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Where's garlic butter when you need it? At 10:54 AM 12/15/2008, you wrote: ><<Which side of those fenceposts are the snails choosing to estivate on? Sun >side or shade side? --It's summer, after all. > >Do you worry about the few that sit out on the edge instead of hanging with >the group?>> > >my interest is almost strictly aesthetic, I'd prefer not to anthropomorphise >the sleepy dears beyond the necessities of metaphor. > >KS > >2008/12/15 Susan Holahan <[log in to unmask]> > > > on 12/15/08 10:28 AM, kasper salonen at [log in to unmask] wrote: > > > > > what would be more likely to spark a poem, for me, is the picture on the > > > wikipedia page for "estivation" where we see white snails covering the > > poles > > > of a barbed wire fence: > > > > > > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Kadina-snails-climb-fence-0 > > > 716.jpg > > > > > > a lovely, and inspiring, image! > > > > > > KS > > > > > Which side of those fenceposts are the snails choosing to estivate on? Sun > > side or shade side? --It's summer, after all. > > > > Do you worry about the few that sit out on the edge instead of hanging with > > the group? > >