Don't loose all their leaves or make messes when their blooms fall off. We just moved into a house that has oleander trees which are just horrible and some oak trees w/ sticker balls that are all over the ground and make horrible sounds as I mow over them. I want to go with the tropical look with giant birds of paradise and red banana trees and lots of palms, but they're not so good for making shade.
Looking for good shade trees that......?
Well I will assume you are in a tropical area....what about southern magnolia? They are great for shade and quite beautiful. Cherry Laural and eucalyptus are good.
Here is a link to a site that lists evergreen trees. If you are unfamiliar with the scientific name, look at the common name in the middle of the table. :)
http://www.redwoodbarn.com/evergreentree...
PS. I LOVE OLEANDERS!!!! :P
Reply:Need to know what climate zone you're in...
Reply:Southern magnolia.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
What kind of bug is this?
It's a tiny bug, about 1/4 of an inch long. It's shaped sort of like a ladybug, but is this beautiful metallic blue color (it has a black underside). I've only seen them on oleander plants, and nowhere else. They're such pretty little bugs but I have no idea what they're called. Does anyone know? Thanks for your help!
What kind of bug is this?
Tiger Beetle?
http://bugguide.net/node/view/24522/bgpa...
If not, use the browse function on bugguide. The site has a lot of pictures, so you can search through the rest of the beetles to see if you can find a match.
Reply:is this the bug?
http://bugguide.net/node/view/28383/bgim...
art
What kind of bug is this?
Tiger Beetle?
http://bugguide.net/node/view/24522/bgpa...
If not, use the browse function on bugguide. The site has a lot of pictures, so you can search through the rest of the beetles to see if you can find a match.
Reply:is this the bug?
http://bugguide.net/node/view/28383/bgim...
art
Can anyone recommend any good recent books?
My favorite books (just to give you an idea of what I read):
White Oleander
The Kite Runner
Catcher in the Rye
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
The Sun Also Rises
Jodi Picoult books (The Pact, My Sister's Keeper etc.)
any ideas?? thanks :)
Can anyone recommend any good recent books?
"Lullaby" by Chuck Palahniuk
"Water Music" by T.C:Boyle
"Crazy" by Benjamin Lebert
"The World according to Garp" by John Irving
"The Stars' Tennis Balls" by Stephen Fry
"Girl with a Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevallier
"The Coach" by John Grisham (no thriller ;-)
Reply:Anita Shreve write some good books. Gives you a great sense of the lives of the character's.
Some that are kind of period pieces:
Fortune's Rocks
Sea Glass
More modern:
The Pilot's Wife
Reply:I just finish reading Chuck Palahniuk's Diary: A Novel. It is really interesting.......kinda morbid but I love the raw emotions of the characters.
Reply:Here's a fantastic link to recently published books that book clubs are reading. Some of your favorites are on the list. I highly recommend: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Water for Elephants, Peace Like a River, The Glass Castle, River of Doubt. Happy reading!!!
Reply:You've made some interesting and excellent choices in your reading material! I think I can recommend some books for you.
I've been a big fan of Sonya Hartnett's books for some time. She's generally described as a YA (young adults) author but I think her books can be read and enjoyed by adults as well. I like how her books are not like a lot of typical YA fiction; that is, they don't always have happy endings. They're very realistic books, entertaining and they also make you think about her characters long after you've finished her books. Some of her titles that I've read:
Sleeping Dogs
Surrender
Thursday's Child
What the Birds See
Wilful Blue
All of the ones above are very good but my fave is Sleeping Dogs. It's about a family (mother, father, five children) who live on a farm and who also run a caravan (trailer) park. An artist who comes to stay at their park finds them interesting and mysterious. He sets out to discover their secret and does so to a devastating conclusion. I highly recommend this book.
Good luck and happy reading! :-)
Reply:Also loved What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman. If you liked Catcher in the Rye you'll prob. like Black Swan Green by David Mitchell. One year in the life of a British teenager..very good, funny, charming. Just read. He's the author of Cloud Atlas which is also supposed to be good.
Reply:The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks
Reply:Siri L. Mitchell is one of my favorite authors, she's written some great stuff!!
God Bless
Reply:Laura Lippman's WHAT THE DEAD KNOW.
Reply:ooo i have read most of those and they are awesome!!!!!. i think i have a few in mind.
