tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post8829968224193801348..comments2024-03-28T20:19:16.805-04:00Comments on Vicki Lane Mysteries: Blackberry WinterVicki Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-14741771373124153372012-04-26T05:50:48.222-04:002012-04-26T05:50:48.222-04:00Yes we've had just the same and I've been ...Yes we've had just the same and I've been in and out of my shed with my precious baby plants - determined that they won't succumb to any unexpected frosts.<br />Fingers here are crossed for your rhododendrons etc.Stella Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06699491230987143490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-36911735218714253582012-04-25T17:08:28.735-04:002012-04-25T17:08:28.735-04:00i think we're having one too, only it doesn...i think we're having one too, only it doesn't look as pretty as yours.jennyfreckleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12221511824958069710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-62510321439533524292012-04-25T11:52:50.432-04:002012-04-25T11:52:50.432-04:00We're in a cold spell too, this April has been...We're in a cold spell too, this April has been a strange one, and it's left us all with what we can only hope is our last cold of the season. Spring colds seem the worst. Yesterday I made the soup, today I will make the fire, and as soon as I'm up for some baking, Ba's pound cake is next. The cayenne pepper sounds very interesting! Thanks for sharing your recipes and your warm home with us.Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10114884092474969555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-57755956248250405712012-04-25T07:56:19.313-04:002012-04-25T07:56:19.313-04:00Oooo...I made the soup but neglected the comfortin...Oooo...I made the soup but neglected the comforting pound cake! That sounds fabulous. Glad your pretty blooms made it through the cold -mine did too, even though it was snowing on and off yesterday for several hours. I love that pink rhododendron!Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734831781770841734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-77050447370758486272012-04-24T20:47:28.275-04:002012-04-24T20:47:28.275-04:00Oh yes, definitely a day for Ba's pound cake. ...Oh yes, definitely a day for Ba's pound cake. We have loved these chilly days.NCmountainwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615765649828716560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-15878602323175891362012-04-24T12:42:24.871-04:002012-04-24T12:42:24.871-04:00I love your posts, Vicki-- it's so beatiful th...I love your posts, Vicki-- it's so beatiful there-- here, an early Colorado spring, things surprised into bloom and thankfully not the dreaded late blizzard...yet. Many years a late freeze and snow have killed the blossoms and hence, in my case, the plums and crab apples...xjJenne' R. Andrews https://www.blogger.com/profile/15744946229300234443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-87582512156902363992012-04-24T12:38:37.823-04:002012-04-24T12:38:37.823-04:00Sounds like we're in for another crazy weather...Sounds like we're in for another crazy weather year. It was in the low 40's here in florida last night. At least the wind isn't blowing a gale like it did for the past two days. Maybe I'll venture outside some today.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14880046224880273404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-86658966646795147392012-04-24T12:28:41.534-04:002012-04-24T12:28:41.534-04:00Are the purple flowers climbing your arbor clemiti...Are the purple flowers climbing your arbor clemitis or something else? They're beautiful!<br /><br />Lynne in GAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-90248022986942594152012-04-24T09:43:51.738-04:002012-04-24T09:43:51.738-04:00We made it through! Yea!! So far...
Vicki, I...We made it through! Yea!! So far...<br /><br />Vicki, I've been meaning to comment on your iPaint-ing! Beautiful! How incredibly talented you are! An Amazing woman! <br /><br />EloraElorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04579555623060708938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-47786746972970132192012-04-24T09:37:08.492-04:002012-04-24T09:37:08.492-04:00So good of you to post lovely pics of our blackber...So good of you to post lovely pics of our blackberry winter...my potted plants are waiting to have sheets taken off. I got tired of lugging them up and down porch stairs, so they're just huddled next to the house this time. The blooming potted gardenia came inside with the freshly transplanted basil, however. Dogwood winter they survived, but the top of the huge butterfly bush (not potted) is still stunted from that frost. I didn't know of these two seasons till moving to Appalachia, but they are indeed exactly as described.Barbara Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351113054045427775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-39191498780485227472012-04-24T09:20:38.819-04:002012-04-24T09:20:38.819-04:00Blackberry Winter, I have never heard of that, but...Blackberry Winter, I have never heard of that, but it sounds wonderful and the name for a good book too. Ha.Linda Starrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364078667554676592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-29450058643558893422012-04-24T09:18:07.996-04:002012-04-24T09:18:07.996-04:00Vicki, thanks for reminding me of blackberry winte...Vicki, thanks for reminding me of blackberry winter. I'm so glad it didn't get as cold here as predicted, but stayed at 32, rather than going down to 25. <br />As I sit here, I can see out the corner of my eye the phoebe that flies to the babies in the nest built on top of the wasp nest under the peak of the roof. How I love to watch the business of the parents as they fly back and forth to the nest. they also like to perch on the tree, their tails twitching.<br /><br />Off the subject---I'm about halfway through "Clara and Mr. Tiffany," and loving all the detail that Susan Vreeland puts in, from the work at the studio to the scenes of the turn of the last century in NYC. Before reading, I knew that a woman was in charge of the glass fabrication, but not how fascinating her life was, or that she hung around with the counterculture people of that era.<br /> <br />Deana the queenaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-39021472334849043832012-04-24T08:38:06.427-04:002012-04-24T08:38:06.427-04:00We were spared sleet and snow, but wind amplified ...We were spared sleet and snow, but wind amplified the cold for our Blackberry Winter, and we did have a freeze over the weekend. Leaves on redbuds and tulip poplars have turned brown and shriveled. But from the blooms, looks like blackberry picking is going to be good this summer! I can taste the cobblers now.Wayfarin' Strangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00806995797136803377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-20025492069616102502012-04-24T07:41:53.726-04:002012-04-24T07:41:53.726-04:00Well, today Blogger published the pre-scheduled po...Well, today Blogger published the pre-scheduled post -- wonderous are the ways of Blogger.<br /><br />AND, I can report that , though it's right chilly outside, we seem to have escaped any freeze or frost damage-- hooray!<br /><br />Victoria -- we have Dogwood Winter too -- it would have been two weeks ago when they were blooming.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-86386211345681036572012-04-24T07:20:18.691-04:002012-04-24T07:20:18.691-04:00Blackberry winter. Nice to know.Blackberry winter. Nice to know.Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15620539513724126913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-29250219996610528882012-04-24T06:51:18.464-04:002012-04-24T06:51:18.464-04:00oh odd that the winter was so mild and not our spr...oh odd that the winter was so mild and not our spring has turned bitter cold....at least we did not get the snow they did up north...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-35124577202285450462012-04-24T01:55:12.555-04:002012-04-24T01:55:12.555-04:00The last time I came up there was in April and it ...The last time I came up there was in April and it was snowing when we got there, but we had gorgeous days of pleasant temperatures... much better than the heat we left in Texas!Ms. Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263882972749791087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-35812446668187136062012-04-24T01:35:43.906-04:002012-04-24T01:35:43.906-04:00How strange to think that you have blackberry bloo...How strange to think that you have blackberry blooms now. Ours are a little way off yet. Wet and grey days, here, at the moment, though.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-36911074162967988372012-04-24T00:30:29.170-04:002012-04-24T00:30:29.170-04:00Same out here, Vicki, only we call it 'Dogwood...Same out here, Vicki, only we call it 'Dogwood Winter.'Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10851516387194415387noreply@blogger.com