Saturday, November 28, 2009

The Small Press Publisher Inspects His Cactus Garden in Winter




To embiggen, click on picture of Carl Spitzweg, Der Kaktus-Liebhaber, (1850).
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  1. James MitchellNovember 30, 2009 at 7:41 AM

    A German friend emailed me to inquire why the large cactus at the window points away from the light rather than toward it. I of course replied that it is a member of the species Südgermanicus heliophobicus, which has since gone extinct.

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