tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5799638417693921581.post8507785620022475129..comments2023-11-03T00:19:48.895+13:00Comments on Lady Mondegreen's Secret Garden: CatkinsLady Mondegreen's Secret Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07638813551209321151noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5799638417693921581.post-87776452347540060622011-09-09T22:52:50.934+12:002011-09-09T22:52:50.934+12:00Steve, I'm glad my Secret Garden has a soothin...Steve, I'm glad my Secret Garden has a soothing effect on you. I'm not surprised you need a bit of purr-time the way you carry on!!<br /><br />Owen, I like the napkins; and finding someone else to play word games with. How long I wonder will it take me to catch up with the here and now of your Magic Lantern Show?Lady Mondegreen's Secret Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07638813551209321151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5799638417693921581.post-27574499907998249532011-09-09T14:46:29.454+12:002011-09-09T14:46:29.454+12:00And your feline catkins, if they lie down to go to...And your feline catkins, if they lie down to go to sleep for a little while, do they then become for that time... napkins ?<br /><br />Reminds me of a question someone asked the other day :<br /><br />If a piglet is a small pig, does that mean a hamlet is a small ham ?<br /><br />Oh, and so nice to see someone going back and actually looking at some of the ancient history on the magic lantern... glad you liked the catlets there... ;-)Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5799638417693921581.post-11957688421913656802011-09-09T07:27:04.819+12:002011-09-09T07:27:04.819+12:00After a stressful day your post has made me feel n...After a stressful day your post has made me feel nice and chilled... thank you. Am purring very contentedly.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5799638417693921581.post-43511570515860321772011-09-08T20:29:26.102+12:002011-09-08T20:29:26.102+12:00Botany and Language: two of my favourite things :-...Botany and Language: two of my favourite things :-) But I still had to look it up. I must confess I had a peek in Wikipedia, which describes the botany of catkins - and yes they do occur on many different trees - but I enjoy handling real books, so this etymology is from my Collins English Dictionary. It is an obsolete 16th Century word from the Dutch word katteken. That means kitten along with the French chaton and German Katzchen. Aelfy isn't one year old yet: I think he still qualifies as a catkin. Oh, I learnt another word out of this exercise - ament. I'll leave that to you to research.Lady Mondegreen's Secret Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07638813551209321151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5799638417693921581.post-2845926946472202342011-09-07T19:45:31.394+12:002011-09-07T19:45:31.394+12:00Where does the term catkin come from? I didn't...Where does the term catkin come from? I didn't know it was used for plants other than willow.AGuidingLifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05823333742737762759noreply@blogger.com