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Mak1

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 02:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm loving your trip reports and great photos, SpongeBob! You shouldn't have any problems driving through Maine. There's very little traffic after you get north of Augusta. If you are on I-95 and pass the Medway exit, honk your horn and I'll wave, lol. I'm about 20 minutes from the exit. We have perfect weather today for you!

We drove up Mt. Washington once. It's a scary drive, so steep, winding, and narrow!

Mak1

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 02:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I just remembered something. If you're near Bangor Maine on Saturday, and have any time, the National Folk Festival is in town. It's a wonderful event for the whole family, with music from around the world, some you may not have even heard of. They have acts performing continuously on 7 stages. Admission is FREE. It's in the downtown area, on the waterfront. They were surprised at the turnout last year....80,000. There's a section set up for kids to do crafts and games. Vendors are set up with the very best of fattening and delicious foods, yummy! The only bad thing might be getting through the traffic to the parking areas. The planners have tried to organize that better this year, and there are free buses running all day, too.

Tntitanfan

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 05:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Here'e an update on the Solvang mystery flower. It comes from one of the editors of the Perennial newsletter for the Maryville, TN, area.

I'm pretty certain this is not a legume, but one of the balsam
family, Impatiens balfourii -
http://www.geocities.com/impatiens_society/balfourii.html
Check the URL above and see if you don't agree. This is a
naturalized perennial form of Impatiens from, I think, Madagascar or
somewhere like that. Seems to have been in the US for many years and
is often found in old gardens.

I hope this helps -

Resortgirl

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 05:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Tnt and Kar,
I looked at the sight and every ride looks really really scary to me... remember I'm not really a thrill seeker...lol! Even Sea World and Wet and Wild have scary rides.... I'm glad we will be at the beach the last three days so I can recuperate.

Myjohnhenry

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 08:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
That certainly looks like the flower to me Tnt!

Ginger1218

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 09:46 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Tomorrow morning, I am on the road up into Connecticut to Foxwoods and to Mohegan Sun, and then to Mystic, and maybe into Cape Cod, (maybe not up that far), antiqueing and stuff like that. Only for a few days.

Karuuna

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 09:49 am EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL, RG. We're not scary ride folks either. MIB isn't scary at all, just great fun. Jimmy Neutron and Back to the Future aren't scary either, just hard on your neck. And there's a wild west shootout, where you just get to sit in the bleachers, as well as the Beetlejuice Rock Show.

Tntitanfan

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 10:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Okay, Egbok, here is a memory test for you! Both my friend and the "identifier" of the flower would like to have seeds from it as it is VERY RARE in this part of the country. If you could remember the name of the establishment where you saw it, the TN folks want to contact them about a possible source for the seeds. Now we will see if too much Danish pastry really rots the brain or not!!

Spygirl

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 10:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ginger, have a great trip and report back!!

Twinkie

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 10:49 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Oooh, Ginger, I wish I was going with you!! I LOVE antiqueing! Have fun and take pics!

Bob, I'm really enjoying your pics and tales of your trip!

Egbok

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 10:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Tnt,

#1 - I can't open the above link from my jobsite...(Websense is blocking the link...darn!), so I'll have to look at it when I get home around 5pm Westcoast time. But it sure sounds like your group found the match!! I can hardly wait to see it!

#2 - Regarding brain rot due to over indulgence of Danish pastry....well, yup that did indeed happen to me but, I racked the faded memory cells and I'm pretty certain we saw that flowering plant in front of a cute shop called "The Mole Hole". Maybe Tess will remember because I don't think she ate as much Danish pastry I as did. I recall that while inside this shop, I pointed out to Tess that the pretty flowering plant was located just outside a window where we were looking at some cute Mole Hole items for sale...so I'm pretty sure that's where I saw the flower. This is also the same shop where the owner's granddaughter was our salesperson and she had a weenie dog named "Schnitzel" (as in Buttercup's past reference to "Weinermr-Schnitzel"..LOL!!)

