blackandwhiteandcolours: "No steam rose from the surface of the water"

Friday, May 1, 2009

"No steam rose from the surface of the water" - A History of Insects by Yvonne Roberts

That is the chicken said...: Are these logs?...or cigarette stubs? I couldn't decide. The scale could be either, it's interesting.; 02 May, 2009 18:32
Martina said...: Broken white asparagus stubs :-D - I am living in white asparagus land in April, Mai, June. End of harvest is Midsummer's Day. White asparagus everywhere.; 02 May, 2009 19:45
Julie said...: Good heavens, really? I, too, could not work out what I was looking at. Love the shape of each one, love the tossed-about-ness of the image. But figured it was about to be made into wood-pulp or something similar.

Well I never ...; 02 May, 2009 23:21
That is the chicken said...: Ah! I love asparagus...on the BBQ is my favourite!; 02 May, 2009 23:38
Martina said...: @chicken, @Julie: I am not sure why the farmers put these heaps of - I am sure nonmarketable - asparagus stubs on the fields - perhaps as a sort of natural fertilizer?
@ chicken: Really? Do you grill them on charcoal?

*Btw* - as it is with this kind of bloging I learned much about asparagus the last days, ;-) - I found a quite amusing article:
Spargel; 03 May, 2009 22:35