The Post With No Name

But these are flowers that fly and all but sing:
And now from having ridden out desire
They lie closed over in the wind and cling
Where wheels have freshly sliced the April mire.
~Robert Frost, "Blue-Butterfly Day"

Yesterday, as I was hopping around to some of the Friday Feast blogs, I came across one with a sticky post asking everyone to stop using word verification on their blog comments because it was such a pain. This person enabled comment moderation instead.

I wondered which one of those options is the lesser of evils? Do YOU hate comment moderation or word verification more? Should I stop with the letters (which seem to be getting longer and longer) and enable moderation? Should I just get over the spam and slimy comments I received more than a year ago and have neither?

Inquiring minds want to know.

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Worked on edits a little yesterday. Wrote the next scene to my short story in my brain last night as I was drifting off to sleep -- now I just need to get it written down before I forget it. Read a few more pages of Gay's novel (yes! I'm a beta reader -- and I'm so excited about it) and wished there were more hours in the day.

I didn't do much work on the website I'm building because I spent all day trying to figure out how to create a form using HTML that actually works. I never did. The form is lovely, but it doesn't send the information anywhere, nor does it link to the confirmation page. I'm mystified and defeated.

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In Pillar Place: Monarch, we had some changes.

I gave Otto a closer look yesterday, and it appears he stopped his transformation into a chrysalis about 3/4 of the way through. The very top, next to the lid, still looks like a pillar. It seems the odds are good that Otto, dear Otto, is not going to complete the transformation into a butterfly.

I moved all but three pillars (Andy, Anne and Clarisse are still too small) into a second box I made up and they immediately started climbing (all except Bob, the smallest -- he just ate). When I went to bed, seven were in various places on the walls and roof. I expected little "J"'s all over the place this morning. Instead, all but two of them returned to the floor and their food. Odd.

There was also a tragedy in the world of Monarchs yesterday -- across the street from our library is a huge field (1 -2 acres) full of milkweed, and most likely full of butterbabies. I assumed they would be safe since all the construction was occurring across the street.

I was wrong. Some time between Monday and yesterday THEY MOWED. All those little butterbabies... gone. Ground up beneath the blades of a mower or starving to death with no food.

DD sobbed inconsolably. I felt like joining her. According to Monarch Watch, habitat destruction in the US and Canada is one of the biggest reasons for the monarch butterfly population decline, followed by pesticide use.

In Pillar Place: Swallowtail, Lily hatched but promptly fell, laid on her back for an unknown period of time before I found her, and messed up her wings. We did what we could (very little, really) and then put her outside in a flower patch and hoped for the best. Several hours later, we checked and she was gone. Eaten or flown? We decided to believe she managed to pump up her crumpled wing and flew.

I'm not certain my heart can stand another year of this. This year may be the last Pillar Place.

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I'm disappointed there is not a picture for this quiz... but -- here you go!

What Fruit are You? (Detailed personality description.)

YOU are an ORANGE! You experiment, are independent, curious, create different approaches, and create change. You learn best when you can use trial and error, produce real products, can compete and are self-directed. You tend to have trouble meeting time limits, following a lecture, and having only a few options or choices. You need to delegate more responsibility, be more accepting of others' ideas, and learn to prioritize. Ideal job: Some kind of scientist.
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Me? A scientist? LOL...

How fruity, um, what fruit are you?

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I almost forgot! It's day four of:



What makes me happy? My flowers :-) I'd show you, but my camera isn't speaking to my computer. I suppose I could show you other peoples pictures, just so you have a taste:

My liatris is blooming:



And my gallardia:



Yeah... flowers = happy.