For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.Carl Sagan
First things first:
After admiring Ellen's feast of blossoms forever, we ordered seeds from a hopefully reliable Dutch supplier and look what has come up:
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| Caesalpinia gilliesii aka Bird of Paradise bush |
I speak words of encouragement everytime I pass the little pots. I am expecting only greatness.
One of these days, my energy storage tank, which is filling up nicely, will reach sufficient levels to become active in the blogworld again. However, supervision in this household is strict, nurse Ratchet would be proud.
So again, just a few bits and pieces.
Because of about a hundred stickers protesting against the Nazi regime, Liane Berkowitz was beheaded with a guillotine 82 years ago today, on 5 August 1943, two days before her 20th birthday, in Plötzensee Prison, Berlin. Take a moment to remember her.
The potatoe harvest has been exceptional this year, we are reaching Irish standards. Here are representatives of some of the varieties we harvested and are now eating.
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| left to right: Ackersegen (blessing of the field), Rote Emalie (red Emalie), Cilena, Blauer Schwede (blue Swede), Heidemarie (Mary of the heather) |
The last tigridia of the year:
And two bits that came through the ethers this morning.
This is not meant to be funny because it's actually disturbingly evil, where to begin, if women are bits of coal what's next . . .
Instead, let this be your guide today:
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ReplyDeleteThe last 'instruction' if I can call it that should be a no brainer. Cat videos allowed me to get through what is going on. Cats, such a small thing.
How are you doing?
Getting there in small steps.
DeleteI'm glad your energy storage tank is refilling. Mine was depleted this weekend, time for a refill.
ReplyDeleteThat last bit, nice resistance, I can do that.
What beautiful potatoes all! Yum yum. And growing birds of paradise from seed is certainly to be commended. I send a small whisper of blessings to them also! Your tigridia is beautiful also.
ReplyDeleteYour potatoes make me weep with envy. Well, figuratively, anyway.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad to hear that you are feeling at least somewhat better. Sometimes we need a Nurse Ratched.
Glad to hear you are slowly recovering. Never fast enough for us is it? Thanks for the link and happy to see your two little sprouts. Such fancy names for potatoes.
ReplyDeleteI do not understand his fascination with coal. It's dirty, burns dirty, kills the very people who dig it out of the ground. We've been here before and it wasn't pretty.
As to the last, I suppose I'll continue to share the boring minutia of my life.
Yes, all the "small," beautiful things in our lives are resistance. I agree.
ReplyDeleteThat coal thing is just bizarre.
I had no idea the guillotine was still in use in the 1940s?!
Nazi Germany used the guillotine between 1933 and 1945 to execute 16,500 prisoners, 10,000 of them in 1944 and 1945 alone. (Wikipedia)
DeleteThis from the website of the Plötzensee Memorial Site:
"Their last walk took them across a small courtyard to the execution room with the guillotine. The executioner, aided by two or three assistants, carried out the beheading or hanging in a matter of seconds.
Executioners were paid an annual wage of 3,000 reichsmarks, plus 60 (later 65) reichsmarks per execution. The executed prisoners’ relatives had to pay an “invoice for costs incurred.” The public prosecution department demanded 1.50 reichsmarks for every day’s imprisonment in Plötzensee, 300 reichsmarks for the execution, and 12 pfennigs in postage for the receipt of the invoice."
Thank you for keeping the memory of Liane Berkowitz' resistance alive. Sending love always.
ReplyDeleteThis gave me perspective. Taking a moment now.
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