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What good is a 'garden ball' (previous photo) without a garden. This is a cucumber flower. The cucumber variety is "Diva" and the cucumbers born on these vines are so delicious, one has to lie down to eat them !!!....thin skin keeps the inside crisp and juicy. The only cucumber I've eaten that I didn't have to peel. Seeds obtained this past winter from Pinetree Garden Seeds in New Gloucester, Maine. Plant lots of them. If you don't, you'll regret it after tasting the first one. I think they are best while standing by the kitchen sink, with a salt shaker in one hand.....same way I eat tomatoes! Yum! I was just kidding about lying down to eat um...I don't like to get salt in the carpet! :-)

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Aug 22 2009 15:25 GMT Kaska

hehe :) doesn't the carpet get tastier with salt in it? ;)
enjoyed your story Larry :) wish I had more time for the garden... but at least I can enjoy some in your pictures.

Aug 22 2009 15:31 GMT larrybenedict

I've missed you Mirka. XXOO's to you. Time spent gardening doesn't take away from your alloted days in this lifetime....I think that applies to fishin' too! Glad you are staying busy...less time to get into trouble! :-)
Garden is doing OK on it's own today......think I'll go fishing!

Aug 22 2009 15:33 GMT SaoPaulo

You!!!!!!come back!!! so nice to see your return! WELCOME, LARRY!
It's good, good, good! Just with Brazilian colors! Cool image! I like cucumber very much! Well I like all vegetables that is true!*****
Now I'll read your explanation! Keep on, Larry!

Aug 22 2009 16:29 GMT martini957

Great shot...they sound very good....I like cucumbers with salt & pepper and vinegar with a onion thrown in for more yummy taste : ))

Aug 22 2009 16:30 GMT senna3

Reading you story I suddenly longed for cucumber!

Aug 22 2009 17:03 GMT PhotoPro PRO

I'm hungry now Larry!

Aug 22 2009 18:15 GMT Cooler PRO

So beautiful, newer seen one before ;-)))

Aug 22 2009 22:44 GMT larrybenedict

Thank you Lizzy. I'm feeling the love!!!!! :-)) The colors do appear to be vivid, don't they. Straight out of the camera, with no added 'juice.' It was a bright, sunshiny day!
Tenho esperan�a de voc� entender alguns dos termos do Sul E.U.A. coloquial que eu uso.
"Juice" � um termo que eu uso para comunicar a id�ia de aperfei�oamento.

Aug 22 2009 22:54 GMT larrybenedict

Thanks Nancy. You are describing what I do to supermarket cukes to give them some flavor....I do the same thing. I know (from last year) that you have a garden of some sort. I recall your photos. Order the seeds a plant a lot of um. I'm "casting pearls" here!!!!!!!!! :-)))

Aug 22 2009 22:55 GMT larrybenedict

Power of suggestion Peter....power of suggestion!

Aug 22 2009 22:57 GMT larrybenedict

Bill, these will grown in St. Louis.

Aug 22 2009 22:58 GMT larrybenedict

Thanks Binni. Too short of a growing season where you live?

Aug 23 2009 00:00 GMT SIGMUND

so beauty!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aug 23 2009 00:29 GMT SIGMUND

He leido tu comentario en mi foto y te comento que estoy muy bien querido Larry y me gusta que nos hayamos encontrado nuevamente, parece que tu espa�ol (castellano para los argentinos) va muy bien. Un abrazo.

Aug 23 2009 00:41 GMT larrybenedict

Susana, my 'castellano' is probably better than my English. I speak Hillbilly and Redneck, but for first language English speakers, understandable to some degree!

Aug 23 2009 00:42 GMT larrybenedict

ThanksHQ

Aug 23 2009 00:46 GMT aquiles PRO

BELLA DIVA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aug 23 2009 01:26 GMT larrybenedict

Thank you Aquiles

Aug 30 2009 03:39 GMT verarenm

Lovely! Mais uma foto que lembra o quintal de minha m�e! Antes de ler o seu texto pensei que fosse a flor de chuchu (chayote). Deve ser da mesma fam�lia!

Aug 30 2009 04:10 GMT larrybenedict

Vera, eu n�o estou familiarizado com a fam�lia chayote/chuchu.

Sep 01 2009 03:22 GMT verarenm

Ok Larry, por certo o s�o! Mas repito aqui, considerada a devida propor��o, o que disse Sig "parece que tu espa�ol (castellano para los argentinos) va muy bien", parece que teu portugu�s vai muito bem tamb�m! Eu n�o creio em google...:-))

Sep 01 2009 03:37 GMT larrybenedict

Vera, h� apenas uma diferen�a pequena entre Espanhol e Portugu�s, Italiano um argentino. Minha terceira esposa era fluente em castelhano espanhol e eu gosto do idioma, por isso, um pouco de pr�tica. Encontro-me a cometer erros do g�nero com algumas palavras. N�o � necess�rio para mim saber a l�ngua, assim como voc�, para que voc� me entende ... sim?

Sep 01 2009 03:50 GMT verarenm

S�, te entiendo y espa�ol es muy similar al portugu�s! :-)) Eu gosto muito da sonoridade do espanhol. Entendo tudo, mas na hora de escrever me atrapalho um pouco. � claro que falar tamb�m n�o sei, a n�o ser algumas palavras que adoro ficar repetindo como fuego, fuerte, suerte etc. Este ditongo "ue" es muy sonoro, muy lindo! Hahahahaha!
Mas me agrada que saibas minha l�ngua, a� fica mais f�cil a comunica��o!

Sep 01 2009 03:58 GMT larrybenedict

Voc� come�ou o novo ano escolar? O que voc� vai estar ensinando este ano?

Sep 01 2009 04:06 GMT verarenm

N�o Larry. O ano escolar aqui come�a em 01 de fevereiro e vai at� meados de dezembro! Ent�o f�rias de ver�o e novo ano... tudo novo de novo!

Sep 02 2009 04:48 GMT larrybenedict

Vera, �s vezes eu esque�o o Brasil est� ao sul do equador e tudo est� de cabe�a para baixo quando comparado com o Hemisf�rio Norte. Do you know what you will be teaching this year?