Sarah Dessen: "Someone Like You", "This Lullaby" and a ton of other books that are all good
ALICE SEBOLD- "The Lovely Bones"- BEST BOOK YOU WILL EVER READ, warning though you will definetly cry.
Sylvia Plath: "The Bell Jar" and her poetry
Anne Rice: i don't know if you are into fantasy but she has a whole line of vampire books that have been made into movies such as "Interview With the Vampire" and "Queen of the Damned"
happy reading =)
White Oleander
The Kite Runner
Catcher in the Rye
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
The Sun Also Rises
Jodi Picoult books (The Pact, My Sister's Keeper etc.)
any ideas?? thanks :)
Can anyone recommend any good recent books?
"Lullaby" by Chuck Palahniuk
"Water Music" by T.C:Boyle
"Crazy" by Benjamin Lebert
"The World according to Garp" by John Irving
"The Stars' Tennis Balls" by Stephen Fry
"Girl with a Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevallier
"The Coach" by John Grisham (no thriller ;-)
Reply:Anita Shreve write some good books. Gives you a great sense of the lives of the character's.
Some that are kind of period pieces:
Fortune's Rocks
Sea Glass
More modern:
The Pilot's Wife
Reply:I just finish reading Chuck Palahniuk's Diary: A Novel. It is really interesting.......kinda morbid but I love the raw emotions of the characters.
Reply:Here's a fantastic link to recently published books that book clubs are reading. Some of your favorites are on the list. I highly recommend: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Water for Elephants, Peace Like a River, The Glass Castle, River of Doubt. Happy reading!!!
Reply:You've made some interesting and excellent choices in your reading material! I think I can recommend some books for you.
I've been a big fan of Sonya Hartnett's books for some time. She's generally described as a YA (young adults) author but I think her books can be read and enjoyed by adults as well. I like how her books are not like a lot of typical YA fiction; that is, they don't always have happy endings. They're very realistic books, entertaining and they also make you think about her characters long after you've finished her books. Some of her titles that I've read:
Sleeping Dogs
Surrender
Thursday's Child
What the Birds See
Wilful Blue
All of the ones above are very good but my fave is Sleeping Dogs. It's about a family (mother, father, five children) who live on a farm and who also run a caravan (trailer) park. An artist who comes to stay at their park finds them interesting and mysterious. He sets out to discover their secret and does so to a devastating conclusion. I highly recommend this book.
Good luck and happy reading! :-)
Reply:Also loved What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman. If you liked Catcher in the Rye you'll prob. like Black Swan Green by David Mitchell. One year in the life of a British teenager..very good, funny, charming. Just read. He's the author of Cloud Atlas which is also supposed to be good.
Reply:The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks
Reply:Siri L. Mitchell is one of my favorite authors, she's written some great stuff!!
God Bless
Reply:Laura Lippman's WHAT THE DEAD KNOW.
Reply:ooo i have read most of those and they are awesome!!!!!. i think i have a few in mind.
Sarah Dessen: "Someone Like You", "This Lullaby" and a ton of other books that are all good
ALICE SEBOLD- "The Lovely Bones"- BEST BOOK YOU WILL EVER READ, warning though you will definetly cry.
Sylvia Plath: "The Bell Jar" and her poetry
Anne Rice: i don't know if you are into fantasy but she has a whole line of vampire books that have been made into movies such as "Interview With the Vampire" and "Queen of the Damned"
happy reading =)
What are the name of drugs containing the following active constituents?
oleander
Scoparia dulcis
Foenugreek
Stinging Nettle
Great Burdock
blackberry
white oak
cowberry
Amaranthus hypochondriacus - L.
Rakkyo
What are the name of drugs containing the following active constituents?
It is not possible to answer your question as what you have given are the names of some plants and not ACTIVE CONSTITUENTS.
Scoparia dulcis
Foenugreek
Stinging Nettle
Great Burdock
blackberry
white oak
cowberry
Amaranthus hypochondriacus - L.
Rakkyo
What are the name of drugs containing the following active constituents?
It is not possible to answer your question as what you have given are the names of some plants and not ACTIVE CONSTITUENTS.
Is there a flower that means "unique" or "odd"?
I know that flowers have meanings; For example the flower Oleander means caution. But I was wondering if anybody knew the name of a flower that meant "unique" or "odd".
