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In the Norse myth of the mistletoe, the trickster god Loki plotted against the bright god Baldr, whose mother Frigg had solicited an oath from every thing of earth, of sea and of sky, that they would not harm her son. However, Loki saw that the mistletoe was rooted, not in earth or sea or air, but in the bark of the oak tree, and thus not covered by Frigg's oath. He fashioned it into the weapon that slew Baldr, "the greatest evil ever to befall gods or men." This tale reflects the parasitic nature of the mistletoe, which sends its roots into a host tree and takes its nourishment from it.
This is the time of year when thoughts turn to colder weather. Gardens (and gardeners) hunker down for the coming winter. Outbreaks of cold air swoop down from the Arctic, that land of perpetual ice and snow...
Our power went out around 3 a.m. THe house here is on a standby generator. I never got around to having the electrician put the barn on the generator. The birds and barn kittens are all without power. We're fixing to go out View Responses (3 replies)
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Today in history: December 10
1803: Jean Baptiste Guillot (also known as Guillot pere), was born. He was the creator of 'La France', the first hybrid tea.
1911: Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer, died at age 94. He was the son of famous botanist Sir William Jackson Hooker. He would accompany an expedition to the South Pole. His botanical collections were published as the "Flora Antarctica", "Flora Novae-Zelandiae" and "Flora Tasminae".
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