tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426221277108687116.post6875839709288054717..comments2024-03-25T00:17:27.682-07:00Comments on The Tortoise Taught Us: The Scent of OrangeDavid Schildkrethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09798739197204830966noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426221277108687116.post-7322203354147611342011-03-30T09:04:15.071-07:002011-03-30T09:04:15.071-07:00From what I read, Fragrant Tea Olive (Osmanthus Fr...From what I read, Fragrant Tea Olive (Osmanthus Fragrans) reminds people of jasmine or gardenia, two other plants with an extraordinary power to scent the air around them. I imagine its glorious.<br /><br />It doesn't matter, really, what plant (or plants) does this for you: just enjoy it, because it's so rare and so astonishing.David Schildkrethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09798739197204830966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426221277108687116.post-69696904038273426642011-03-30T08:00:19.547-07:002011-03-30T08:00:19.547-07:00Mine is the tea olive. My next door neighbor had ...Mine is the tea olive. My next door neighbor had them outside her house and whenever they bloomed I would do the same exact thing. I often wondered if the neighbors thought I was odd just standing randomly in my yard sniffing the air. Now I'm curious to smell orange blossoms.Jen_Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17477405873452012771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426221277108687116.post-82376143205417068192011-03-29T22:22:02.015-07:002011-03-29T22:22:02.015-07:00I'm glad to recall it for you, Megan!I'm glad to recall it for you, Megan!David Schildkrethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09798739197204830966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426221277108687116.post-62194265527180067412011-03-29T21:37:55.341-07:002011-03-29T21:37:55.341-07:00I very much miss that- the smell of the citrus blo...I very much miss that- the smell of the citrus blossoms in the winter/early spring! Nothing else quite like it!Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10958213370715882241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426221277108687116.post-30008990127473145782011-03-29T19:12:59.148-07:002011-03-29T19:12:59.148-07:00(By the way, I should have said in the post above ...(By the way, I should have said in the post above that the bit I cropped out was near the middle of the original photo. Look for the largest orange blossom with an orange just to its left.)David Schildkrethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09798739197204830966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426221277108687116.post-38137828345319314352011-03-29T19:10:54.460-07:002011-03-29T19:10:54.460-07:00I'm kind of proud of the photo in this blog po...I'm kind of proud of the photo in this blog post. I thought it might be fun to see how I arrived at it. <br /><br />So here's a link to the original photo: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_5egDVC1b8OU/TZKPwboPO8I/AAAAAAAAAPI/_0k23V5q2a8/s640/IMG_3123.JPG<br /><br />And here's how I cropped it: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_5egDVC1b8OU/TZKP4vsJH4I/AAAAAAAAAPI/GQttx6rPOqU/s576/orange%2C%20crop%203.JPG<br /><br />The photo as it appears in the blog has been manipulated a bit (I think all published photos are): I enhanced the depth of field and fiddled with the contrast and depth of color.<br /><br />Since I'm new to this, I figure it pays to be transparent. I'm like a lot of people who think that you can get great photos without doing anything to them...David Schildkrethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09798739197204830966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426221277108687116.post-1731483001129934182011-03-29T17:02:45.082-07:002011-03-29T17:02:45.082-07:00Absolutely! Will second everything you said. But...Absolutely! Will second everything you said. But usually too busy smelling and "rolling" in the feeling to talk coherently. Thanks for putting to words the cause of these uncontrollable smiles.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10822780307120975297noreply@blogger.com