Is there a flower that means "unique" or "odd"?
I don't know but hopefully these sites help:
http://www.800florals.com/care/meaning.a...
http://www.todays-weddings.com/planning/...
http://intimatexpressiongifts.com/page5....
http://www.pioneerthinking.com/flowerlan...
Is there a flower that means "unique" or "odd"?
I don't know but hopefully these sites help:
http://www.800florals.com/care/meaning.a...
http://www.todays-weddings.com/planning/...
http://intimatexpressiongifts.com/page5....
http://www.pioneerthinking.com/flowerlan...
Recommendations on novels?
I like fiction, historical fiction, author Tom Robbins, Dan Brown. Favorite novels inculde Kite Runner, Memoirs of Geisha, White Oleander
Recommendations on novels?
If you enjoy mysteries set in historical times, check out some of the titles by Anne Perry. I'd also recommend the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters.
Another good source of historical fiction is nearly anything by Jean Plaidy--it was, frankly, some her works that stimulated me to delve into historical fact!
Happy reading!
Reply:King Fortis the Brave!
Reply:Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri
Reply:Try Agatha Critie's books and even The Da Vinci Code and Anglels and Demons would be appreciated by U
Reply:The Glass Castle and The Memory Keeper's Daughter were the last two books I read and they were awesome. If you liked White Oleander you should enjoy The Glass Castle. Have you tried Gregory Maguire. Wicked and Son of a Witch are awesome. Confessions of a Wicked Stepsister and Mirror Mirror are pretty great, too. There is also a book by Judy Blume for adults called Summer Sisters that I enjoyed reading as well.
Happy searching and happy reading!
Reply:try "Like water for chocolate", it is a book about love story, blended with tyranny of family tradition. In addition to that, great cookbook, includes some supernatural events.
P.S. Kite Runner was my first novel...awesome(civil war, friendship etc) 10/10. Like water for chocolate is totally different that it but i will rate it 10/10 too.
Reply:Anything by Salman Rushdi, especially the "Satanic Verses" and the "Moor's Last Sigh"
Reply:Try Youngblood Hawke, by Hermann Wouk..an oldie but a goodie
Reply:Memoirs is one of my fave books too, I also enjoyed:
Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
East of Eden - John Steinbeck
Prince of Tides - Pat Conroy
Beach Music - also Pat Conroy
Or at least those the ones with some historical background to them. Hope this helps! If you choose East of Eden, just to warn you the first few chapters are hard to get through. But if you stick with it, I guarantee it will be more than worth it!
movie theatre
Recommendations on novels?
If you enjoy mysteries set in historical times, check out some of the titles by Anne Perry. I'd also recommend the Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters.
Another good source of historical fiction is nearly anything by Jean Plaidy--it was, frankly, some her works that stimulated me to delve into historical fact!
Happy reading!
Reply:King Fortis the Brave!
Reply:Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri
Reply:Try Agatha Critie's books and even The Da Vinci Code and Anglels and Demons would be appreciated by U
Reply:The Glass Castle and The Memory Keeper's Daughter were the last two books I read and they were awesome. If you liked White Oleander you should enjoy The Glass Castle. Have you tried Gregory Maguire. Wicked and Son of a Witch are awesome. Confessions of a Wicked Stepsister and Mirror Mirror are pretty great, too. There is also a book by Judy Blume for adults called Summer Sisters that I enjoyed reading as well.
Happy searching and happy reading!
Reply:try "Like water for chocolate", it is a book about love story, blended with tyranny of family tradition. In addition to that, great cookbook, includes some supernatural events.
P.S. Kite Runner was my first novel...awesome(civil war, friendship etc) 10/10. Like water for chocolate is totally different that it but i will rate it 10/10 too.
Reply:Anything by Salman Rushdi, especially the "Satanic Verses" and the "Moor's Last Sigh"
Reply:Try Youngblood Hawke, by Hermann Wouk..an oldie but a goodie
Reply:Memoirs is one of my fave books too, I also enjoyed:
Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
East of Eden - John Steinbeck
Prince of Tides - Pat Conroy
Beach Music - also Pat Conroy
Or at least those the ones with some historical background to them. Hope this helps! If you choose East of Eden, just to warn you the first few chapters are hard to get through. But if you stick with it, I guarantee it will be more than worth it!
movie theatre
Worst or funniest treatment by fast food staff?
