http://mayalassiter.com/2009/09/happy-equinox/ tracking the wild novelist in her native habitat (bring chocolate) Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:33:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://mayalassiter.com/2009/09/happy-equinox/comment-page-1/#comment-2911 maya Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:21:45 +0000 http://mayalassiter.com/blog/2009/09/happy-equinox/#comment-2911 Ah, Cathy, I knew I could count on you. In fact, when we first saw the alien thing---I mean kousa dogwood fruit---Sophie said, "Mom! Take a picture of this so we can ask Cathy what it is!" So glad you chimed in! Ah, Cathy, I knew I could count on you. In fact, when we first saw the alien thing—I mean kousa dogwood fruit—Sophie said, “Mom! Take a picture of this so we can ask Cathy what it is!” So glad you chimed in!

]]> http://mayalassiter.com/2009/09/happy-equinox/comment-page-1/#comment-2881 CathyB Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:33:24 +0000 http://mayalassiter.com/blog/2009/09/happy-equinox/#comment-2881 The "alien looking thing" is the fruit of a kousa dogwood. This Asian relative of our native dogwood makes these strawberry blobbie fruits instead of the lovely clusters of carmine berries that our natives produce, and which are devoured -- with great enthusiasm -- by robins, woodpeckers, and squirrels, all quarreling with each other as they toss bits of berry to the ground. I have seen an occasional squirrel taste these fruits, but they usually stop eating after one bite. The “alien looking thing” is the fruit of a kousa dogwood. This Asian relative of our native dogwood makes these strawberry blobbie fruits instead of the lovely clusters of carmine berries that our natives produce, and which are devoured — with great enthusiasm — by robins, woodpeckers, and squirrels, all quarreling with each other as they toss bits of berry to the ground. I have seen an occasional squirrel taste these fruits, but they usually stop eating after one bite.

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