and Perugina. The one I buy the most is 85% cacao. Really, really good! They cost about $2 more than cheaper Hershey's, but ohhhh so worth it! ;P It's hard to find more sophisticated brands here, though. I might have to start buying online to feed my addiction! :D

inlägg gjort av Delirium9 vid 1:42 pm (EST) Oct 16, 2008

*waves* :)

Is Polish chocolate for connoisseurs? I'd heard of Swiss and... Belgian, I think. But not Polish. For all my talk about being a chocolate lover, I don't know much about it, I guess. I do know that there are some unscrupulous companies that buy their cacao from countries where they use slave labor in the fields. That's sad. :( It's like South Africa and the blood diamonds, only with cacao.

inlägg gjort av Delirium9 vid 12:12 pm (EST) Oct 15, 2008

You're the only other member on library thing that owns "Plant Morphology" -- tell me, did you use this book as a botany student or did you happen by this book another way? My copy of this book was my dad's, while he was in college, back in the 60s.

inlägg gjort av glanecia vid 5:36 pm (EST) Sep 7, 2008

These are from a cookbook I recently bought: The Food and Life of Oaxaca, by Zarela Martinez. The first company, she says, do not sell cacao comercially, but will accommodate readers of her book if you mention it when ordering at 800-429-6246. Hawaiian Vintage Chocolate Company, 4614 Kilauea Ave., St. 435, Honolulu, HI 96816.

Second source: Gazella Chocolate, 3200 Corte Malpaso #108, Camarillo, CA 93012 tel. 818-991-8224

I've not tried either of these yet, the cookbook was published in 1997, so I don't know if they are still viable companies or not. Good luck!

inlägg gjort av MrsLee vid 12:44 pm (EST) Sep 5, 2008

FoundYou!FoundYou!FoundYou!FoundYou!Foun...

Hi Dr. G.!!! GUESS WHO! As Im sure you've noticed... Ive found the site, and joined up, just a free profile for now... but still cool!

BTW your profile pic looks VERY familiar Tee hee!

inlägg gjort av Taliska vid 9:48 am (EST) Jul 25, 2008

So where ya been? I'm seeing all the late greetings in the GD, and I'm not finished reading posts there yet, so if you explained there you don't have to all over to me, really, you don't have to explain to me either, but I did see the rhino rear, and I wondered. :)

inlägg gjort av MrsLee vid 11:25 pm (EST) Jul 13, 2008

What do friends links do? Frankly, I have no idea, LOL!!! I don't need to click on a button to make you a "friend", but it still a cool thing to do.

inlägg gjort av mrgrooism vid 8:12 pm (EST) Jun 26, 2008

Great idea! Who could/would possibly object?

inlägg gjort av clamairy vid 10:20 am (EST) Jun 21, 2008

It's not a shopping centre - it's a former trolley/train yard! Now it's a fitness centre, and a hotel, and a hardware store.
I visited the Vasa museum the weekend before last - it's still impressive!

inlägg gjort av Busifer vid 12:01 am (EST) Jun 4, 2008

Thank you so much. I'm thinking that what those authors call plants, and what they translate to, might be two different things. Thank you for the book recommendation, I'll keep it in mind, but not be buying it anytime soon. :) In the mean time, I think I'll stick with spinach and corn husks! Have a lovely day, or evening, as it may be.

inlägg gjort av MrsLee vid 6:08 pm (EST) Jun 2, 2008

Oh oh! I saw this today in the news and thought of you!
Crazy Coconut Tree for sale

inlägg gjort av kassetra vid 2:06 am (EST) May 1, 2008

Awwww, thanks!!!! :D

How nice it feels to be thought of. *hugs*

I do that all the time, I'm afraid: I post heavily in this or other forums (fora?) and then I disappear for a while, and then come back again. Same with e-mails, I'm awful with them :(

But I'm here, I'm OK :D Thanks for thinking of me :)

Tess

inlägg gjort av Delirium9 vid 1:40 pm (EST) Mar 19, 2008

No, not at all! Go ahead and post it!
I'm sure I'm not alone in wanting to see it.
:o)

inlägg gjort av clamairy vid 2:42 pm (EST) Mar 6, 2008

Hugh, I received your emails today and thank you for your offer however I think I will decline. I am very careful about addresses, etc.

inlägg gjort av maggie1944 vid 9:34 am (EST) Jan 21, 2008

A day late. . . but herewith declare a FULL birthday weekend. . . have a happy time!

inlägg gjort av Esta1923 vid 5:36 pm (EST) Jan 19, 2008

No problem. In fact, please start a thread if I do appear to have missed a birthday. It doesn't really matter who starts them, I just prefer to have single threads. For example, I plan to post a Johnny Depp picture for littlegeek, and that might not be appropriate/fitting for the other two people.

inlägg gjort av clamairy vid 2:46 pm (EST) Jan 8, 2008

Thanks for the info, and also for making me one of your contacts. Friends pictures, the next best thing to being there! May the New Year find you blessed. :)

inlägg gjort av MrsLee vid 4:24 pm (EST) Dec 31, 2007

You are most welcome!
:o)

inlägg gjort av clamairy vid 9:42 am (EST) Dec 31, 2007

I used this:

< img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2321/2145940729_47f50c3701_o.jpg" >

with no spaces after the < or before the >

inlägg gjort av clamairy vid 9:40 pm (EST) Dec 30, 2007

Yes, there is. You can post it somewhere on the web (I use http://www.flickr.com/ ) and then all you have to do is post the file in the Dragon using the link, like this:

< IMG SRC="http://www.whatever.com/image.jpg" >

But close up the space after the < and before the > .

inlägg gjort av clamairy vid 9:17 am (EST) Dec 29, 2007

Merry Christmas Hugh, bet the weather here in Portugal is as good as yours - but I'm off to murky England - if the planes can land!

