tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post1034048538442750468..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: White "crab spiders"Ken Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-21520961230536025462018-05-29T03:59:16.282+02:002018-05-29T03:59:16.282+02:00According to the scholars at Google, incy wincy is...According to the scholars at Google, incy wincy is the British and Australian version of itsy bitsy. If only answers were so readily available for life's other questions.Emmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17365143273404503659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-47729601500740550342018-05-28T16:36:33.943+02:002018-05-28T16:36:33.943+02:00I say incy wincy. My granddaughter loves this rhym...I say incy wincy. My granddaughter loves this rhyme. I need to find a white spider for her to see.Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-70947158965431608932018-05-28T13:39:10.862+02:002018-05-28T13:39:10.862+02:00We were in Chinon yesterday and there was a tremen...We were in Chinon yesterday and there was a tremendous amount of tree litter on the roads, but no vine damage that I saw. It seems to hit big trees and broken off lots of leaves and twigs, but the lower down stuff like vines appear to be fine.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472449597146519943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-58704712527770694582018-05-28T06:53:15.598+02:002018-05-28T06:53:15.598+02:00There's an interesting article about this nurs...There's an interesting article about <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itsy_Bitsy_Spider" rel="nofollow">this nursery rhyme on Wikipedia</a>. There are various versions of the song, some using the phrase "incy-wincy" instead of "itsy bitsy". I would assume it pre-dates the American Revolution.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-68997206511487926592018-05-28T03:19:17.830+02:002018-05-28T03:19:17.830+02:00This reminds me of the childhood rhyme about the i...This reminds me of the childhood rhyme about the itsy-bitsy spider:<br />The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the waterspout.<br /> Down came the rain<br /> and washed the spider out.<br /> Out came the sun<br /> and dried up all the rain<br /> and the itsy bitsy spider climbed up the spout again.<br /><br />Although you can tell that the lyrics are likely British, because they rhyme "rain" and "again".Emmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17365143273404503659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-19379543716192116992018-05-27T17:32:25.393+02:002018-05-27T17:32:25.393+02:00I'll also chime in with how amazing those phot...I'll also chime in with how amazing those photos are. Wow!<br /><br />I'm so glad that you didn't end up with hail dents on your cars, or cracks in the greenhouse. We had a big hailstorm at school once, while we were in the auditorium for an after-school performance, and the sound was absolutely deafening (and frightening, since we didn't know what it was). When we came out, I found my car peppered with little dents.<br />Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-57716521628201307372018-05-27T14:32:30.011+02:002018-05-27T14:32:30.011+02:00P.S. If you google flower crab spider, you'll ...P.S. If you google flower crab spider, you'll see that some of them have even larger red markings.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-32689295992655868112018-05-27T14:11:24.542+02:002018-05-27T14:11:24.542+02:00Sheila, I don't think that small red marking i...Sheila, I don't think that small red marking is a flower petal since you can see that same marking on the spider when it is upside down on the next photo. It is a different spider on the wild carrot's flower.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-9263029411359741632018-05-27T13:25:23.813+02:002018-05-27T13:25:23.813+02:00Those photos are remarkable. That little red marki...Those photos are remarkable. That little red marking must be a flower petal, no? Let's see the others you say you have.<br />Glad the greenhouse wasn't damaged.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335063080532127542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-83775625180339978292018-05-27T11:49:19.549+02:002018-05-27T11:49:19.549+02:00Merci, Charles-Henry. I'm really enjoying the ...Merci, Charles-Henry. I'm really enjoying the camera and Photoshop these days. I have more macro photos...Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-22339324429820004712018-05-27T11:42:58.112+02:002018-05-27T11:42:58.112+02:00Still no detailed news about damage to the local v...Still no detailed news about damage to the local vineyards. Down in Bordeaux, they say, there was a lot of damage, and the hailstorm lasted only six minutes. Here, it lasted only two or three minutes. I didn't see any damage when I walked through the vineyard with Tasha this morning.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-56691399849703729822018-05-27T11:16:19.945+02:002018-05-27T11:16:19.945+02:00I should have added your macro photos are excellen...I should have added your macro photos are excellent. Comments on the tablet work only with Chrome, but it is a pain...chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-9346563654683990322018-05-27T08:52:18.078+02:002018-05-27T08:52:18.078+02:00Hail in the vineyards...I'm sure that's no...Hail in the vineyards...I'm sure that's not good. Hope your weather goes back to warm and comfortable.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-65642844158999561602018-05-27T07:26:27.603+02:002018-05-27T07:26:27.603+02:00There were warnings yesterday on France 2 about th...There were warnings yesterday on France 2 about thunderstorms for a number of <i>départements</i> of western France, yours included. What they call <i>vigilance orange</i>.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.com