Cal 99 Stokes Birds

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NEW! A topflight calendar for birdwatchers from Don and Lillian Stokes. Filled with stunningly beautiful images of wild birds, taken by America's top bird photographers. Packed with valuable information on bird identification, bird behavior, attracting birds, birding tips, timing of migrations, dates of birding events, and more.

For birdwatchers at all levels, beginning to advanced
Exquisite photos of birds in their natural habitats; includes backyard favorites as well as unusual species
Identification information, including field marks and range-distinguishing characteristics
Behavior, including nesting habits, vocalization, and breeding information
Birding tips on attracting birds; birding techniques
Migration: indicates when and where bird migrations occur
Seasonal information on how bird habits change at different times of year
Dates and resource information on birding festivals and other important birding events

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Granny Quilt Decor

Granny Quilt Dedoc

Loved It!

Granny Quilt Decor: Vintage Quilts of the '30s Inspire Projects for Today's Home
Darlene Zimmerman
Manufacturer: Krause Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0873497589

Customer Reviews:

Granny Quilt Decor.......2007-10-02

Granny Quilt Decor: Vintage Quilts of the '30s Inspire Projects for Today's Home Nice book for any quilter. Lovely 30's quilt patterns. Clear and precise instrutions.

Granny Quilt Dedoc.......2005-07-20

Wonderful vintage look projects with clear instructions and beautiful photographs. A great, project packed book. Good value too.

Loved It!.......2004-04-28

Darlene Zimmerman does it again! A wonderful book! Great projects, easy to follow instructions and fabulous pictures. This is one of my new favorites.

Book Description

The vast range of commercially available pelar-goniums are presented here in all their glory. Photographs are arranged in alphabetical order and by group, with a description of the plant’s flowering characteristics and cultivation and propagation requirements set out by group.

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Geraniums: The Complete Encyclopedia
Faye Brawner
Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Gardening & Horticulture | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 0764317385

Scented Geraniums: Knowing, Growing, and Enjoying Scented Pelargoniums

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Perfect

Scented Geraniums: Knowing, Growing, and Enjoying Scented Pelargoniums
Jim Becker
Manufacturer: Interweave Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Gardening & Horticulture | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books

ASIN: 1883010187

Book Description

This book will show you how to propagate and cultivate popular varieties, also how to use them for flavoring baked goods and making lovely topiaries, dried arrangements, and potpourri. With scents of rose, lemon, ginger, and chocolate mint, these easy-to-grow pelargoniums will enrich your life with fragrance.

Customer Reviews:

Perfect.......2000-04-22

I was very pleased to find a book that was so specifically aimed at my interets. I bought this book as a beginning scented geranium devotee, and you should see my garden now! Full of advice on different plants, as well as how to care for them. A wonderful subject, and a helpful book.

Growing Pelargoniums and Geraniums: A Complete Guide

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Growing Pelargoniums and Geraniums: A Complete Guide
Beryl Stockton , Geoff Stockton , and John Mason
Manufacturer: Hyland House Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1875657886

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A Great Reference Guide
great basic overview

Geraniums and Pelargoniums
John Feltwell
Manufacturer: Firefly Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Book Description

The vibrant plants commonly called "geraniums" are actually pelargoniums. They are, however, related to true geraniums, which we also call cranesbills or wild geraniums. Despite their very different attributes, geraniums and pelargoniums belong to the same botanical family, Geraniaceae, and are among the world's most popular garden plants.

Garden expert John Feltwell discusses both members of this wide-ranging family, providing all the information gardeners need to choose, grow, propagate, and design with geraniums and pelargoniums.

More than 250 full color photographs illustrate their beauty and charm, and the extensive A-Z plant directory describes 328 plants in detail. The book also contains:

descriptions of foliage and flowers for all varieties, such as wood and dusky cranesbills, zonals, ivies, Highfields, Stellars, Butes, Regals and many more
tips on how to choose the right place for the right plant
instruction on growing and propagating
how to deal with pests and diseases
mail-order sources.

