In the rain, in the evening, in the garden, I will come

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Photobomb post. I was in Lexington this afternoon: I took pictures of Abbie's cairn for derspatchel and then I took pictures of other things in the garden. I gave them titles when I e-mailed them to myself from my mother's computer.



Cat turning into flowers.



Cat with new stones.



Garden box.



Logarithmic garden box.



Beating hearts.



Radio green.

Tomato [edit] vines and nasturtium flowers are beautiful. I think it is appropriate that they should grow about the grave of a cat who always knew that whatever food was nearest was his.

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[jinian.livejournal.com]

Tomato fruits and vines, and nasturtium flowers: two delicious things, in fact.

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Tomato fruits and vines, and nasturtium flowers: two delicious things, in fact.

Thank you! I thought they were the same seasonally confused plant.

[jinian.livejournal.com]

It does look that way, especially in the first shot. All those lovely peltate leaves are nasturtium, too. (The tomato leaves are the spotty compound ones.)

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(The tomato leaves are the spotty compound ones.)

Weirdly, I think I would have been much less confused by the tangle of greenery around Abbie's grave if I hadn't had a cold. Tomatoes have a distinct and piercing smell which nasturtiums do not share; I'd probably have noticed the other thing in there if I could breathe through my nose.

(I find being without a sense of smell incredibly disorienting. It's not out of commission right now, it's just muted, but it's still not fun.)

[jinian.livejournal.com]

I love the smell of tomato vines, even now that I can't eat tomatoes. They smell of poison, sure, but it's poison emblematic of summer.

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They smell of poison, sure, but it's poison emblematic of summer.

I like that image.

(Nightshade allergies or something else about tomatoes?)

[jinian.livejournal.com]

Tomato and pepper sensitivity: they give me headaches and joint pain, but no histamine reaction. Pickling seems to help, though cooking doesn't, which makes me very curious about exactly what the problem is. I have not yet succumbed to the urge to fractionate a tomato and test the components on myself. Eggplant and potato are fine, luckily.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Nasturtium flowers and nasturtium leaves are lovely things. How good of them to grow by Abbie's cairn.

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Nasturtium flowers and nasturtium leaves are lovely things. How good of them to grow by Abbie's cairn.

I suspect my mother of being responsible for their initial planting, but I like that they've struck out on their own.

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

They are, and thoroughly edible, with a faint pepper taste. They make nice additions to salad. Nothing but a full garnish bar for this best of cats.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I remember when I learned you could eat them. I was about twelve or so, and these two girls, visiting from Wales, and with gorgeous Welsh accents, told us. It seemed like magic.

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

It seemed like magic.

It does, doesn't it? I learned about them in a garden in Southern Ontario a few years ago, from my best friend.

I have now eaten them on both coasts of this country, including a few wild ones at Morrow Bay when I went clambering around on the gorgeous rocks by the sea; they were waiting for me by the car park. Now I have some in my garden in the future hope of stealing some space from the ever encroaching Japanese knot weed, and they make a wonderful occasional 'checking on the plants' snack. I feed them to everyone.

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I have now eaten them on both coasts of this country, including a few wild ones at Morrow Bay when I went clambering around on the gorgeous rocks by the sea; they were waiting for me by the car park.

That sounds lovely. One of the perks of walking somewhere with schreibergasse is the way he will suddenly reach out and pull leaves off a tree or shrub and eat them, and then offer some to you.

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

pecunium has been known to do that too. Heck, I sometimes do it. :)

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

there is a website/app for finding edible plants in Urbania:

http://fallingfruit.org/

But all that free food? I grew up where there was all sorts of semi-feral produce.

I find nasturtia to be a bit more than mildly peppery. I like it, but I think they taste more like a moderate mustard green.

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I grew up where there was all sorts of semi-feral produce.

Now I imagine lettuces prowling in packs, switching their tails as they watch the friendly naturalists with a wary eye.

[jinian.livejournal.com]

One can also eat Japanese knotweed, though it's not remotely as tasty as nasturtiums. (The shoots are sour and can be turned to the purposes of rhubarb; not as complex but available much earlier in the season.)

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

One can also eat Japanese knotweed, though it's not remotely as tasty as nasturtiums. (The shoots are sour and can be turned to the purposes of rhubarb; not as complex but available much earlier in the season.)

I now have this horrible vision of everyone coming to a potluck with foods made from Japanese Knotweed.

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Lovely and fitting. Rest well, Abbie.

Nine

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Lovely and fitting. Rest well, Abbie.

We leave stones every time.

[strange-selkie.livejournal.com]

Nasturtiums, being naturally peppery, would probably appeal to a kitteh of adventurous palate. Abbie's resting place is lovely.

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Nasturtiums, being naturally peppery, would probably appeal to a kitteh of adventurous palate.

So all he really needs is a mozzarella tree, is what you're saying.

Abbie's resting place is lovely.

He's between a pussy willow and a radio telescope. We think it works.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing these.

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Beautiful. Thank you for sharing these.

He was a good cat. And I liked how they came out.

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

Lovely place to leave one's bones.

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Lovely place to leave one's bones.

We didn't even know about the tomatoes or the nasturtiums in July.