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Re: Bee’s and things
By: Rita Date: June 23, 2025, 8:58 am
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[quote author=Pat link=topic=57.msg1913#msg1913 date=1750680911]
I think I could still whistle through the grass. The secret was
to get it a taut as possible between your thumbs.
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I must admit that I could never get it to work when I tried !
#Post#: 1915--------------------------------------------------
Re: Bee’s and things
By: Mike Waters Date: June 23, 2025, 9:53 am
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[quote author=Helen link=topic=57.msg1908#msg1908
date=1750633246]
The only thing I remember sucking as a kid , was honeysuckle …I
don’t remember anything else .
And whistling through wide grass between my thumbs.
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With a name like 'Honey Suckle' I guess it must be top of the
Honey Sucking league table.
Another tip for the wide grass whistlers is to seek out the bits
that the dogs pee on.
It gives the blades a 'sweeter' sound, hence the name 'sweet
pee'
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Re: Bee’s and things
By: Kerry Date: June 26, 2025, 2:01 am
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[quote author=Pat link=topic=57.msg1905#msg1905 date=1750629927]
I found a lovely picture of purple/pink clover which I was going
to post on here but then I lost it. Ah well we all know what
clover looks like. When i was a child we used to pluck the
petals off and suck out the sweet nectar.
Over here the small clover is white and the larger one is
pink/purple,
[/quote]I know exactly what kind of clover you mean. I used to
see it a lot as a kid growing up in a rural area. It's very
popular here with dairy farmers since it's great for grazing.
It is lovely too.
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Re: Bee’s and things
By: Kerry Date: June 26, 2025, 2:20 am
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Others told their stories of the unusual. You and a bee reminded
me of one of mine. I finally tackled the back lot; and since
it's shady, I encouraged the deadly nightshade to spread around.
It grows wild in this area, and it grew in the back yard where
I lived previously. The only bee I saw day was on the
nightshade.
The story may benefit from background was when I used to have
hunches; and one day I got a message that a friend, I'll call
him D, might need a place to live shortly. D was living with a
girl who also used to live me and a guy I also knew who had
broken up with his girlfriend. So far as I knew, everything was
fine; but since I had the hunch, I paid them a visit and told D
privately about it. If it was wrong, no harm done; if it was
right, he could move in with me. D was perplexed since he
didn't think anything was wrong.
In about a week, I got the call, and D moved in. The girl had
dropped him for the other guy. D was an unusual guy, interested
in Wicca; and my "psychic abilities" had impressed him too. So
we were out back one day, and I pointed out the deadly
nightshade and told him to be careful around it. Witches use it
induce hallucinations. I also told him how "ladies" used to
make some kind of drops out of it called belladonna to put in
their eyes since it made their pupils dilate.
How reckless of me to tell him, I guess, since he decided to
experiment with it. I don't know if he used the flowers, leaves
or berries; but he tried it. When I asked him later how it
went, he said it hadn't affected him at all; he hadn't
hallucinated or thought he could fly.
Some birds can eat the berries without harm; I guess they know
if they can or not. Dogs shouldn't eat it though. The bees
love it though. I like it because I think it's lovely and
thrives in shady parts of my lawn.
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