tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794954.post113207086192886695..comments2023-07-20T03:54:57.108-04:00Comments on B E B E R E: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794954.post-1132090365673240622005-11-15T16:32:00.000-05:002005-11-15T16:32:00.000-05:00Sissy: that's so cute! Much sweeter than what my...Sissy: that's so cute! Much sweeter than what my friends used to call me, anyway.<BR/><BR/>Pablo (my tree guru) and I used to like to wander around Harvard Yard and let our hands (you know - like Senor Wences's 'Johnny' character?) identify trees. My little character always liked Space Magnolia because it was always so fun to say with a fake Spanish accent:<BR/><BR/>LEE-REE-oh-DEN-dron Behttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04593480051760923088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794954.post-1132089192831896432005-11-15T16:13:00.000-05:002005-11-15T16:13:00.000-05:00When I was taking classes in the Radcliffe Seminar...When I was taking classes in the Radcliffe Seminars Landscape program years ago, I was Gleditsia triacanthos (Ditsy), and my friend was Liriodendron tulipifera (Piffy). It's all a matter of letting them know who's boss: <A HREF="http://sisu.typepad.com/sisu/2005/11/a_shopping_bag_.html" REL="nofollow">A shopping bag, a pair of clippers and a sharp eye</A><BR/><BR/>Sissy<BR/><A HREF="http://Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794954.post-1132074025671901092005-11-15T12:00:00.000-05:002005-11-15T12:00:00.000-05:00We've got a big pincherry in the backyard that is ...We've got a big pincherry in the backyard that is the bane of our existence every summer. The cherries (about the size of a pinky fingernail) drop and stain everything. Then the birds come, eat till they near burst, and poop all over everything. That said - I'd much rather have the tree than not.Behttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04593480051760923088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794954.post-1132073229730013312005-11-15T11:47:00.000-05:002005-11-15T11:47:00.000-05:00Honey Locusts are the spawn of satan. My mother h...Honey Locusts are the spawn of satan. My mother has them in her front yard... and I rake for her. Those little tiny leaves are impossible to rake up. Evil I tell you! Pure evil!Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00030804900292712902noreply@blogger.com