Comments on: of snapdragons and lion’s mouths http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/04/of-snapdragons-and-lions-mouths.html Sun, 20 May 2012 13:45:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: MoscowMom http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/04/of-snapdragons-and-lions-mouths.html/comment-page-1#comment-34396 MoscowMom Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:58:57 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/04/of-snapdragons-and-lions-mouths.html#comment-34396 I also love snapdragons; never see them here in Moscow. I think your story about how you remembered subconsciously what your mom had said about them is truly special. Thanks for writing about it! <strong><em>Thanks MoscowMom; glad you enjoyed it :)</em></strong> I also love snapdragons; never see them here in Moscow. I think your story about how you remembered subconsciously what your mom had said about them is truly special. Thanks for writing about it!

Thanks MoscowMom; glad you enjoyed it :)

]]> By: Karina http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/04/of-snapdragons-and-lions-mouths.html/comment-page-1#comment-33916 Karina Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:16:14 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/04/of-snapdragons-and-lions-mouths.html#comment-33916 These are beautiful photos. I too love Snapdragons, and my memory is trying to come up with a memory of them in my past, because I know there's one there...it was sort of triggered looking at the photo with your hand on the flower...but I just won't come to the front of my brain right now...still, lovely photos! ;-) <em>Karina's last blog post..<a href='http://candidkarina.blogspot.com/2008/04/un-thursday.html' rel="nofollow">Un-Thursday</a></em> <strong><em>Oh I hope your memory comes up with it and I hope you'll share it! These are beautiful photos. I too love Snapdragons, and my memory is trying to come up with a memory of them in my past, because I know there’s one there…it was sort of triggered looking at the photo with your hand on the flower…but I just won’t come to the front of my brain right now…still, lovely photos! ;-)

Karina’s last blog post..Un-Thursday

Oh I hope your memory comes up with it and I hope you’ll share it!

]]> By: rositta http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/04/of-snapdragons-and-lions-mouths.html/comment-page-1#comment-32898 rositta Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:34:00 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/04/of-snapdragons-and-lions-mouths.html#comment-32898 I also love snapdragons and now that I've cleaned out my perennial beds a little I'm going to plant some. I hope they look as nice as your photos...ciao <em>rositta's last blog post..<a href='http://theviewfromher.blogspot.com/2008/04/im-here-sort-of.html' rel="nofollow">I'm Here, Sort Of...</a></em> <strong><em>Best of luck Rositta! And please take photos for us :) I also love snapdragons and now that I’ve cleaned out my perennial beds a little I’m going to plant some. I hope they look as nice as your photos…ciao

rositta’s last blog post..I’m Here, Sort Of…

Best of luck Rositta! And please take photos for us :)

]]> By: Chrispy http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/04/of-snapdragons-and-lions-mouths.html/comment-page-1#comment-32896 Chrispy Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:53:03 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/04/of-snapdragons-and-lions-mouths.html#comment-32896 I saw the photos and it reminded me of my mom before I recognized them as snapdragons. <strong><em>So many memories among us; thanks for stopping by! I saw the photos and it reminded me of my mom before I recognized them as snapdragons.

So many memories among us; thanks for stopping by!

]]> By: Homebody at Heart http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/04/of-snapdragons-and-lions-mouths.html/comment-page-1#comment-32894 Homebody at Heart Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:44:58 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/04/of-snapdragons-and-lions-mouths.html#comment-32894 Well, I guess you supplied my "learn something new every day" item. Firstly, bocca di leone is snapdragons in Italian, and secondly that they talk! Thanks! (P.S. Snaps are a snap to grow, you can plant them in fall or early spring, and even though they are annuals, they sometimes last a little longer than a year, if grown in a protected place.) <em>Homebody at Heart's last blog post..Saturday Still Life</em> <strong><em>I think I'll try to grow them next year, especially if I can find some different colors :)</em></strong> Well, I guess you supplied my “learn something new every day” item. Firstly, bocca di leone is snapdragons in Italian, and secondly that they talk! Thanks! (P.S. Snaps are a snap to grow, you can plant them in fall or early spring, and even though they are annuals, they sometimes last a little longer than a year, if grown in a protected place.)

