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morning glory seedpods

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:59:57 -0700

postbear posted a photo:

in my garden, probably an algerian variant.

seedpod revisited

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 23:46:43 -0700

postbear posted a photo:

i shot this plant back in november, then wandered back to examine it again a few days ago. it's still there.

vanilla

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:42:56 -0800

postbear posted a photo:

this was a tough one - shove a vanilla bean into a bottle of vodka, hide in a cold corner for a few weeks. ignore the leftover tequila bottle, but enjoy the colour of the vodka, which was changed solely by the vanilla bean.

seedpod

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:00:58 -0800

postbear posted a photo:

empty seedpod, ready to bite.

green seedpod

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:06:22 -0700

postbear posted a photo:

hopefully growing a podperson to replace some of my neighbours.

podfur

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:42:15 -0800

postbear posted a photo:

plants with hair - so delicate and unthreatening that they must be highly poisonous.

morning glory seedpods

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 12:10:54 -0700

postbear posted a photo:

morning glory seedpods, green, hanging by my patio.

another seed pod

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:12:44 -0700

postbear posted a photo:

same plant from yesterday, different seed pod. riverdale farm, cabbagetown, toronto.

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like local library branches, the riverdale farm faces severe cuts and possibly being closed if the right-wing idiots in city council get their way. the audit of city services conducted by kpmg was stupidly short-sighted and failed to account for ripple effects in any way, as the firm was (unsurprisingly) not asked to look beyong the initial step of cutting expenditures.

toronto, like most cities, makes many millions of dollars via tourism, some of it internal (local residents travelling across town, people within an hour or two of the city coming for entertainment) and a great deal of it sourced nationally and internationally. places like riverdale farm, allan gardens, waterfront parks, the islands and so on may seem incidental or unimportant all on their own, but they add huge value to the city. eliminating them or severely trimming their operating hours transforms a unique city with distinct attractions valued by broadly varied demographics, thereby reducing the value of the city as a tourist destination. this attacks the hotel, restaurant, bar and many other industries, not to mention local transit (both public and private), general shopping and any other business that depends on even a sliver of the money from people who now come here, but who will choose other destinations with more and more varied lures. businesses are also less likely to consider opening up franchises, plants or stores (yes, i'm fixating on economic factors here - these are the arguments that permeate the skulls of the people who remain unconvinced) if their staff will have diminished offtime lives or if the corporate heads feel that the area has done little to attract educated, progressive people. infrastructure matters a great deal, and one layer of infrastructure is the network of amenities and services that workers, tourists and local citizens have to make their lives easier, more fulfilled and appealing to them and their friends, families and colleagues, many of whom come to visit and want to explore a dynamic environment, not one that devoid of unique properties.

clearly the clown ford brothers and their sycophants on city council have a vision for the city, but it is a grim, money-driven one that has no vision of the character of a place they grudgingly call home. i hated the amalgamation of the city when it happened, and the terrible decision that was is apparent more and more with this idiot mayor and troglodyte council. this disgusting clown of a mayor has nothing but contempt for anyone and anything not whitebread, uninflected and devoid of personality, so his insight into the values of the downtown core and other areas of the city beyong his grey compound are worthless. toronto thrives on diversity and has for a long time - these attacks on small, unique attractions are in line with his hatred of pride day and people who aren't heterosexual and white like him.

fuck ford, his brother, the rest of the right wing and kpmg for this myopic and bullshit report. every single person who voted for these assholes or support them in any way should have their livelihoods threatened the way these cuts threaten the lives and paycheques of decent people who value diversity and don't want toronto to become a fucking strip mall populated with multinational chain outlets staffed by people who want to drive home after work and watch television.

fuck those who want to kill riverdale farm and sign the petition here, then email your city councillor and the nasty fraud of a mayor (Mayor_Ford@toronto.ca) to tell them you won't tolerate it.

further, the local libraries are also under attack by this filth. join team atwood and help preserve literacy in toronto while pointing out to rob ford and his sycophantic shitheads at city hall that libraries are important and deserve funding. online petition here, which i signed and added this comment to:

Rob Fraud and the rest of these moronic reactionary fools are prime examples of the reason why we should be investing in more and broader forms of education and not closing libraries. A learned population would not vote for these hateful imbeciles in the first place.

seed pod

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 13:21:16 -0700

postbear posted a photo:

seed pod at the riverdale farm.

