Interesting writeup, we all keep learning every day. On Friday, June 3, 2022 at 4:49:41 AM UTC+5:30 Plantaholic Sheila. wrote:
> Dear sir, > Thank you. > How very kind! > I am just so embarrassed. > I feel so ignorant compared to so many others here. > But every day is a school day...I try to keep learning. > > When I was younger I spent every minute creating a garden from a > wilderness.....with little knowledge about plants. > It was a steep learning curve. > In 2005 I got a tiny point and shoot Canon Ixus camera. > It literally changed my life. > On my pics I was able to see details of the flowers...far more detail than > with my own eyes...very slowly I learnt . > > I now have a library of 78,000 detailed plant pics on Picasa and > flickr...all labelled with Latin names so I can find them. > Many are not very pretty, they look boring.... just showing a stem ..to > show if leaves are opposite or alternate. The front and back of leaves.etc > They help jog my memory. Free for anyone to find/ to see./use > > Now much older I can no longer spend 8 /10 hours a day gardening. > But I can sit at my computer and look at plants on the internet forums > and MAYBE help to id them. > > On Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 2:02:38 PM UTC+1 Gurcharan Singh wrote: > >> Sheila ji, your being active has really infused a new vigour into the >> group. Please continue to help with your expertise. >> >> On Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 2:36:58 PM UTC+5:30 Plantaholic Sheila. >> wrote: >> >>> Blush! >>> >>> On Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 8:59:35 AM UTC+1 JM Garg wrote: >>> >>>> Dear members, >>>> Ms. Sheila is the 1st Runner up Star Expert of the last month with her 69 >>>> messages <https://groups.google.com/g/indiantreepix/c/HUN3gpqGhf8>. >>>> She has helped a lot in identification along with providing critical >>>> inputs through her messages. >>>> She has returned to efloraofindia after a long gap. He appears to be >>>> quite strong in identification of plants particularly from the UK, >>>> although >>>> she appears to have traveled widely including in India. >>>> My hats off to her for her wonderful efforts. >>>> -- >>>> With regards, >>>> J.M.Garg >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/296a6737-2540-4adb-b65d-0ec54c7877ebn%40googlegroups.com.
