Comments on: Russian Sage… Or is it something else???

By: Jadyn Arbogast

Jadyn Arbogast — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:49:49 +0000

Thanks-a-mundo for the article.Really thank you! Fantastic.

By: Mart

Mart — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:33:29 +0000

I remember surfing long ago a website that could help identify a plant by the shape of its leaf. Can’t seem to find the website now. But I stumbled on a mobile app that tries to do just that. Snap a photo of the leaf and it will try to identify the plant for you.
The name of the app is “Leafsnap”.
(https://smithsonianscience.org/2011/05/new-mobile-app-that-identifies-plants-by-leaf-shape-launched-by-smithsonian-and-columbia-and-maryland-universities/)

And loving good cursive is along the same line as loving place settings in Downton Abbey. I love both. :-)

By: bakerwannabe

bakerwannabe — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 02:59:24 +0000

@Footloose, had to be Mongol #2 to be acceptable to the teacher.

By: Footloose

Footloose — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:41:01 +0000

@ Millet, See that? They even gave Mongol, a popular English term for lapiz, a bad name.

By: Clarissa

Clarissa — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:01:27 +0000

i love getting handwritten letters and decided to write to all of my closest friends that way, through snail mail, with stamps! (I didn’t even know where to send it!) I was hoping to get at least one letter in reply, having sent 6 long letters out. I got texts and messages instead. I guess those are better than nothing :)

Makahanap nga ng penpal :)

By: millet

millet — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:46:23 +0000

MP, same experience with the piano teacher. to this day, I have a disdain for Mongol pencils.

By: Gej

Gej — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 05:20:30 +0000

Beautiful leaves!

Agree very much with the value of hand-written notes and letters. Unfortunately for me I have terrible penmanship. I better join my kids’ writing club (run by their Mom!)!

Another thing with hand-writing as opposed to merely typing – looking back at entries I had written in my journal years ago, about goals, dreams, aspirations, I find that many that I had written down had somehow come true, had been achieved. Perhaps not right away, but by writing things down by hand, maybe, one imprints them deep within, beyond consciousness, where one can never forget … A close friend of mine dismissed this however, declaring: “hindi, matanda ka lang, hindi ka kasama sa computer generation” (“no, you’re just plain old, you’re not part “…) – ha ha!

By: Nacho

Nacho — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 03:53:02 +0000

I have terrible hand writing but do recognize the added value a hand written note brings. Those leaves looked very similar to some plants I have which came from Ilog Maria and they said they were a type of Lavender. I have had these plants for close to two years now and they have refused to flower… I guess it has something to do with our lack of a winter in the Philippines.
Best way to find out is indeed to rub the leaves between your fingers to intensify the aroma.

By: betty q.

betty q. — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:00:41 +0000

Footloose: I was in your neck of the woods few weeks ago…tried to google you but nada! i wanted to have kape-kape with you and my nephews! Sayang…I brought some goodies for you …maybe next trip!

By: MP

MP — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:32:51 +0000

Footloose, I was a “victim” of terror nuns who loved tapping my small hands using a stick if I missed a stroke or two. This admission dates me of course, as child abuse was not in anyone’s mind when I was in grade school. I had a rather unpleasant experience with our handwriting exercises (they used to be called that in our school) but the compliments received from my hubby seem to have vanished those awful memories. So in my penmanship case, the result justified the means, so to speak. But then again, I also had a terror piano teacher who used the same tactic and now, I can’t play the piano to save my life….