Lotus Bloom

Welcome back, BV! Sorry about the visitor to your pond.

You have a Mrs. Perry D. Slocum !! It is magnificent ....
Isn't the aroma intoxicating?
Congratulations ...
and thanks a million for posting. ;-)

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"BenignVanilla" wrote in message
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My Lotus has bloomed, http://darofamily.com/jeff/easyurl/pondphotos.htm.
Click on July 28th for pictures. I also think I have a raccoon or other
critter visiting. Some of plants are knocked over, and two of the planters
are moved off their shelves. Also found some interesting droppings near
the
pond edge.

--
BenignVanilla
Pond Site: www.darofamily.com/jeff/links/mypond

"Nedra" wrote in message
arthlink.net...
Welcome back, BV! Sorry about the visitor to your pond.

You have a Mrs. Perry D. Slocum !! It is magnificent ....
Isn't the aroma intoxicating?
Congratulations ...
and thanks a million for posting. ;-)
snip

Nedra it is good to be back. Camping was wonderful. So tell me...how do you
identify what type I have? As far as Aroma...the bloom is too far away from
the edge for me to get a sniff.

BV.

How I tell .. The full bloom is creamy colored with
pinkish color around the sides of the bloom. It is so
easily identified. Usually, the aroma guides me right to
it...'course mine aren't out in the middle of my pond either.
lol MPDS changes color every day. Looks like you have
a day two or three. First day it opens, it is a lovely pink.

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118
"BenignVanilla" wrote in message
...
"Nedra" wrote in message
arthlink.net...
Welcome back, BV! Sorry about the visitor to your pond.

You have a Mrs. Perry D. Slocum !! It is magnificent ....
Isn't the aroma intoxicating?
Congratulations ...
and thanks a million for posting. ;-)
snip

Nedra it is good to be back. Camping was wonderful. So tell me...how do
you
identify what type I have? As far as Aroma...the bloom is too far away
from
the edge for me to get a sniff.

BV.

AK!
I expected a lovely picture of a lotus and I
opened to a picture of raccoon poop!

I'm betting that is who is trashing your pond.
If he comes back what are you planning to do.
Traps, scarecrow sprinklers and/or fi-shock fencing usually do the trick.
(With the fi-shock fence you get revenge too ;-)


k30a
yearly brother website posting
http://www.30acreimaging.com/

"K30a" wrote in message
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AK!
I expected a lovely picture of a lotus and I
opened to a picture of raccoon poop!

I'm betting that is who is trashing your pond.
If he comes back what are you planning to do.
Traps, scarecrow sprinklers and/or fi-shock fencing usually do the trick.
(With the fi-shock fence you get revenge too ;-)

I don't think it is my cat. She is much to civilized to poop on the ground.
And my dog is no so petite in her work. I figure a dead fish, knocked over
plants in the shallows...must be a coon.

I must ask this question seriously...does that picture look like coon poop?
If so...I am getting the bro-in-law's paint ball gun, and will be doing some
camping this weekend. Night vision vid cam on tripod, paint ball gun on max
setting.

BV.

The teenagers just got DSL so that means mom can research to her heart's
content. I found

a picture ~
http://www.pestquest.info/expertise/
(ewww!)

and descriptions ~

Raccoon scat tends not to have points, often having a more blunt end
appearance (sometimes compared to a Tootsie Rollâ„¢).
Scat (droppings) is generally dark coloured but that depends on what the animal
has been eating.Â* Scat has a granular appearance and tends to be even in width
like dog droppings are.Â*
Raccoon scat is tubular and blunt on the ends. Scat may contain parasites that
can get into human lungs, so handling it is not advisable.

.I am getting the bro-in-law's paint ball gun, and will be doing some
camping this weekend. Night vision vid cam on tripod, paint ball gun on max
setting.

Another nomination for Roark Over the Top Pond Engineering Award.
I want to hear ALL the details. Reminds me of my Gerbil in Glass Tank with
Video Recording to catch THE SNAKE in the house.
k30a
yearly brother website posting
http://www.30acreimaging.com/

The teenagers just got DSL so that means mom can research to her heart's
content. I found

a picture ~
http://www.pestquest.info/expertise/
(ewww!)

and descriptions ~

Raccoon scat tends not to have points, often having a more blunt end
appearance (sometimes compared to a Tootsie Rollâ„¢).
Scat (droppings) is generally dark coloured but that depends on what the animal
has been eating.Â* Scat has a granular appearance and tends to be even in width
like dog droppings are.Â*
Raccoon scat is tubular and blunt on the ends. Scat may contain parasites that
can get into human lungs, so handling it is not advisable.