Customer Reviews:

A Great Reference Guide.......2004-12-07

For anyone wanting to learn more on Geraniums, Pelargoniums, or both, this book is for you. This is not a book for the beginner gardener, but logically grouped together for the advanced gardener or one on the way.
John Feltwell has put together this book in order to help anyone who wants to choose, grow and design with these lovely plants. He gives in-depth descriptions of over 300 different types and has more than 250 colorful photos that add to the beauty of this book. You won't find step by step photos in this book, but plenty of others that show the how-to shots.
Feltwell's book can be useful in discovering these wonderful plants all while creating your garden into a colorful display of fragrance and beauty

great basic overview.......2002-03-13

Both geraniums and pelargoniums belong to the family "Geraniaceae," of which there are 750 species (and thousands of cultivars) scattered over most of the world. Geraniums are the hardy plants that grow in the wild. Pelargoniums, however, are the plants most of us think of when we think "geranium" -- the colorful flowering houseplants on our windowsills and the lovely scented varieties growing in our kitchens.

The book begins with the characteristics of geraniums. Often called "Cranesbills," geraniums are hardy perennials (zones 4-8) found in mountainous areas, meadows, marshes and near woodlands. Their flowers have five petals, are symmetrical and are relatively small; their foliage varies by shape and color. Size ranges from the taller Meadow and Dusky Cranesbills to the shorter Sanguineums and Wood Geraniums. They make superb ground cover plants with many types able to grow in full sun as well partial shade; they propagate by seed and can become invasive.

Most pelargoniums, on the other hand, are from South Africa and have been cultivated since the 17th century, initially as garden flowers and later as house or conservatory plants. All pelargoniums have a recognizable scent, they have tiny hairs on their stems, their flowers are asymmetrical, they can be propagated by cuttings and most are not cold-hardy and will not survive winters above zone 9.

While there is an abundance of information about geraniums in this book, the main emphasis is on the pelargoniums. There are a seven basic forms: Ivies (sprawling habit with ivy-shaped leaves); Scented types (which can either be upright or trailing); Zonals (named for the bands or "zones" of color on their leaves); Highfields (compact plants with lush flower clusters); Stellars, Startels and Cacti (with star-shaped petals); Regals (beautiful, showy plants with large flowers); and Butes (Single and Double Dwarfs, Miniatures, Micro-Miniatures, Angels and Deacons). Angels are miniatures with Regal-type flowers; Deacons are miniatures crossed with Ivies.

Also included are very short chapters on cultivation, propagation, dealing with pests (although nothing about the mealy bugs that plagued my plants last summer) and treating diseases. A list of 175 species and cultivars is provided with Latin and common names along with a very complete index and a list of world-wide suppliers (with web.addresses!)

Book Description

Anne Wilkinson's new book tells the story of the popular pelargonium. Quick and reliable to grow for summer colour, most people will have at least one in their garden without realizing its history includes bitter rivalry and criminal obsession, scandal, fraud, and fast dealing, and polite society being rather less than polite.

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The Joy of Geraniums
Helen Van Pelt Wilson
Manufacturer: William Morrow & Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0688060366

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The pro side does not paint a happy picture

Still confused

On Topic, Candid, Beautifully Written. Makes me wish I had writers as friends...

excellent read!!

depressingly enlightening

Maybe Baby: 28 Writers Tell the Truth About Skepticism, Infertility, Baby Lust, Childlessness, Ambivalence, and How They Made the Biggest Decision of Their Lives
Lori Leibovich
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0060737816
Release Date: 2006-03-28

Book Description

To breed or not to breed? That is the question twenty-eight accomplished writers—including Anne Lamott, Rick Moody, Kathryn Harrison, and Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez—ponder in this collection of provocative, honest, and deeply personal essays. Based on a popular series at Salon.com, Maybe Baby features parents and nonparents alike exploring how and why they decided whether to have children.

This powerful collection offers both frank and nuanced looks at those choices, both alternative and traditional, from a wide range of viewpoints. From abortion to adoption, from ambivalence to baby lust, from single parenting to searching for the right partner to have a baby with, Maybe Baby brings together the full force of opinions about this national—but also intensely personal—debate.

Customer Reviews:

The pro side does not paint a happy picture.......2007-07-05

I bought this book because I'm on the fence and leaning towards no kids. Without friends and family with small children I wanted to read about how children could enrich your lives or things you might get out of having them so I liked the idea of a book that presented several angles on whether to take the plunge. On the whole, I found the pro side of the book very disheartening. Most of the writers seemed to talk about how hard things were, what an ordeal having children was, etc. There was very little joy and happiness represented. A fascinating read but not as balanced as I would have liked.

