tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post1181022869020499879..comments2024-03-16T10:37:09.839-04:00Comments on Life in Mathews: PeriwinkleChesapeake Bay Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07187804072769932131noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-36527001994374556512011-07-20T00:13:04.014-04:002011-07-20T00:13:04.014-04:00CBW--you never fail to crack me up--probably in pa...CBW--you never fail to crack me up--probably in part because I have very similar memory impairment issues....<br /><br />LLCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-20557688675688592202011-07-19T06:17:50.230-04:002011-07-19T06:17:50.230-04:00LLC-The ones around here are just plain, no color....LLC-The ones around here are just plain, no color. MPM is right, though, most of the images for periwinkles in Wikipedia or elsewhere show the multicolored shells. Let me know if you find anything out. Of course I'll forget it and a year from now end up writing about them again, wondering about the name and talking about crayons or something...Chesapeake Bay Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187804072769932131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-67254803678558615872011-07-18T22:52:06.196-04:002011-07-18T22:52:06.196-04:00To wild on waverly--I think being immersed in natu...To wild on waverly--I think being immersed in nature during her childhood is a huge factor in your daughter's creativity and vivid imagination. The writing genes seem to be well distributed throughout your family.<br />CBW--now I have to investigate the connection between the snails and color name....were the snail shells crushed to produce a dye ?<br />LLCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-15510641293726627342011-07-18T13:20:48.741-04:002011-07-18T13:20:48.741-04:00I think this is the most informative thing I'v...I think this is the most informative thing I've ever read about snails!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036374022323687122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-4878814794333029212011-07-18T09:21:08.180-04:002011-07-18T09:21:08.180-04:00There are little flowers called periwinkles .. I w...There are little flowers called periwinkles .. I wonder why .. I think I'll ask your BFF Wikipedia ..Darylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08241795455748298624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-26000920480391219172011-07-18T08:55:43.344-04:002011-07-18T08:55:43.344-04:00A snail extravaganza sounds exciting compared to t...A snail extravaganza sounds exciting compared to the trances of CB children transfixed to computer gadgets. you were immersed in nature not robo-reality.<br /><br />wv: "harlo," I'm a fuddy-duddygrowing wild on waverly lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15222930522676348641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-29641670275176554102011-07-18T08:02:36.398-04:002011-07-18T08:02:36.398-04:00I love snails/periwinkles. Wrote a blog about the...I love snails/periwinkles. Wrote a blog about them I think. I don't know. Life is a little hectic so my brain isn't functioning properly.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541283009059071005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-16028688999339720292011-07-18T07:41:40.687-04:002011-07-18T07:41:40.687-04:00I always thought periwinkles were those multicolor...I always thought periwinkles were those multicolored little bitty mollusks. Ya learn something new every day in here....Mental P Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05957544840704376193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2240067140694289750.post-49137992460906853772011-07-18T00:15:21.315-04:002011-07-18T00:15:21.315-04:00So that's what those critters are called! I ju...So that's what those critters are called! I just called them what my mom did whenever she found a bunch of them, a toad, turtle, etc. in a pocket of a pair of britches about to go into the washing machine: EWWWWW!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812329358511747697noreply@blogger.com