nobleheart: yep: we better spinach up here or the FoxGoddess'll turnip and weed us out!

(oh, aren't we a pear?)



okay, okay...i must remember: i am a moderator here, and i am afraid of the Fox (and proud of it). so let's shhhh indeed.

nobleheart: ark ark ark!

the great James Thurber said, "humor should be left out of nothing, as it improves everything."

skipinnz: aha. there you go...

glad that helped. :)

my pleasure. and here's some information on the particulars of growing cranberries, in case that helps.

skipinnz: heh...yes, i can understand that...i just feel an especial connection with the perfection of Nature when i have an experience like that in which no human hand has taken part. it reminds me that we're loved and provided for. :)

cranberries need a bog, don't they?

skipinnz: thank you for the suggestion, but that's just not the same as encountering them in the wild, plucking one, admiring its beauty, popping it in my mouth, tasting it, and marvelling at the wonder of it all.

Foxy Lady: me too, Ma'am. i'll have to have a look around...and maybe off-island.

Foxy Lady: as i wrote that i was thinking about a wooded area not far from here where i used to explore when my Mom first moved the family to NY. those woods seemed so big to me then, but they'd only seem a little patch now...and i don't know how i'd even get to them without crossing someone's property.

i'm not sure where i'd find a wooded area on long island that hadn't already been all picked of berries... :/

ajtgirl: lol! You're wacky, Ma'am. and thank You!

Foxy Lady: oh boy! =)

i wish i knew where to find blackberries around here. i love picking those and gobbling 'em up.

ajtgirl: oh, thank You, dear Lady, but i didn't take that picture. that's the picture from the tillandsia page You linked to.

Foxy Lady: oh boy! =) do You get real live berries, Ma'am?

Foxy Lady: yes Ma'am.

ajtgirl: i know i want some. i want some that look like that picture on the page You linked to. preeeee-tty.

Foxy Lady: yes Ma'am.

ajtgirl: yes Ma'am. glad i could be of assistance.

so. bet You can't wait to hire *that* "gardener" again!

ajtgirl: maybe if he was little enough a gardener to mow down Your peonies, he was little enough a gardener to put some kind of vegetation killer on them as well? Peony-B-Gon™ or something?

ajtgirl: no, wait! i wasn't thinking of "far as i know" - i thought faik was "for all i know." that's why i couldn't figure out what that initial 'a' was doing there. duh.

ajtgirl: thank You, Lady. whether i'm alone depends on what You mean by "alone," but i've got my kats and my computer and my friends on BK to keep me company.

and Ms. Fox, i'm looking for a way to tie that in with gardening...i really am...

...but i'm not finding it. so that's all we're going to say about that on this board.

ajtgirl: oh, how funny...it seems i have completely internalized the short form i always use - "far as i know" - to the point where i can't figure out what the acronym for "as far as i know" means.

it does make perfect sense, Lady.

and yes, thank You, i am staying dry...now. i was getting a little moist when i went out grocery shopping before, but that's all behind me now.

yes, we needed it...and it's very cozy here inside with the rain coming down out there...mmmm. :)

ajtgirl: afaik, Lady? i know what "faik" is, but what's that first "a"?

happy day, everyone!

Foxy Lady: lol! yes Ma'am!

since i don't see any smileys that look like broccoli, here's our old vegetative friend:

Foxy Lady: lol! don't You mean or something, Lady?

BerniceC: mmm, that does sound good! :)

Mousetrap: lol! aha! i see! mmmmmmm, little cabbages!!

Mousetrap: well i hope so too, Lady!

i just wondered if You meant bean sprouts or alfalfa sprouts or brussels sprouts or...something else. but i guess when a gardener refers to "sprouts" every other gardener knows what She's talking about?

i'm the slow kid in this particular class, You see...

Foxy Lady: lol! not at all, Ms. Fox, Ma'am!

Mousetrap: um...i guess You can just disregard my question.

Mousetrap: what manner of sprouts would we be discussing here, Ms. Mouse?

Foxy Lady: yeah, i hear it's great stuff! well, for raising daffys and the like. in a soufflé, not so much.

Foxy Lady: mmm, it does sound lovely, Ma'am! (and so cuuuuuute! )

Foxy Lady: i haven't (but then i haven't had a garden in decades, myself). been busy juggling and taking pictures. but the time is surely arriving! pretty pretty blossoms all over the trees...buds sprouting and whatnot...so nice...

Foxy Lady: thank You, Ma'am. (*purr*)

ah, so *that's* what the "pawns must be approved" setting is for. aha. all is revealed.

ajtgirl: i just saw To Kill A Mockingbird, on my Sister's recommendation. was Mary Badham just born Scout, or what?

(do You know i still have never ever ever seen Gone With The Wind?)

ajtgirl:  

ajtgirl: You go, Ms. ajt!

ajtgirl: i'm glad the linking business helped, and sorry about the ivy!

Foxy Lady: aww! :D did She pick *all* of them??

ScarletRose: yes, that's the page i get to too. what She wishes us to get to is likely somewhere behind that authentication page, as You say.

cute trick, making a smiley a link! i never thought of that! :)

ScarletRose: ooh - well done, Lady! thank You for giving another (and likely much clearer) explanation.  

Ms. ajtgirl, i tried to redo Your "happy easter" link like Ms. SR just redid Your Greenhouse link, but it just took me to a login page for an email service or something, so i un-redid it.

Foxy Lady: wow - good job, Ma'am! You *deserve* some sleep after that!

'night!

Foxy Lady: lol! i'm delighted to hear it, Lady - both because it's good news and because it's so cuuuuuuuuute!!

ajtgirl: You're very welcome, Lady. i'm glad to be of service.

i don't know what's going wrong, but i see when i mouseover Your links that the URLs they're trying to go to all say "http://brainking.com/en/" where they should say "http://www."

so i don't know what's up with that... :/

good luck with it, Ma'am, and please let me know if i can be of any further assistance. :) and goodnight!

ajtgirl: well thank You, Lady! :)

You *can* just type in the URL and it will turn into a link, but if you want to make a word or phrase into a link like i did with "CLEMATIS!", here's what You have to type. i'm going to put each part on a separate line because if i don't, it'll do its thing and You'll only be able to see the result and not how i got to it...but what you actually do is type all of this together, with no spaces except the one i indicate:

<

a

(this is where the space goes)

href=

" (that's double-quotes)

the URL You want to link to

" (that's more double-quotes)

>

the word or words You want to make into a hyperlink to Your URL


<

/

a

>

and that's it.

now You try! :)

(oh, and by the way, this looks all complicated, but if You memorize it and then use it often enough, You'll remember it. i don't know but a very few very basic things about HTML (and i have a lousy memory), but i manage to remember how to do this. :)

ScarletRose: mmmmm!

Foxy Lady: well Your loss of memory is our gain.

ScarletRose: wow - what dessert do You live in, Lady? lemon meringue pie?

sorry. chose not to resist.

Foxy Lady: daffys. how cuuuute! =) (i've never heard them referred to that very cute way before. =)

BerniceC: nasty! good You know about 'em though!