“Anyone who thinks gardening begins in the spring and ends in the fall is missing the best part of the whole year; for gardening begins in January with a dream.”
— Josephine Nuese
— Josephine Nuese
Winter strips the broad-leafed trees to their essentials. Now they stand in bare bones, all of them except the pines and spruces and hemlocks, and you can see what stands behind their graceful summer shapes.
~Hal Borland, "Silhouettes and Fingerprints," A Countryman's Woods, 1983
~Hal Borland, "Silhouettes and Fingerprints," A Countryman's Woods, 1983
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From Puzzle Master Will Shortz
Find the flower using its anagram, minus one letter. For example: Rishi minus H= iris a) Store minus T =_______________________ b) Filly minus F=________________________ c) Openly minus L=______________________ d) Snappy minus P=______________________ e) Dismay minus M=_____________________ f) Pulpit minus P=________________________ g) Streak minus K =_______________________ h) Outlive minus U=_______________________ i) Measuring minus S =____________________ j) Bargained minus B = ____________________ k) Contrarian minus R = ____________________ l) Underflows minus D = ___________________ Unscramble the letters to name the tree: a) HAS =________________________ b) PANES = ______________________ c) MEL = ________________________ d) RACED = _____________________ e) WYE =_______________________ f) AMONG= _____________________ g) REAP =_______________________ h) ALLURE=______________________ i) AMPLE =_____________________ j) MAIN GOAL =____________________ |
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Trees:
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“Every gardener know that under the cloak of winter lies a miracle.”
— Barbara Winkler
— Barbara Winkler