tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post114794266660220863..comments2023-05-02T06:06:00.795-07:00Comments on Tropical Embellishments: The Time the Land Has Not ForgotChristopher C. NChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1148202834705267942006-05-21T02:13:00.000-07:002006-05-21T02:13:00.000-07:00When I checked your link to Painter Charlie Nalepa...When I checked your link to Painter Charlie Nalepa, then clicked on the Recent Comments for <I>Piiholo Nene</I>, I found my favorite new painting of his. For some reason, that seems to be the only route to finding that painting -- it's not displayed with the others.<BR/><BR/>See... Now I learned that <I>nene</I> means <I>Hawaiian goose</I>, and <I>piiholo</I> refers to Piiholo Ranch. I was also christin m p in massachusettshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286830884358791544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1148198563913702652006-05-21T01:02:00.000-07:002006-05-21T01:02:00.000-07:00You can probably imagine what my parents went thro...You can probably imagine what my parents went through when I was growing up -- questions, questions, and more questions...<BR/><BR/>Thank you:) for your kindness in calling them <I>good</I> questions.<BR/><BR/>Now, if I had a larger vocabulary I could have Googled <I>overgrazing</I>, but at least I was sensible enough to know that Googling <I>stripping off all the leaves</I> would have been christin m p in massachusettshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286830884358791544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1148187913104798152006-05-20T22:05:00.000-07:002006-05-20T22:05:00.000-07:00Grasshopper, We need to teach you how to Google to...Grasshopper, We need to teach you how to Google to answer your many good questions.<BR/><BR/>Over grazing, ie stripping off all the leaves can happen for sure and does happen today in many habitats. That has environmental consequences that can apply evolutionary forces. If that shrank some dinosaurs I do not know.<BR/><BR/>Bonsai is a human manipulation and art form and redwood trees are big justChristopher C. NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21620580.post-1148024534853385462006-05-19T00:42:00.000-07:002006-05-19T00:42:00.000-07:00This is better than the Discovery Channel.I have a...This is better than the Discovery Channel.<BR/><BR/>I have a theory which may sound ridiculous to you, since you are an expert on plants. But I'm going to go out on a limb (I <I>know</I>, silly pun) and tell it to you anyway.<BR/><BR/>Please don't laugh -- I have a theory that the herbivorous dinosaurs ran out of leaves, which, in turn, left the carnivorous ones without enough prey. So, in christin m p in massachusettshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286830884358791544noreply@blogger.com