tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post1894361654264036130..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Status report: springKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-63107638967216868292008-03-11T13:40:00.000+01:002008-03-11T13:40:00.000+01:00Your heron is le héron cendré and the little hawk ...Your heron is le héron cendré and the little hawk is actually a small falcon - Kestrel in English, Crécerelle in French. The kestrel will be tracking the rodent's urine trail, which it can see because raptors can see some of the light spectrum that is invisible to us, and because rodents, not to put to fine a point on it, dribble all the time.<BR/><BR/>In Australia, the big single trumpet narcissi like your pic are daffodils, smaller, multi-flowered stems are jonquils, but taxonomically I don't think there is much difference - they are all Narcissus sp.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-43086722358341435662008-03-10T18:43:00.000+01:002008-03-10T18:43:00.000+01:00Wet, wet, wet in Waco today. It actually snowed h...Wet, wet, wet in Waco today. It actually snowed here last Thursday after being in the 70s earlier in the week. It was bad enough in Dallas that DFW airport was closed. Of course, it does not take much snow and ice to shut things down in this part of the country. I am ready for consistent sun so that we can have a regular practice schedule for our 9 yr-old boys baseball team.<BR/><BR/>I love the flower pics. We had our first roses bloom this weekend and the pear trees bloomed about one week ago. Other than the weather, it is beginning to look like spring in central Texas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-10386026015199630522008-03-10T17:26:00.000+01:002008-03-10T17:26:00.000+01:00Hi Gabby, I think jonquil is the term most used in...Hi Gabby, I think jonquil is the term most used in the U.S. Southeast, where I come from. It's also the French term, <I>une jonquille</I>. The word daffodil derives from the Dutch, evidently, and Walt says it's the word he always heard and used when he was growing up in the old Dutch colonies (around Albany, NY).<BR/><BR/>Claudia, I don't know if those droplets on the tulip were dew drops or rain drops.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-7922149219175898842008-03-10T17:00:00.000+01:002008-03-10T17:00:00.000+01:00What's the difference between a daffodil and a jon...What's the difference between a daffodil and a jonquil?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-87045561357756221702008-03-10T16:30:00.000+01:002008-03-10T16:30:00.000+01:00"Status report: two snowstorms in a week."I totall..."Status report: two snowstorms in a week."<BR/>I totally forget that grass and flowers truly exist until I look at your land. The jonquil reflects the warmth of the sun. The tulip still has the tears of the dew. And Callie seems to be calling me to join him on the grass. Happy Spring to all of you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com