Author: Ethel Smith, Minnesota

Holiday Photos and Thoughts

Harold, Keith, and others – I always look forward to great thoughts and photos from my friends on Daffnet – thank you for the holly, the paperwhites and your messages, and I wish all of you a Merry Christmas and…

Daffnet Digest, Vol 314, Issue 21

Never mind “off ‘topic” postings – what a wonderful Christmas story! Thanks, Jaydee and Merry Christmas, everyone! Ethel Smith in MN where the icicles are outside but the bloom is bright inside! Flip photo to enjoy!

Autumn Leaves

Thanks, Keith, for the wonderful bright leaf photos – we don’t have sassafras trees in Minnesota, and I miss their clever shapes and fall color, as well as the smell and taste of the stems, but we did have a…

Biofortification of Foods

Having just tried to slog my way through one disturbing book on the overuse of rivers, dams and ground water throughout the world to grow genetically modified crops (“When the Rivers Run Dry”) and completed reading another more up-beat one…