tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post2188800365678944576..comments2024-03-29T13:12:47.415+01:00Comments on wcs: Cowslipwcshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551283829616757577noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-66974852393530839622021-03-22T06:48:27.648+01:002021-03-22T06:48:27.648+01:00mitch, auf wiedersehen, good night.
tim, thanks!
...mitch, auf wiedersehen, good night.<br /><br />tim, thanks!<br /><br />judy, I agree.<br /><br />michael, hark! What flower groweth there?<br /><br />bettyann, so true.<br /><br />emm, it's a common usage. Our neighbor would often stop by our gate and call to us that way rather than ring the bell.wcshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551283829616757577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-4822556708854548602021-03-22T04:23:40.366+01:002021-03-22T04:23:40.366+01:00The first time a French acquaintance greeted me wi...The first time a French acquaintance greeted me with "CooCoo", I was, er, puzzled. But I figured it out from the context, and then later read about its use. Your flower looks more primrosey than cowslippy to me.Emmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17365143273404503659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-77699977048111845792021-03-21T20:47:36.546+01:002021-03-21T20:47:36.546+01:00It’s so nice to have at least some growing things ...It’s so nice to have at least some growing things that we don’t have to maintain, isn’t it?BettyAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515411225404016249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-79762769345055689022021-03-21T18:40:45.422+01:002021-03-21T18:40:45.422+01:00I always think of Shakespeare when I hear or see c...I always think of Shakespeare when I hear or see cowslip. Ur-spohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237644452200889946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-65141599573289879082021-03-21T16:56:52.119+01:002021-03-21T16:56:52.119+01:00That looks really pretty in those colors.That looks really pretty in those colors.Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-26801820883177759252021-03-21T09:45:56.113+01:002021-03-21T09:45:56.113+01:00This is most certainly a hybrid between the 'c...This is most certainly a hybrid between the 'coucou' and domestic Primroses....<br />it is absolutely lovely.<br />The form that the flower has taken is that of the Oxlip [Primula elatior]....<br />but it is of the more common False Oxlip [Primula x polyantha] form.<br />Very nice....<br />Le Pré de la Forgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396822372095610004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-28935019704480651942021-03-21T09:32:24.023+01:002021-03-21T09:32:24.023+01:00I've never seen cowslip in those colors before...I've never seen cowslip in those colors before. Beautiful. And I've now got a "So long, farewell..." earworm from Sound of Music. "And up in the nursery an absurd little bird is popping out to say Cuckoo... Cuckoo.."Moving with Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954028272162285597noreply@blogger.com