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No sunshine, no raindrops, no inspiration, no time... I know! Geraniums!



Date: 2008-08-20 05:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] toft-froggy.livejournal.com
Ah, geraniums. Those were ever-present in my garden at home, and they're probably the first flower I learnt the name of. I haven't seen any of them for a while, I miss them. Those are nice white ones.

Date: 2008-08-20 05:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
My mother's garden was full of them too, and my best friend at school was allergic to them. I wished they smelled nicer.

Date: 2008-08-21 02:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] toft-froggy.livejournal.com
Huh, I can't imagine being allergic to geraniums, they're so inoffensive. Do they even smell of anything?

Date: 2008-08-21 08:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
I get a very strong, very pungent smell from them.

Date: 2008-08-20 07:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fallingtowers.livejournal.com
But these are really lovely geraniums!

Date: 2008-08-20 07:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
They've been a bit battered in the recent wet weather, but they're still there!

Date: 2008-08-20 07:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] emeraldsedai.livejournal.com
I love the smell of geraniums! Nice photos.

Date: 2008-08-20 07:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
Aha! I find the smell a bit pungent. I bet it's one of those love 'em or hate 'em things, like celery or marmite.

Date: 2008-08-20 07:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] emeraldsedai.livejournal.com
Heh. Probably. I love celery and Marmite, too!

Date: 2008-08-20 07:46 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
For some reason, your intro sounds like it should be a palindrome, like

"A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!"

Date: 2008-08-21 08:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
"Madam, I'm Adam."

(Who are you, Anon?)

Date: 2008-08-20 08:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] katlinel.livejournal.com
Pretty white geranium! (I am still inordinately amused by the very white azalea bush in the Botanic Gardens which is officially named 'Persil' and I know it is all official and proper-like, because it is engraved in white letters on a black shiny label.)

I am among those who loathe the smell of geraniums. Geraniums lined the window sills in the corridors of one particular set of classrooms in one of the blocks at my secondary school, and we used to have to queue up on that side of the corridor while waiting to go into class. People were constantly brushing up against them and the smell made me sick. In case you're collecting data, I love Marmite and loathe celery.

So I can admire the pretty picture while being glad that I can't smell the subject.

Date: 2008-08-21 10:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
Yes, the biology rooms in my old school were stuffed full of geraniums too! I didn't like the smell and, as I said somewhere else on this thread, my best friend at the time was allergic, and used to come out in a rash when she came into contact with them. I much prefer them in pictures too.

Date: 2008-08-20 10:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sallymn.livejournal.com
Pretty! I love geraniums (and they're one of the few plants I don't kill :) and pure white is lovely.

Date: 2008-08-21 08:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
I fiddled a little with the brightness, but they are pretty much that colour out there! The rain is keeping everything fresh.

Date: 2008-08-20 10:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com
I didn't know you could get white ones! The terracotta adds some nice colour contrast.

Greg refuses to have them because of the smell.

Date: 2008-08-21 08:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com
I sympathize with Greg - I'm only just discovering that some people can't smell geraniums or else love the scent!

Date: 2008-08-21 08:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vilakins.livejournal.com
I don't much like the scent, but I do like the look of them. Never mind, I have clivias and other nice flowers.

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