Still confused.......2007-06-23

This just wasn't the book for me. Maybe it was because it was filled with stories by writers that I couldn't easily relate to (one who decides to become sterilized at 30, one who is bipolar, one who is in jail, one who gets pregnant by a man in jail, etc etc.). I'm not judging these people, but I don't feel like they reflect the norm. I also feel like the authors didn't make a strong case for the category they fell into (yes, no or uncertain). So for me personally, it did not help solve my "maybe baby" dilemma.

On Topic, Candid, Beautifully Written. Makes me wish I had writers as friends..........2007-01-20

Having a child is a huge decision, and yet there is little candid discussion about it in society, so this book is a great contribution. All of the essays are incredibly well written, and very honest. If this is a subject that interests you, you may well read it in one sitting. (I did.)

The book also aims to expore a wide diversity of experiences and feelings on the subject. The gamut includes: 1) a rather shocking essay from a feminist professor who intentionally gets her tubes tied when quite young, seemingly to make a statement; 2) an essay from a Latina woman whose child struggles with a diagnosis of autism, and her subsequent inability to accept the diagnosis; 3) genuinely funny essays, covering everything from the (entertaining) reasons certain people never got around to having kids, to the joys of roadtrips with them.

excellent read!!.......2006-10-30

I totally agree with "gensparkie"'s review. This book is excellently written, conveys tremendous honesty, and shows a huge diversity of thinking on the issue of having kids. Best book on this issue I have ever read.

depressingly enlightening.......2006-09-20

I find this book fascinating for many reasons. My wife and I have just decided to have a baby, and I had read excerpts on salon before the book itself. I found myself agreeing with many of the sentiments expressed. In the decision, I found myself trapped by my own selfishness, and found that mirrored in many of the essays. But I thought: what if my parents had been this selfish? What if all they were concerned about was the mess their kids would turn their house into? The loss of free time? To be honest, I was very concerned that I wasn't "cut out" for parenthood - but reading these essays, I came to grips with my selfishness, and realized there's more to life than me.

Maybe Baby: 28 Writers Tell the Truth About Skepticism, Infertility, Baby Lust, Childlessness, Ambivalence, and How They Made the Biggest Decision of Their Lives

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will help you decide

Maybe Baby: 28 Writers Tell the Truth About Skepticism, Infertility, Baby Lust, Childlessness, Ambivalence, and How They Made the Biggest Decision of Their Lives
Lori Leibovich
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
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Customer Reviews:

will help you decide.......2007-07-11

Maybe Baby is a series of essays from adults on the subject of having a child. The first third of the book is from adults who decided not to have children. The second half is from adults who would like to have children or are undecided, but haven't yet. The third is about adults who did have children. I'm not sure how I felt about the book being grouped in this way because it made it very clear what the theme of the story would be, rather than letting each story tell itself. Other than this fact, I found the book very enjoyable. The stories represent a great deal of diversity, from gay parents, parents of Asperger's Syndrome children, adopting parents, teen parents. Of course, there were many stories from people who were not parents as well, and they also ranged in their diversity. Both men and women wrote essays in this book, which surprised and pleased me. On one hand, I think it is different to be a father than a mother - it is a very different thing to decide to carry a child in your womb than for someone else to do it. On the other hand, I am sure men will be interested in this subject and would appreciate their perspective being included.

If you are ambivalent about having a child, this book will help. Oddly enough, I am still ambivalent but I am now quite sure that I do not want to NOT have children. Now, it is only a matter of deciding WHEN I will have children. If you read this book, you will find sections that resonate with you. Perhaps if you would like to be childless, the first third will really resonate and you will feel confirmed in your convictions. For me, I realized that I did not want to be childless and I hadn't felt the feelings expressed in that section of the book. But I could really understand the fear and uncertainty of the undecided, and definitely some of the parenting stories both scared me and soothed me.

All the stories are written by professional writers. For sure, this changes their perspective on life. Many of them are able to work from home or have flexible work to be with their children more. Unfortunately, this does affect the perspective. If only there was some way to capture the perspective of someone more like me (with a time-consuming business career), but someone like me would probably not have the skill or time to invest in writing essays for Salon.

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