Comments on: “A Patch-Work Orange” http://www.eastsidepatch.com/2009/10/halloween-2009/ A Central Texas Garden Blog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:26:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ESP http://www.eastsidepatch.com/2009/10/halloween-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-294 ESP Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:09:48 +0000 http://www.eastsidepatch.com/?p=2142#comment-294 Hi germi. I just saw you segment...very cool, and you were great in it! Your enthusiasm for Agaves was infectious, an infection that I totally share. The disease becomes particularly debilitating when a large Agave spike is ultimately raised, as I am sure you know....Daddy? Shhh!, DADDY? SHHHH!!, (Annoyed)..."Can't you see I am in the middle of planting a further two hundred pups" syndrome. I thought I needed help back then. Then there is the all-night Limbo parties, fire, tequila induced, generally tropically fueled, agave shenanigans! (Ahh! How I miss those crazy nights) - These spiny plants are just plain trouble. Yes, a ghostly garden book...the characters in the patch are a little bizarre after all , I agree. I can see it now...The Botox Lady will become a time/space portal, albeit a rather wet salivary one. Should you answer her three (rather sprayed questions) correctly, you will enter into a new reality (via her botoxed lips)...a reality of a miniaturized life in the Patch. Once you enter, there is no escape...or is there? Perhaps only with the help of the Naboo tribe? And obtaining help from them is never an easy thing-the mouth clicks and clacks themselves can take decades to learn. Happy you liked the image of the leaf cutting bee, I was so happy to capture this new addition to the patch. They are the Peter Murphy bees of the bee community. The Jewels of Opar, has been one of my favorite plants this year, and what a great name. I am so happy that the Cactus Man did not crawl into the hole the Tahoe left, things could have got real ugly in the Patch. Me running around the house with a chainsaw, trying to out-wit a zombie cactus paddle bent on revenge. That is never a good way to spend an evening. Cheers G. ESP! Hi germi.

I just saw you segment…very cool, and you were great in it! Your enthusiasm for Agaves was infectious, an infection that I totally share. The disease becomes particularly debilitating when a large Agave spike is ultimately raised, as I am sure you know….Daddy? Shhh!, DADDY? SHHHH!!, (Annoyed)…”Can’t you see I am in the middle of planting a further two hundred pups” syndrome. I thought I needed help back then. Then there is the all-night Limbo parties, fire, tequila induced, generally tropically fueled, agave shenanigans! (Ahh! How I miss those crazy nights) – These spiny plants are just plain trouble.

Yes, a ghostly garden book…the characters in the patch are a little bizarre after all , I agree. I can see it now…The Botox Lady will become a time/space portal, albeit a rather wet salivary one. Should you answer her three (rather sprayed questions) correctly, you will enter into a new reality (via her botoxed lips)…a reality of a miniaturized life in the Patch. Once you enter, there is no escape…or is there? Perhaps only with the help of the Naboo tribe? And obtaining help from them is never an easy thing-the mouth clicks and clacks themselves can take decades to learn.

Happy you liked the image of the leaf cutting bee, I was so happy to capture this new addition to the patch. They are the Peter Murphy bees of the bee community. The Jewels of Opar, has been one of my favorite plants this year, and what a great name.

I am so happy that the Cactus Man did not crawl into the hole the Tahoe left, things could have got real ugly in the Patch. Me running around the house with a chainsaw, trying to out-wit a zombie cactus paddle bent on revenge. That is never a good way to spend an evening.

Cheers G.
ESP!

