Anybody interested in going to Harlem to make drawings of tulips??

[THROBBS]

I would, but I don't have the time or money just now. We'd have to "go Dutch", anyway.

[THROBBS]

Drawing tulips on an organ is better than roses on a piano!









Ahhahhahahhahahha! tulips/two lips AHahhHAhahhahahahahahahaahahaaa




at least in the windmills of my mind.

[ShortKake]

[THROBBS]

by the way...it was an intentional misspelling (this time) of Haarlem (Netherlands)

[THROBBS]

I do like the fantasy concept of a harem, but most of the realities... not so much. I have been through some parts of Harlem, but never to any part of Haarlem.

[THROBBS]

I should plant more tulips, and crocuses and daffodils...

I really enjoy this time of year when they start popping up.

[Kim_vegas]

Originally Posted by THROBBS

...

I really enjoy this time of year when they start popping up.

I guess you do every time *it* pops!

[THROBBS]

Originally Posted by Kim_vegas

I guess you do every time *it* pops!

frequently.

[THROBBS]

awe!
The Pasha had the thread pulled.
And I thought he was giving it to us "limited Americans".

[Tio_Narratore]

The annual Tulip Festival is coming up in Ottawa soon...

http://tulipfestival.ca/

but if you're looking for a pair to decorate your organ, try hanging around Plaza Bridge after midnight on Saturday...

[THROBBS]

you know! irezumi has drawn some great image which could be depicting a "Harlem harem"!

> http://forum.literotica.com/attachme...9&d=1171834199

> http://forum.literotica.com/attachme...4&d=1171910352

[sunandshadow]

I'm confused by this thread, lol. But my tulips are in bloom, and I'm enjoying them. I got one oddity - I did not plant any tulips that looked like this:
http://home.comcast.net/~wickeddelig...eakytulip1.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~wickeddelig...eakytulip3.jpg

[THROBBS]

Originally Posted by sunandshadow

I'm confused by this thread, lol. But my tulips are in bloom, and I'm enjoying them. I got one oddity - I did not plant any tulips that looked like this:
http://home.comcast.net/~wickeddelig...eakytulip1.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~wickeddelig...eakytulip3.jpg

It is extra confusing, since the thread which parodies has been removed.

Those are like dragon tongue tulips...cool

[sunandshadow]

I love flowers. I dunno what zone you live in, but if it's mine or similar (zone 6) I'm happy to give tips on what grows well.

Someday I want to do the art for a plant-breeding game like Plant Tycoon. http://www.ldw.com/plant_tycoon.php (Btw anyone who looks at this game, I've heard they screwed up the phone version when they added the ads; if you want to play the hour-long free trial it's preferable to do so with the PC version.)

[THROBBS]

Originally Posted by sunandshadow

I love flowers. I dunno what zone you live in, but if it's mine or similar (zone 6) I'm happy to give tips on what grows well.

Someday I want to do the art for a plant-breeding game like Plant Tycoon. http://www.ldw.com/plant_tycoon.php (Btw anyone who looks at this game, I've heard they screwed up the phone version when they added the ads; if you want to play the hour-long free trial it's preferable to do so with the PC version.)

Hahahahahahahahaha! You so funny!

What grows well, is what survives.

I don't garden. I might shove some bulbs in the ground.

[sunandshadow]

That's pretty much what I do, actually - bulbs and other perennials, I stick them in the ground. By 'grows well' I mean the ones that are still there after 3 years. For example, tulips often don't perennialize well. But having grown about 20 varieties of tulips I can tell you that Claudia tulips (purple with a white edge) are the most successful of all the ones I've tried (not counting species tulips). I can also tell you, don't plant bearded iris anywhere that isn't up against a wall or fence, unless you live somewhere that never gets high winds. I can tell you muscari (grape hyacinth) are surprisingly good at fighting back against aggressive weeds and ground cover, and a good choice for the ground at the base of a larger perennial like a rose bush. And I can tell you that if you have squirrels, bunnies, and/or deer, your best choice is to plant alliums because, being ornamental onions, they smell and taste bad to most animals.

[THROBBS]

and so you did!



tell me.

[THROBBS]

purple are nice.

[sunandshadow]

That made me smile. Maybe she's christening a new set of tools with a fertility rite for a new year of planting - when tulips bloom is the time to put the first seeds in the ground. (I came up with that because I was having difficulty believing any tools that had been used for gardening would ever be clean enough to do that with, lol. Mine always have mud everywhere. )

Hey, are you familiar with butterfly daffodils? They are blooming now too, I always thought they had a Georgia O'Keefe sort of look, iykwim. They even come in pink.



Oh, some other tips for actual gardening - columbines are a nice thing to plant mixed with tulips, because when the tulips are in bloom the columbines are shorter and have pretty leaves, and when the tulips are done the columbines get big, conceal the dying tulip leaves, and bloom for pretty much the rest of the year until the first frost. Columbines come in some great shapes and colors too. Their only minor downside is if you plant them as seeds they won't bloom the first year, but it's significantly more pricy to buy them as potted plants. Peonies are the same way - a shrub that flowers year after year, comes in a nice assortment of shapes and colors, but if you plant them the cheap way as roots they won't bloom the first year. Daylilies even more so, if you plant them as roots they may take 2 years to bloom.

[THROBBS]

you lost me at "actual gardening"

[libramoon]

Originally Posted by sunandshadow

That made me smile. Maybe she's christening a new set of tools with a fertility rite for a new year of planting - when tulips bloom is the time to put the first seeds in the ground. (I came up with that because I was having difficulty believing any tools that had been used for gardening would ever be clean enough to do that with, lol. Mine always have mud everywhere. )

Hey, are you familiar with butterfly daffodils? They are blooming now too, I always thought they had a Georgia O'Keefe sort of look, iykwim. They even come in pink.



Oh, some other tips for actual gardening - columbines are a nice thing to plant mixed with tulips, because when the tulips are in bloom the columbines are shorter and have pretty leaves, and when the tulips are done the columbines get big, conceal the dying tulip leaves, and bloom for pretty much the rest of the year until the first frost. Columbines come in some great shapes and colors too. Their only minor downside is if you plant them as seeds they won't bloom the first year, but it's significantly more pricy to buy them as potted plants. Peonies are the same way - a shrub that flowers year after year, comes in a nice assortment of shapes and colors, but if you plant them the cheap way as roots they won't bloom the first year. Daylilies even more so, if you plant them as roots they may take 2 years to bloom.

Um yeah...the "2 lips" really threw me for a loop Throbbs.

And Sunshadow, I too see O'Keefe in those beautiful flowers.

[THROBBS]

Originally Posted by libramoon

Um yeah...the "2 lips" really threw me for a loop Throbbs.

And Sunshadow, I too see O'Keefe in those beautiful flowers.

The entire thread was just a joke/parody about a thread: "Anybody interested in drawing pictures for a harem story I wrote"<(or something like that, he had a fit when I questioned his legitimacy, wrote a couple scathing PMs to me, called me an "idiot" and an "limited American" in a reply and pulled ALL of his posts). So, this thread has no context.

so "harem", became Harlem, an intentional misspelling of Haarlem, which "explains" (not really) the tulip reference, which lead to the old joke: "What's better than Roses on a Piano? Tulips (Two Lips) on an organ." ha ha ha.