Apr. 2nd, 2007

ellarien: Blue/purple pansy (Default)
There's been a fascinating culture-clash discussion going on lately, in certain newsgroups. It kicked off when a British poster mentioned having a tumble dryer in the kitchen, and an American poster expressed bogglement and incredulity at the very idea, whereas all the Brits think this is a perfectly normal and obvious arrangement. (I'm actually surprised that most of the Brits seem to have embraced tumble dryers or at least combination washer-dryers by now; they don't figure much in my experience of British homes, though my sister has one.)

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ellarien: Blue/purple pansy (Default)

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Originally uploaded by ellarien.

I love all the cactus flowers, but I have a particular soft spot for the hedgehogs, which bear their extravagantly lovely flowers on such unprepossessing little thorny stems.

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