tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post7960735445696580233..comments2024-03-28T16:31:23.093-07:00Comments on Books in Northport: Stop and Smell the MilkweedP. J. Grathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-67945864086660224522010-06-27T11:47:31.642-07:002010-06-27T11:47:31.642-07:00Loreen, I went back to look at your yellow flower....Loreen, I went back to look at your yellow flower. I'm baffled! Also tried the videos, but some part of watching them eludes me, too. I got into one, saw two images, then got bounced out again. I don't watch many videos, though, so the fault is probably my own cluelessness.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-41833520805814333802010-06-26T07:28:57.168-07:002010-06-26T07:28:57.168-07:00I DO feel land-bound, but am getting to the lake a...I DO feel land-bound, but am getting to the lake as often as possible these days. <br /><br />Your post inspired me to make a video of all the flowers I passed on my Lake Trek. It's up on my blog now. There is also a photo on the post of a strange, yellow flower I saw in the UP that I'd never seen before. Any help from you or your readers?<br /><br />Oh, and I learned in my research that it is common for only ONE of the tiny flowers in each milkweed bloom to get fertilized. The number of pods in the fall are the number of tiny flowers successfully pollinated. Apparently it's quite difficult for bugs to transfer pollen between those tiny, gorgeous five-point, flowers. <br /><br />-Loreen Niewenhuis<br />LakeTrek.Blogspot.comAuthor & Adventurer Loreen Niewenhuishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984661278026521501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-26085038316011839992010-06-23T04:32:31.677-07:002010-06-23T04:32:31.677-07:00I have those feelings every year, Dawn, but this s...I have those feelings every year, Dawn, but this summer is particularly odd and out of joint, thanks to an early spring followed by frosts. It's only a little over a week until the St. Wenceslaus chicken dinner. Some years there are cherries for sale at the rummage sale there, and some years there are strawberries. Will there be both at once this year? That would be strange!<br /><br />Do get up close to milkweed blossoms--watch out for bees--and inhale deeply through your nose. They put roses in the shade!P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-76395883733923509822010-06-22T19:19:56.462-07:002010-06-22T19:19:56.462-07:00I didn't realize milkweed smelled good. I did...I didn't realize milkweed smelled good. I did notice a couple of days ago that it's ready to bloom here and I thought "NO! It's too early! Isn't this supposed to be blooming in August? Everything is too early! Summer is too early! Help!"Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00824027366993286152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-91379688371024079282010-06-22T18:32:00.073-07:002010-06-22T18:32:00.073-07:00Hi, Loreen. Are you feeling land-bound these days?...Hi, Loreen. Are you feeling land-bound these days? Yes, Kathy is a good connection and lots of fun, as well as a real lover of Michigan and the Great Lakes. As for the milkweed, I can't believe it's been around me all my life. Seems only in the last few years have I paid it the attention it deserves. And its perfume is just the sweetest!P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-47893275542600218272010-06-22T17:46:41.107-07:002010-06-22T17:46:41.107-07:00Nice photos! I'm always surprised by the comp...Nice photos! I'm always surprised by the complexity of the milkweed blooms. Gorgeous. <br /><br />Hey, thanks for sharing my lake trek story with Kathy Drue!<br /><br />-Loreen Niewenhuis<br />LakeTrek.Blogspot.comAuthor & Adventurer Loreen Niewenhuishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984661278026521501noreply@blogger.com