I was with friends in the Oleander Drive Hardee's in Wilmington, NC. When I approached the counter, the angry cashier looked at me and demanded, "Whatchoo want?" I burst out laughing; it was so unexpected to hear that line. What is your story?
Worst or funniest treatment by fast food staff?
I went to a Dunkin Donuts after I worked a night shift, I needed coffee to stay awake I had a hour commute to work.
When I came in the I saw a man demanding service and the clerk paid no attention to him, she was counting her money from the cash register. "excuse me miss can't you stop what you are doing for a moment and take my order?" She completely ignored him, didn't make any eye contact. "I can't believe this! Can't you do that some other time!" Still she said not a word to him, just stood there counting her money. He stormed out, furious!
I really needed coffee bad, so I waited there a few minutes hoping she would acknowledge me, she didn't. She wanted me to go away, so grudenly I did. I had to get coffee at a gas station instead.
Reply:i received regular fries after ordering curly fries at jack in the crack so i went back (hey, curly fries are like 1000 times better) and handed the lady at the register my fries while explaning the situation.
she took my fries and threw them BACK IN THE BIN WITH THE OTHER FRIES and handed me my curly fries. her manager was standing right behind her, speechless. i just left because i was laughing so hard -- someone was definitely getting fired that night!
Reply:My wife and I went to the waffle house for breakfast because it's her fav. The waitress totally ignored us, didn't clean off our table from the previous eater and served other people before us. My wife said something and she still ignored us. She didn't want to serve us because we are an interracial couple. We went to another one nearby and had no problems.
Reply:I accidentally went to a Burger King once and mistakenly asked for a Big Mac. The teen behind the counter was Not Amused and asked me to leave!
Reply:I went to Burger King and I gave the counter person my order...it was not very busy ...and he called it in over his mike in the front..but i could see there was no one in the kitchen(i used to work there_)SO I TOLD HIM THERE WAS NO ONE TAKING THE ORDER! so he just looked up at me and said rudely..:"well I done my job"! and he waited on the next customer... i never did get my whooper combo..the kitchen staff was all on break..at one time...lmao..i guess you had to have been there...
Reply:One lady gave me extra food from a Mickey D's because she hated her job.
Reply:I ordered a sausage and egg McMuffin at McD's and they gave me a ham and egg McMuffin. I was not happy at all. I dislike ham. Too bad it was my aunt's friend who bought it for me or else i would've said something about it.
Reply:Well, my dad went to Popeye's to get some dinner for the family, and they told him that they were out of chicken LOL...
Reply:lol i really dont have one
Reply:well we at wendys play the cat game off super troopers to people
Reply:Guys,
What a great topic!
I am a fast food authority so I can come up with some zingers!
1.) Stopping at Burger King some years ago and being told, "We don't have any hamburgers!" hahahaha!
2.) Stopping at another Burger King during lunch hour going through the drive-through. We waited like 10-15 minutes! Finally, my friend walked up to the drive-through window, and the order-taker was listen on headphones to her Walkman!
3.) Wanting a late breakfast and you get to the place at 11:35 am and are told, "We stop serving breakfast at 11:30, you have to order something from the lunch menu." This happened to me once at an Einstein's Bagels
4.) Staffers getting an order wrong even after you repeat it to them like 4x and they still mess it up! (I have had these issues at Burger King's, Wendy's, and McDonald's, several times over the years.)
Jeff
Reply:My husband ordered a burger, fries and drink at MacDonald's and was asked "Is that a meal?"
He has queued at KFC only to be told that they have no chicken.
We don't do fast food outlets anymore.
Reply:worst - put the leftover of an earlier party and served\\\\\\\\!
Reply:I went to Mc Donalds after the movies and I specified that I can't eat bacon! So I order the grilled chicken w/o bacon! I get home it has bacon! I go back and check it no bacon. When I get home I check it more thouroghly a piece is under the cheese! They just peeled it off!!!!! So I go back and its closed so I tell them just give me my money you ******** and wen't to wendy's
Reply:There's a place in Texas called Dick's where the staff is purposely rude. (It's the theme.)
Reply:There's this one burger king I'll never go to again. Ordered a whopper and fries and drink. They were NOT busy at all. Slow afternoon. Anyway my fries came up hot, but my burger was cold, like it had been sitting out a while. I've never gone back to that Burger King.