.I am getting the bro-in-law's paint ball gun, and will be doing some
camping this weekend. Night vision vid cam on tripod, paint ball gun on max
setting.

Another nomination for Roark Over the Top Pond Engineering Award.
I want to hear ALL the details. Reminds me of my Gerbil in Glass Tank with
Video Recording to catch THE SNAKE in the house.
k30a
yearly brother website posting
http://www.30acreimaging.com/

"K30a" wrote in message
...

AK!
I expected a lovely picture of a lotus and I
opened to a picture of raccoon poop!

I'm betting that is who is trashing your pond.
If he comes back what are you planning to do.
Traps, scarecrow sprinklers and/or fi-shock fencing usually do the trick.
(With the fi-shock fence you get revenge too ;-)

I don't think it is my cat. She is much to civilized to poop on the ground.
And my dog is no so petite in her work. I figure a dead fish, knocked over
plants in the shallows...must be a coon.

I must ask this question seriously...does that picture look like coon poop?
If so...I am getting the bro-in-law's paint ball gun, and will be doing some
camping this weekend. Night vision vid cam on tripod, paint ball gun on max
setting.

BV.

Oh, Nedra, you call the Mrs. PDS' smell an 'aroma'? To my nose, they stink!
Mine has a smell of when someone uses perfume to try to cover up a nasty
smell. The two smells combine, making it worse. Do other lotus' smell
better?

--
Wendy* in N. California,
"A woman is like a teabag, only in hot water do you realize how strong she
is." Eleanor Roosevelt


"Nedra" wrote in message
thlink.net...
How I tell .. The full bloom is creamy colored with
pinkish color around the sides of the bloom. It is so
easily identified. Usually, the aroma guides me right to
it...'course mine aren't out in the middle of my pond either.
lol MPDS changes color every day. Looks like you have
a day two or three. First day it opens, it is a lovely pink.

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118
"BenignVanilla" wrote in message
...
"Nedra" wrote in message
arthlink.net...
Welcome back, BV! Sorry about the visitor to your pond.

You have a Mrs. Perry D. Slocum !! It is magnificent ....
Isn't the aroma intoxicating?
Congratulations ...
and thanks a million for posting. ;-)
snip

Nedra it is good to be back. Camping was wonderful. So tell me...how do
you
identify what type I have? As far as Aroma...the bloom is too far away
from
the edge for me to get a sniff.

BV.

But, Wendy, MPDS has the strongest aroma of any of the
lotuses. That is my interpreation it anyway. Maybe Perry's
Super Star is close. Which is not surprising since they are
related. Your nose is funny! lololol

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"Wendy Kelly Budd" wrote in message
ink.net...
Oh, Nedra, you call the Mrs. PDS' smell an 'aroma'? To my nose, they
stink!
Mine has a smell of when someone uses perfume to try to cover up a nasty
smell. The two smells combine, making it worse. Do other lotus' smell
better?

--
Wendy* in N. California,
"A woman is like a teabag, only in hot water do you realize how strong she
is." Eleanor Roosevelt


"Nedra" wrote in message
thlink.net...
How I tell .. The full bloom is creamy colored with
pinkish color around the sides of the bloom. It is so
easily identified. Usually, the aroma guides me right to
it...'course mine aren't out in the middle of my pond either.
lol MPDS changes color every day. Looks like you have
a day two or three. First day it opens, it is a lovely pink.

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118
"BenignVanilla" wrote in message
...
"Nedra" wrote in message
arthlink.net...
Welcome back, BV! Sorry about the visitor to your pond.

You have a Mrs. Perry D. Slocum !! It is magnificent ....
Isn't the aroma intoxicating?
Congratulations ...
and thanks a million for posting. ;-)
snip

Nedra it is good to be back. Camping was wonderful. So tell me...how
do
you
identify what type I have? As far as Aroma...the bloom is too far away
from
the edge for me to get a sniff.

BV.