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  • j4k3@lemmy.worldOPto196@lemmy.blahaj.zone196-tree.rules
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    14 hours ago

    It was a recent post here: !historyporn@lemmy.world
    this one specifically: https://lemmy.world/post/25576268
    Post was about this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_Girl

    The relevant section of the article:

    Gibson depicted her as an equal and sometimes teasing companion to men.[5] She was also sexually dominant, for example, literally examining comical little men under a magnifying glass, or, in a breezy manner, crushing them under her feet. Next to the beauty of a Gibson Girl, men often appeared as simpletons or bumblers; and even men with handsome physiques or great wealth alone could not provide satisfaction to her. Gibson illustrated men so captivated by her looks that they would follow her anywhere, attempting to fulfill any desire, even if it was absurd. One memorable drawing shows dumbstruck men following a Gibson Girl’s command to plant a young, leafless tree upside-down, roots in the air, simply because she wanted it that way. Most often, a Gibson Girl appeared single and uncommitted. However, a romance always relieved her boredom. Once married, she was shown deeply frustrated if romantic love had disappeared from her life, but satisfied if socializing with girlfriends or happy when doting on her infant child. In drawings such as these there was no hint at pushing the boundaries of women’s roles; instead they often cemented the long-standing beliefs held by many from the old social orders, rarely depicting the Gibson Girl as taking part in any activity that could be seen as out of the ordinary for a woman.


  • What is the difference? Is this why some rare trees I’ve seen have a flatter and more root like canopy? Intuitively it seems kinda plausible for some of the trees I’ve seen in places, especially old trees on the edge of inner city areas and very old municipal golf courses where they could be around the right age. That abstraction is admittedly WAY out on the edge of my awareness. I can’t even pinpoint where I have seen curious trees like that. I think it might have been a municipal golf course and around the library downtown in Chattanooga Tennessee 25+ years ago.




  • Cycling was the primary catalyst for women’s rights and the suffrage movement.

    The Gibson Girl was also one of the new, more athletic-shaped women, who could be found cycling through Central Park, often exercised and was emancipated to the extent that she could enter the workplace. …

    Seemed interesting:

    Gibson depicted her as an equal and sometimes teasing companion to men.[5] She was also sexually dominant, for example, literally examining comical little men under a magnifying glass, or, in a breezy manner, crushing them under her feet. Next to the beauty of a Gibson Girl, men often appeared as simpletons or bumblers; and even men with handsome physiques or great wealth alone could not provide satisfaction to her. Gibson illustrated men so captivated by her looks that they would follow her anywhere, attempting to fulfill any desire, even if it was absurd. One memorable drawing shows dumbstruck men following a Gibson Girl’s command to plant a young, leafless tree upside-down, roots in the air, simply because she wanted it that way. Most often, a Gibson Girl appeared single and uncommitted. However, a romance always relieved her boredom. Once married, she was shown deeply frustrated if romantic love had disappeared from her life, but satisfied if socializing with girlfriends or happy when doting on her infant child. In drawings such as these there was no hint at pushing the boundaries of women’s roles; instead they often cemented the long-standing beliefs held by many from the old social orders, rarely depicting the Gibson Girl as taking part in any activity that could be seen as out of the ordinary for a woman.


  • j4k3@lemmy.worldtoGardening@lemmy.worldZone 10b Tomato Time!
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    19 hours ago

    Egg cartons are just convenient to keep by the coffee pot at a window so that I monitor and keep with the routine. My whole purpose is to add a light layer of meditative continuity to daily routine. The carton is an effective jumping off point to stay in a broader routine after planting in pots.

    In terms of the plants, the carton starts to fall apart around the time the plants need to be relocated. The roots quickly integrate and start penetrating the carton. Last time I removed most of the plants breaking some of the roots in the process. These did not do as well. I also made the mistake of multiple plants in the same container.

    Last time, I had discarded a bunch of extra egg carton in some soil in a plastic post thinking “compost it” (too lazy to throw away). There was also one egg holder that did not have anything sprouted, and everything was just tossed together. It turns out that one holder then sprouted a single plant. That plant had no help getting its roots through the carton but it was by-far the strongest plant and resulted in my one tomato… in December… bc… whatever… I’m not doing it for the food… I’m thinking the plant did so well because of that old adage “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” but maybe it was just luck. I’m interested in how that plant’s babies do now. I think it was infected after it was placed in close proximity to another that wasn’t doing great and died after finding lots of little green caterpillars over time. I also probably screwed up by handling the plants to remove any caterpillars I found and the eggs from whatever moth or butterfly is the metamorphosed reproductive phase of said caterpillars.


  • j4k3@lemmy.worldtoGardening@lemmy.worldZone 10b Tomato Time!
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    20 hours ago

    I got one pathetic tomato from my half ass attempts at growing tomatoes a few months ago. I planted 5 seeds from that one in an egg carton a couple of weeks ago and have 3 sprouted and looking good. My issue here is that there are a lot of little green inch worms that got to my plants last time and lead to all dying. I’m not sure what to do about that one.

    I planted some jalapeño pepper seeds but those take longer to start.

    I’m curious how little of a root is needed on a green onion to regrow one so I have another half ass experiment going with that too.