I would love to get some seeds as well if the flowering plant can grow in my western coastal area. I'll be in touch when I get home tonight to see if you got any other information about the seeds.

Myjohnhenry

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 11:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
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Impatiens balfourii

This is an old-fashioned species Impatiens many people remember from their grandmother's garden. Plants grow approx. 3' tall & 2' wide. Very lovely lavender, pink & white orchid shaped flowers are produced profusely above lush green foliage all Summer thru Fall. Likes bright shade, loamy soil, average water. Reseeds prolifically!

Myjohnhenry

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 11:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
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Buttercup

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 11:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
MJH, you always seem to find exactly what people are looking for. You are amazing

Buttercup

Tess

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 11:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hmmmmm, see now Eggie, I was thinking the plant was outside the bookshop and Hans Christian Anderson Museum, not the Mole Hole. Wish I could remember for certain. When we were at the Mole Hole I had to go outside and sit on a bench because of my allergy attack but I didn't think that's where this plant was. Maybe Weiner would know for certain. He was sitting outside with me. Egbob might know since he took the picture.

Tnt, thank you so much for figuring out what it is. Mjh, thank you so much for posting the photos.

I don't suppose if it's native to places like Madagascar that it will grow in Minnesota.

Egbok

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 12:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
<Eggie hits side of head with open palm to get the memory cells in working order>

Well Tess, you may be right about the Bookshop and Hans Christian Anderson Museum. I'll ask Egbob when I see him tonight at home.

And MJH...sure looks like our flowering plant and it's the right size too 'cause it stood about 3' tall if I recall....but of course the Danish pastries are still causing havoc on my memory cells. Thanks so much for posting the pictures and the description of it's environment!! I think I'd be able to grow them in my yard...yipee!!

Hi Buttercup!! Love ya!!

Buttercup

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 12:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I believe Eggie is right--it was outside The Mole Hole, which was next door to the bookshop and the Hans Christian Anderson Museum :) (It was almost right behind the big "bushy" mole out on the sidewalk)

Buttercup

Edited to add: Eggie, I love you too!

Weinermr

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 12:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OK. Here I am. ""

The little garden was outside the building that housed The Mole Hole. It surrounded a path that led from The Mole Hole to the little Internet Cafe (with the bulldogs) which was adjacent to the bookstore that housed the HCA Museum.

That lived in the house that Jack built.

Does that make sense?

Juju2bigdog

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 12:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
And I just got a real nasty popup that took out my popup killer and killed internet explorer. I think. That is, I think it was the popup that did it. I clicked on the geocities link for the flower, the link Tnt posted. And then I got a popup something about computer security, mimicking the blue screen of death and trying to look official. I opened my popup killer and double-clicked on the address for the popup, and it took out my Internet Explorer, somehow added them to the screens to be killed, so that when I went to open Internet Explorer again, it would open and then get killed. Y'all be careful in here.

Tess

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 12:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
So my excuse isn't Danish pasteries, it's allergies from The Mole Hole!

Myjohnhenry

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 12:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, Ms. Buttercup...I went to the website that tnt gave us and then I copied pics and googled from there for more info.
One of the things I found was that it grows in the Himalayas...does that sound more promising Tess?

Egbok

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 01:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thank you Weinermr....I'm so impressed with your memory cells and a bit jealous of them too.....but I'm still gonna eat Danish pasteries no matter what! LOL

Weinermr

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 01:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Good idea, Eggie, enjoy your Danish pastries. I get to have a Napoleon tonight, filled to the brim with delicious vanilla cream. Yum.....

Tess

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 05:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Mjh, Himalayas, Minnesota.....practically the same thing if you don't count the altitude part. :)

I'm dreaming that I'm taking a bite of Weiner's Napolean which is as close as I can get to Danish pastry today. yummmmmmmmmm

Wink

Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 06:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whoa. I need to get my mind out of the gutter. Weiner's Napolean just sounds soooooo kinky.