Gerald

inlägg gjort av botanica vid 1:06 pm (EST) Dec 24, 2007

Thank you Hugh, for the note and kind thoughts, how does one "curry" turkey?

inlägg gjort av MrsLee vid 11:29 am (EST) Dec 12, 2007

I never thanked you for your kind comment! All the nice things people wrote in the GD really meant a lot in that crazy last week. I never knew you could get so attached to a kitty.
I'm really glad he's doing so well now. You can really feel the difference although he is still recovering.

So, thanks again!

inlägg gjort av Thalia vid 5:03 pm (EST) Nov 27, 2007

Thank you for your kind words in The Green Dragon
:o)

inlägg gjort av clamairy vid 3:33 pm (EST) Nov 23, 2007

Well, my gut reaction to the "ubuntu" (which certainly does sound like what Tim's after, as you define it!) was "that must be where they got the name of the linux distro..." so without context people will either say "what the heck is that" or "linux? huh?" It looks like you're relatively new to LT, but in the past Tim has occasionally erred on the side of clever rather than clear feature names (like "pssst" for Suggestions, and "joy" for Tools) and he may be wanting to avoid a similar issue.

Your tag cloud is fascinating, by the way -- too bad I know nothing about plants!

inlägg gjort av lorax vid 2:07 pm (EST) Oct 4, 2007

See you share my enthusaism for ephemera. (Including my home town of Canterbury.) I spend quite a bit of time poking about private archives whilst researching gardenmakers, how glad I am when I stumble across theatre tickets, menus, and pamphlets: amongst bills, receipts, and tax returns! I catalogued a book on mediaeval coinage yesterday - there you were too [I'm not expert on that, an oddball in my collection].

Gerald

inlägg gjort av botanica vid 4:43 pm (EST) Sep 24, 2007

Sabor de Goa: cozinha indo-portuguesa by Maria Fernanda Noronha da Costa e Sousa

Sorry its in Portuguese. But if that's OK I can try to get you one.

Gerald

inlägg gjort av botanica vid 7:00 am (EST) Sep 21, 2007

Hugh,

Thanks for all you help and interest. I have sent an email to Prof. Musselman and received a quick reply. I've already planted (modern) wheat and vines in a children's botanic garden in Funchal "Madeira Magic". Date Palms also grow well in another of my gardens, so I think that at sea level the climate should prove quite suitable.

Just back from Porto Santo, but still in Funchal, I shan't get home 'til the week-end. I think I have a Goan Portuguese Cook book at home, but I have not finished adding all food books to my catalogue. Will be sure to add it. Macau must have books too, but I don't have anything. Take a look at vaneska's staggering collection of cook books. If she doen't have it, then likely it doesn't exist! See link on my interesting libraries.

again thank you for your help,

Gerald

inlägg gjort av botanica vid 6:06 pm (EST) Sep 19, 2007

Hugh,

Must check out that recipe book. You're right the penguin book is a bore. I was just surprised to see a Portuguese connection. Of course Mozambique was an obvious connection. Regarding Bible gardens this stems from a recent conversation with the Anglican Chaplin at Funchal where I have made many sub-tropical gardens. I imagine the climate is not so far from Durban - hence my problem! Well there are a few olive trees, so maybe it will not be so difficult. I suppose the climate is somewhere in between.

Currently I am making a 15,000 m2 garden on Porto Santo - an Atlantic desert island. Guess I will be pulling out my books on succulents.

Have you seen Jaarveld's recent book on Plectranthus? This will provide inspiration for gardens where I live,

Gerald,

Sintra, Portugal

inlägg gjort av botanica vid 4:31 pm (EST) Sep 18, 2007

Just a quick question. You have two books on bible gardens. Would you recommend either (or both) for such a garden in Madeira?

inlägg gjort av botanica vid 3:28 am (EST) Sep 18, 2007

With only 15 books in common we don't even register on similar libraries. But I discovered you through Reynolds "Aloes of South Africa". Portuguese Cookery and the Joy of Cooking show another affinity. I love to cook. I bought the latter when studying in US, Portuguese cooking is home cooking nowdays!

I've added you to my favorite libraries, I shall enjoy looking over your collection.

Gerald
Portugal

inlägg gjort av botanica vid 3:24 am (EST) Sep 18, 2007

Hi,

I'm not looking very seriously, actually -- was just browsing through curiosity. I should probably cook some more recipes from the books I've already got first!

I envy you your freshwater algae field guide, BTW!

Thanks,
Laura

inlägg gjort av perodicticus vid 4:34 am (EST) Sep 17, 2007