May 30, 2016

Peony.

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From yesterday's walk through the neighborhood.
Posted by Ann Althouse at 2:30 PM
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10 comments:

MisterBuddwing said...

"RSVP peonies..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNlMwoWGJ9I (at the 2:13 mark).

5/30/16, 2:40 PM
Owen said...

Stunningly beautiful. Thanks.


Why don't ours look like that???

5/30/16, 2:49 PM
JAORE said...

Should have been a poppy.

5/30/16, 3:22 PM
Meade said...

But not just any poppy (there are 100 species after all). For Memorial Day, it needs to be the official fake red "Buddy Poppy" sold by VFW with proceeds going to charity.

5/30/16, 3:43 PM
Meade said...

@MisterBuddwing, why is she singing a song about peonies to roses? Was BS confused?

5/30/16, 3:45 PM
MisterBuddwing said...

As a total illiterate when it comes to flowers, I can't say what those things were in that box of dirt that Streisand was singing to. (I was more intrigued by Alan Jay Lerner's rhyming.)

5/30/16, 4:14 PM
David Begley said...

Is it GMO?

5/30/16, 5:12 PM
MadisonMan said...

Mom had Festiva and Sarah Bernhardt ringing Dad's vegetable garden. It was fun as a 10-yo to peel back all the petals and reveal the stamens.

At some point, all the peonies were yanked out. Not sure why.

If you walk through the cemetery, you will see Sarah Bernhardt and Festiva on Mom's grave.

5/30/16, 7:42 PM
Curious George said...

My first home had the most awesome peonies. They were there when I bought the house, and not sure why they thrived, they were in bad back fill soil, and I really didn't do much to help them out. All the kids would come by in the spring and pick them for their moms.

5/30/16, 8:02 PM
dbp said...

What do you call the dude who plants and takes care of these type flowers?

Peony boy, of course.

5/31/16, 9:45 AM

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