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like local library branches, the riverdale farm faces severe cuts and possibly being closed if the right-wing idiots in city council get their way. the audit of city services conducted by kpmg was stupidly short-sighted and failed to account for ripple effects in any way, as the firm was (unsurprisingly) not asked to look beyong the initial step of cutting expenditures.

toronto, like most cities, makes many millions of dollars via tourism, some of it internal (local residents travelling across town, people within an hour or two of the city coming for entertainment) and a great deal of it sourced nationally and internationally. places like riverdale farm, allan gardens, waterfront parks, the islands and so on may seem incidental or unimportant all on their own, but they add huge value to the city. eliminating them or severely trimming their operating hours transforms a unique city with distinct attractions valued by broadly varied demographics, thereby reducing the value of the city as a tourist destination. this attacks the hotel, restaurant, bar and many other industries, not to mention local transit (both public and private), general shopping and any other business that depends on even a sliver of the money from people who now come here, but who will choose other destinations with more and more varied lures. businesses are also less likely to consider opening up franchises, plants or stores (yes, i'm fixating on economic factors here - these are the arguments that permeate the skulls of the people who remain unconvinced) if their staff will have diminished offtime lives or if the corporate heads feel that the area has done little to attract educated, progressive people. infrastructure matters a great deal, and one layer of infrastructure is the network of amenities and services that workers, tourists and local citizens have to make their lives easier, more fulfilled and appealing to them and their friends, families and colleagues, many of whom come to visit and want to explore a dynamic environment, not one that devoid of unique properties.

clearly the clown ford brothers and their sycophants on city council have a vision for the city, but it is a grim, money-driven one that has no vision of the character of a place they grudgingly call home. i hated the amalgamation of the city when it happened, and the terrible decision that was is apparent more and more with this idiot mayor and troglodyte council. this disgusting clown of a mayor has nothing but contempt for anyone and anything not whitebread, uninflected and devoid of personality, so his insight into the values of the downtown core and other areas of the city beyong his grey compound are worthless. toronto thrives on diversity and has for a long time - these attacks on small, unique attractions are in line with his hatred of pride day and people who aren't heterosexual and white like him.

fuck ford, his brother, the rest of the right wing and kpmg for this myopic and bullshit report. every single person who voted for these assholes or support them in any way should have their livelihoods threatened the way these cuts threaten the lives and paycheques of decent people who value diversity and don't want toronto to become a fucking strip mall populated with multinational chain outlets staffed by people who want to drive home after work and watch television.

fuck those who want to kill riverdale farm and sign the petition here, then email your city councillor and the nasty fraud of a mayor (Mayor_Ford@toronto.ca) to tell them you won't tolerate it.

further, the local libraries are also under attack by this filth. join team atwood and help preserve literacy in toronto while pointing out to rob ford and his sycophantic shitheads at city hall that libraries are important and deserve funding. online petition here, which i signed and added this comment to:

Rob Fraud and the rest of these moronic reactionary fools are prime examples of the reason why we should be investing in more and broader forms of education and not closing libraries. A learned population would not vote for these hateful imbeciles in the first place.

green seedpod revisited

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 23:53:13 -0700

postbear posted a photo:

this pod, shot previously, is now open and spilling its seed everywhere.

papery seedpods

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 22:57:47 -0700

postbear posted a photo:

they grow.

seedy paperpods

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 22:58:34 -0700

postbear posted a photo:

plants, better company than humans.

seeds in paper

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:47:34 -0700

postbear posted a photo:

growing in the garden.

hibiscus seedpod

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 13:40:13 -0800

postbear posted a photo:

in the front garden of a home at sackville place, cabbagetown, toronto.

more morning glory seedpods

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:11:13 -0700

postbear posted a photo:

more open green seedpods waiting to infect the world with additional stranglevines.

curl

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:31:01 -0700

postbear posted a photo:

seed pod.

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save the riverdale farm and sign the petition here, then email your city councillor and the nasty fraud of a mayor (Mayor_Ford@toronto.ca) to tell them you won't tolerate the dismantling of services and attractions necessary for a thriving city.

further, the local libraries are also under attack by this filth. join team atwood and help preserve literacy in toronto while pointing out to rob ford and his sycophantic shitheads at city hall that libraries are important and deserve funding. online petition here, which i signed and added this comment to:

Rob Fraud and the rest of these moronic reactionary fools are prime examples of the reason why we should be investing in more and broader forms of education and not closing libraries. A learned population would not vote for these hateful imbeciles in the first place.

frozen morning glory seed pods

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 15:04:13 -0800

postbear posted a photo:

a small detail in the garden on a warm day. i didn't harvest any seeds this year so there are a lot of full pods about, meaning i'll be overwhelmed with morning glories this coming summer. i like them just fine, but they tend to choke out everything else, which dulls any enthusiasm for them.

leaf, leaves

nobody@flickr.com (postbear) — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:31:51 -0700

postbear posted a photo:

leaves, pods and branches in a tree in the neighbourhood.