Homebody at Heart’s last blog post..Saturday Still Life

I think I’ll try to grow them next year, especially if I can find some different colors :)

]]> By: My Melange http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/04/of-snapdragons-and-lions-mouths.html/comment-page-1#comment-32882 My Melange Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:59:45 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/04/of-snapdragons-and-lions-mouths.html#comment-32882 Who would do such a terrible thing to those beautiful flowers??? How can you mistake them for a weed?? I can relate...as mia madre is such a green thumb in mia famiglia. I missed that gene though :) I could feel your heartfelt words just popping from the screen. Nice post. Especially since Earth Day is domani. <em>My Melange's last blog post..Antiquing in the Hudson Valley</em> <strong><em>Thanks Robin; Earth Day has definitely been on my mind as well....</em></strong> Who would do such a terrible thing to those beautiful flowers??? How can you mistake them for a weed?? I can relate…as mia madre is such a green thumb in mia famiglia. I missed that gene though :)

I could feel your heartfelt words just popping from the screen. Nice post. Especially since Earth Day is domani.

My Melange’s last blog post..Antiquing in the Hudson Valley

Thanks Robin; Earth Day has definitely been on my mind as well….

]]> By: Lisa Milton http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/04/of-snapdragons-and-lions-mouths.html/comment-page-1#comment-32757 Lisa Milton Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:44:13 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/04/of-snapdragons-and-lions-mouths.html#comment-32757 They are one of my favorites; we had wild ones everywhere when I was a kid in Oregon. I hardly see them anymore. (I got a little fix at California Adventure. They had some smallish yellow ones. Better than nothing I guess.) Thanks for the shots. <strong><em>Glad to hear you got to see some recently Lisa, and thanks for stopping by :) They are one of my favorites; we had wild ones everywhere when I was a kid in Oregon.

I hardly see them anymore. (I got a little fix at California Adventure. They had some smallish yellow ones. Better than nothing I guess.)

Thanks for the shots.

Glad to hear you got to see some recently Lisa, and thanks for stopping by :)

]]> By: Frances http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/04/of-snapdragons-and-lions-mouths.html/comment-page-1#comment-32754 Frances Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:38:03 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/04/of-snapdragons-and-lions-mouths.html#comment-32754 Grandma used to plant pots of those out on the balcony. So pretty. Waving at you from New York, Frances <em>Frances's last blog post..<a href='http://blogjem.com/2008/04/21/mating-dance/' rel="nofollow">mating dance</a></em> <strong><em>All these wonderful snapdragon memories! Wonderful :) Grandma used to plant pots of those out on the balcony.
So pretty.
Waving at you from New York,
Frances

Frances’s last blog post..mating dance

All these wonderful snapdragon memories! Wonderful :)

]]> By: Christina Arbini http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/04/of-snapdragons-and-lions-mouths.html/comment-page-1#comment-32750 Christina Arbini Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:43:20 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/04/of-snapdragons-and-lions-mouths.html#comment-32750 Michelle, I learned how to "make them talk" by my Italian grandma when I was really little, and have loved them ever since mainly for that childhood memory. I have the remnants of a rogue snapdragon in one of my oversized terra cotta pots on one of my balconies that tends to surprise me every summer or every other summer by reappearing. Seeing them always reminds me fondly of my childhood, too. <em>Christina Arbini's last blog post..<a href='http://singlecitychick.blogspot.com/2008/04/morning-commute.html' rel="nofollow">Morning Commute</a></em> <strong><em>Your snapdragons sound so lovely and lively :) Thanks for sharing your memories! Michelle, I learned how to “make them talk” by my Italian grandma when I was really little, and have loved them ever since mainly for that childhood memory. I have the remnants of a rogue snapdragon in one of my oversized terra cotta pots on one of my balconies that tends to surprise me every summer or every other summer by reappearing. Seeing them always reminds me fondly of my childhood, too.

Christina Arbini’s last blog post..Morning Commute

Your snapdragons sound so lovely and lively :) Thanks for sharing your memories!

]]> By: Wanderlust Scarlett http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/04/of-snapdragons-and-lions-mouths.html/comment-page-1#comment-32747 Wanderlust Scarlett Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:41:54 +0000 http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/04/of-snapdragons-and-lions-mouths.html#comment-32747 I *LOVE* snapdragons, they are some of my favorite flowers, and they come in an array of colors... I always make them roar... it IS important to do that when you pass by them. There are rules about these things, you know. Thank you for sharing yours, that is a lovely color! Scarlett & Viaggiatore <em>Wanderlust Scarlett's last blog post..<a href='http://wanderlustscarlett.blogspot.com/2008/03/write-about-that.html' rel="nofollow">Write about that!</a></em> <strong><em>I am so happy I'm learning more of the rules! Would *hate* to offend flowers ;) I *LOVE* snapdragons, they are some of my favorite flowers, and they come in an array of colors… I always make them roar… it IS important to do that when you pass by them. There are rules about these things, you know.

Thank you for sharing yours, that is a lovely color!

Scarlett & Viaggiatore

Wanderlust Scarlett’s last blog post..Write about that!

I am so happy I’m learning more of the rules! Would *hate* to offend flowers ;)

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