]]> By: Germi http://www.eastsidepatch.com/2009/10/halloween-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-293 Germi Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:07:53 +0000 http://www.eastsidepatch.com/?p=2142#comment-293 OMG - ESP!!! Being so wrapped up in my own Halloween / Samhain / Day of the Dead activities, I had little time to do my garden visits! How could I NOT have stopped by the patch on the 31st day of my FAVORITE month? Forgive me, fellow former Goth, forgive me ... What an amazingly beautiful and emotional opening to a tour de force post! I am in agreement with all - you need to write a book about a Haunted Garden! But I see something a tad bit more adult ... a little more HP Lovecraft meets Tim Burton. You certainly have your cast of characters lined up, and I think the Haunted Garden genre is one that has YET to be explored! It will be a SMASH, I know it! The image of the artemisia clad cherub made me gasp! And then the beautiful BEES!!! I HAVE to have that as my desktop image for November! SO AMAZING - I had no idea there was a species of bee that departs from the New Wave vibe of yellow and black to the elegant refinement of black and white! Just lovely! I covet the Pine Cone Cactus. And the Jewels of Opar ... sigh! How can anyone not fall in love with a plant that unusual, beautiful, and poetically named? Another must have! I know Halloween in The Patch must have pushed you to the edge, what with the witches zombifying the Cactus Man and all. I adore a witch, but they live in the gray world, and sometimes they do horrible things just for fun. Thank goodness the Cactus Man de-zombified before he could crawl into your truck-hole and wreak havoc. But we must expect and accept the spooky at this time of year, and The Patch did Halloween PROUD!!! Guess what? I'm on Shirley Bovshow's GardenWorldReport this week - http://www.livestream.com/gardenworldreport/beta ... its about a 5 minute show, and I'm near the end. I am eager to see the show that was filmed in The Patch! I'm sure it's going to kill! (I mean that in a good way, of course) Best! Long-winded Ivette! OMG – ESP!!!
Being so wrapped up in my own Halloween / Samhain / Day of the Dead activities, I had little time to do my garden visits! How could I NOT have stopped by the patch on the 31st day of my FAVORITE month? Forgive me, fellow former Goth, forgive me …
What an amazingly beautiful and emotional opening to a tour de force post! I am in agreement with all – you need to write a book about a Haunted Garden! But I see something a tad bit more adult … a little more HP Lovecraft meets Tim Burton. You certainly have your cast of characters lined up, and I think the Haunted Garden genre is one that has YET to be explored! It will be a SMASH, I know it!
The image of the artemisia clad cherub made me gasp! And then the beautiful BEES!!! I HAVE to have that as my desktop image for November! SO AMAZING – I had no idea there was a species of bee that departs from the New Wave vibe of yellow and black to the elegant refinement of black and white! Just lovely!
I covet the Pine Cone Cactus.
And the Jewels of Opar … sigh! How can anyone not fall in love with a plant that unusual, beautiful, and poetically named? Another must have!
I know Halloween in The Patch must have pushed you to the edge, what with the witches zombifying the Cactus Man and all. I adore a witch, but they live in the gray world, and sometimes they do horrible things just for fun. Thank goodness the Cactus Man de-zombified before he could crawl into your truck-hole and wreak havoc. But we must expect and accept the spooky at this time of year, and The Patch did Halloween PROUD!!!
Guess what? I’m on Shirley Bovshow’s GardenWorldReport this week – http://www.livestream.com/gardenworldreport/beta … its about a 5 minute show, and I’m near the end. I am eager to see the show that was filmed in The Patch! I’m sure it’s going to kill! (I mean that in a good way, of course)
Best!
Long-winded Ivette!

]]> By: ESP http://www.eastsidepatch.com/2009/10/halloween-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-288 ESP Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:41:26 +0000 http://www.eastsidepatch.com/?p=2142#comment-288 Thanks JJ. Those brown-nosers would make the perfect subject for a children's book I agree! I think the Botox Lady, The Naboo, William Wallace, The Cactus Man and the ESP witches may have to have cameo appearances in the book somewhere! After all, their exclusion could get me sprayed, shot with poison darts, broadsworded by William (well I am English), haunted or turned into gulf-coast toad. It could end up being a rather long story! ESP. Thanks JJ.

Those brown-nosers would make the perfect subject for a children’s book I agree!
I think the Botox Lady, The Naboo, William Wallace, The Cactus Man and the ESP witches may have to have cameo appearances in the book somewhere! After all, their exclusion could get me sprayed, shot with poison darts, broadsworded by William (well I am English), haunted or turned into gulf-coast toad.
It could end up being a rather long story!

ESP.

]]> By: Gail http://www.eastsidepatch.com/2009/10/halloween-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Gail Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:14:44 +0000 http://www.eastsidepatch.com/?p=2142#comment-287 Perfect holiday post! I agree with Ms. S. A book for children must be in your near future! Perfect holiday post! I agree with Ms. S. A book for children must be in your near future!

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