Reply:I got an Egg McMuffin at a McDonalds and it was so good that I pooped my pants!
Worst or funniest treatment by fast food staff?
I went to a Dunkin Donuts after I worked a night shift, I needed coffee to stay awake I had a hour commute to work.
When I came in the I saw a man demanding service and the clerk paid no attention to him, she was counting her money from the cash register. "excuse me miss can't you stop what you are doing for a moment and take my order?" She completely ignored him, didn't make any eye contact. "I can't believe this! Can't you do that some other time!" Still she said not a word to him, just stood there counting her money. He stormed out, furious!
I really needed coffee bad, so I waited there a few minutes hoping she would acknowledge me, she didn't. She wanted me to go away, so grudenly I did. I had to get coffee at a gas station instead.
Reply:i received regular fries after ordering curly fries at jack in the crack so i went back (hey, curly fries are like 1000 times better) and handed the lady at the register my fries while explaning the situation.
she took my fries and threw them BACK IN THE BIN WITH THE OTHER FRIES and handed me my curly fries. her manager was standing right behind her, speechless. i just left because i was laughing so hard -- someone was definitely getting fired that night!
Reply:My wife and I went to the waffle house for breakfast because it's her fav. The waitress totally ignored us, didn't clean off our table from the previous eater and served other people before us. My wife said something and she still ignored us. She didn't want to serve us because we are an interracial couple. We went to another one nearby and had no problems.
Reply:I accidentally went to a Burger King once and mistakenly asked for a Big Mac. The teen behind the counter was Not Amused and asked me to leave!
Reply:I went to Burger King and I gave the counter person my order...it was not very busy ...and he called it in over his mike in the front..but i could see there was no one in the kitchen(i used to work there_)SO I TOLD HIM THERE WAS NO ONE TAKING THE ORDER! so he just looked up at me and said rudely..:"well I done my job"! and he waited on the next customer... i never did get my whooper combo..the kitchen staff was all on break..at one time...lmao..i guess you had to have been there...
Reply:One lady gave me extra food from a Mickey D's because she hated her job.
Reply:I ordered a sausage and egg McMuffin at McD's and they gave me a ham and egg McMuffin. I was not happy at all. I dislike ham. Too bad it was my aunt's friend who bought it for me or else i would've said something about it.
Reply:Well, my dad went to Popeye's to get some dinner for the family, and they told him that they were out of chicken LOL...
Reply:lol i really dont have one
Reply:well we at wendys play the cat game off super troopers to people
Reply:Guys,
What a great topic!
I am a fast food authority so I can come up with some zingers!
1.) Stopping at Burger King some years ago and being told, "We don't have any hamburgers!" hahahaha!
2.) Stopping at another Burger King during lunch hour going through the drive-through. We waited like 10-15 minutes! Finally, my friend walked up to the drive-through window, and the order-taker was listen on headphones to her Walkman!
3.) Wanting a late breakfast and you get to the place at 11:35 am and are told, "We stop serving breakfast at 11:30, you have to order something from the lunch menu." This happened to me once at an Einstein's Bagels
4.) Staffers getting an order wrong even after you repeat it to them like 4x and they still mess it up! (I have had these issues at Burger King's, Wendy's, and McDonald's, several times over the years.)
Jeff
Reply:My husband ordered a burger, fries and drink at MacDonald's and was asked "Is that a meal?"
He has queued at KFC only to be told that they have no chicken.
We don't do fast food outlets anymore.
Reply:worst - put the leftover of an earlier party and served\\\\\\\\!
Reply:I went to Mc Donalds after the movies and I specified that I can't eat bacon! So I order the grilled chicken w/o bacon! I get home it has bacon! I go back and check it no bacon. When I get home I check it more thouroghly a piece is under the cheese! They just peeled it off!!!!! So I go back and its closed so I tell them just give me my money you ******** and wen't to wendy's
Reply:There's a place in Texas called Dick's where the staff is purposely rude. (It's the theme.)
Reply:There's this one burger king I'll never go to again. Ordered a whopper and fries and drink. They were NOT busy at all. Slow afternoon. Anyway my fries came up hot, but my burger was cold, like it had been sitting out a while. I've never gone back to that Burger King.
Reply:I got an Egg McMuffin at a McDonalds and it was so good that I pooped my pants!
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