Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Ferns


I think I'm jumping the gun because I usually go to the Margery McNeely Conservatory during the winter when I am tired of ice and snow.  It's hard to resist anytime of the year, tho.



Linking to ABC Wednesday

Added later: While researching the internet to answer Lowell's question, I looked at a Como Conservatory images site and found one of my photos, used without permission (but with a small attribution) of a Hmong child in tribal dress who was visiting the conservatory with her family. Not very nice, is it?!



27 comments:

  1. Ice and snow? Aren't you spending the winter in a warmer clime?

    'Tis a beautiful place. Restful, too. Who was Margery McNeely? Sounds Irish! :)

    And my mantra is "Yes, dear, you're right!" :))

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  2. Lovely green plant no matter when you see it ?

    A bit confused. I see no child in a tribal dress. Am I to follow a link to that?

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    1. Yes Janey, the words "hmong child" is highlighted and all you have to do is click on that. Otherwise follow the link I have here to see the post: http://visualstpaul.blogspot.com/2009/01/hmong-in-minnesota.html

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    2. Brain dead today. thanks Kate. Interesting to learn about these colorful people.....

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  3. oh wow, what a shock to find one of your photos being used! did you contact them? they could have asked!

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  4. During the long months of winter, having a place with greenery to walk through and around would be most welcome. A wonderful appealing building!

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  5. oh, the use of your photo without asking - by a business site, no less - is terrible!

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  6. Wow, there seems to be a epidemic of intellectual property thefts lately.

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  7. What a peaceful, pretty place to collect your thoughts! Oh, and send that website an invoice for the use of your photo without permission!

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  8. nice and green!
    did you tell them about your photo?!

    regarding the bread, here i found a blog that shares the recipe (i have the book). you will need a sourdough starter for it, however. http://youcandoitathome.blogspot.nl/2011/06/vermont-sourdough-with-increased-whole.html#more
    but! you can use a dutch oven to bake any kind of bread, also the more simple dried yeast breads. you just follow any recipe, make sure you shape the dough like a ball, then heat the oven together with the dutch oven in it to the right temperature. then put the dough in the dutch oven, cover it for 2/3 of the baking time, then take the lid off and bake it for the remaining 1/3 (or a bit longer, depending on the bread, the oven, etc).
    if you do not want to do any kneading, you can start with this bread. it is very easy, takes almost no kitchen time (but a lot of waiting), and your dutch oven! for a while this recipe was going all over the internet: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/dining/08mini.html?ref=dining (there is a video, and a link to the recipe in the article)

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  9. ah, and thanks for your nice comment.. :)

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  10. I know the feeling all too well of finding my pictures being used by someone else without permission. Not a nice feeling. I have started using a copyright on mine for just that reason. If they gave you a small credit for the photo, consider yourself lucky. The person who used hundreds of my pictures actually claimed to have taken them.
    This is such a beautiful place, I wouldn't be able to stay away either!

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  11. Ice and Snow my middle names for a while more, I'm aftraid.

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  12. Nice ferns, not so nice about the use of your photo. I suspect they wouldn't be so sanguine if you walked away with some of their property, no? I don't see a copyright notice on your homepage, though I doubt that this would make much difference to a photo thief.

    Re: Your fair comment. I hadn't thought about it much until recently, but I really like fairs, too. We lived near a county fairground in Calif. and went to that fair nearly every year and even traveled to the state fair a couple of times. I was involved with the fairs as an environmental educator and as a volunteer staffing an information booth. I wouldn't like a steady diet of an event like that but once a year? Bring it on! I'd happily go to yours with you.

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  13. Beautiful shot. I love ferns. Carver, ABC Wed. Team

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  14. The lush ferns are wonderful to look at even when the temperatures are soaring into the 100's.

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  15. Looks like a nice place. I always worry about someone stealing our photos. I am sure they have been used on other sites.

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  16. Those ferns can be rather FESTIVE.
    ROG, ABC Wednesday team

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  17. Frustrating to see your work being used for something other than what you intended. I do like the ferns.

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  18. I don't associate ferns with any particular season. They are fine plants that fit many filtered sunlight situations.

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  19. Ferns are aplenty here, as they thrive in our tropical heat.

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  20. Beautiful shot. I like ferns.

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  21. What's the difference between fern and bracken? Is bracken bigger than fern?
    Beautiful photos.
    Wil, ABCW Team.

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  22. Reminds me of my fern salad for lunch two weeks ago :) Lovely plant.

    Hazel

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  23. The ferns are lovely, but your story makes me grind my teeth. Remind me to tell you a story of "borrowed" information I recently discovered.

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