[billycw]

Nothing like smoking under the stars...


‘Jupiter and Io’ by Antonio De Correggio, painted in 1532-33

[billycw]

Portrait of a reclining woman with hookah and Persian mirror, Iran, 1901 photo by Antoin Sevruguin

I love all these old photos! I've always been really fascinated and/or creeped out by old photography, especially pre-1920. Love the duel posts as well. It seems like you and i share a similar esthetic. I look forward to your future posts. Thanks again.

[MicroRoy]

[billycw]

Welcome aboard Truegai, love old photo's. The old ones seem to capture so much more soul to them then modern types, catching the spirit of the subject and the photographer. Especially love the Daguerreotypes as they seem like such an amazing mix of photography mixed with an underlining painting aspect.

Nice one MicroRoy, if only the push was still to homestead and be self sufficient... Thanks for sharing.


portrait of a gentleman with unkempt hair and a contorted face pre1910

[billycw]

"Someday, my hybrids will be used to crossbred doorknobs and blueberries. Imagine eating your doorknob, you'd never need a lock."
-Gregor Mendel





The Father of Genetics


We throw around terms like "recessive" and "dominate" all the time. Pages upon pages to sift through, reading on all the hybrids the genes of our wonderful cannabis can create. We have Friar Gregor Mendel to thank for much of our understanding...

When the church discouraged animal sex in his studies, Mendel switched his studies on heredity from mice to the Pea plant. At the time it was thought that breeding parents would produce blended progeny, or a 50/50 mix of the 2 parents. He proved otherwise with his "elements" under Mendel's Laws of Inheritance...

Here is an easy quick explanation of his theory.


"One thing my Pea plants taught me: always do science with things you can make into soup." - Gregor Mendel

So you can thank Mendel for the countless arguments about pheno hunting, hybrids, genes... and a whole slew of other topics we passionately talk about.

Most of Mendel's work came in a 7 year period where he ended up making 287 crosses between 70 different purebred pea plants. Approximately 28,000 pea plants were used! This does not take into account the other species of plants he experimented on! Mendel put in work, all in his little garden behind the St Thomas's Monastery in Brno.

Note of interest... Mendel's office was the window right above the arched walkway so he could keep a close eye on his garden.

Mendel's garden behind St Thomas's Monastery in Brno in 1920's



"Am I the father of genetics? All I know is that before me, a lot of people accidentally crossbred with tomatoes. It made for red, squishy babies." -Gregor Mendel



1998 bronze sculpture at Villanova University by James Peniston.


"This is the real genetics: a shy balding boy falls in love with a blonde, she breaks his heart, and he becomes a monk who studies pea plants" -Gregor Mendel

[billycw]

San Francisco Call, newspaper
February 27, 1912
in the section: Answers to Queries

To answer the age old question

Reminds me of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn", west coast dreaming version. I understand you Mary Frances...


A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - "Beauty Is Truth"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkaKtlV-PUI

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I AGREE

San Francisco Call, February 27, 1912

You should start a blog because this is already my favorite new blog. I know other folks would enjoy it as well. Just sayin.

[billycw]

To be totally honest Truegai, I'm not 100% on what a blog is or where one blogs lol Is it a safe type site or is it like a social media type thing?

At the end of the day, I'm a cannabis gardener, have been most of my life, which makes me a criminal for my med's. Many of the social network type of sites still scare me in that aspect Thank you for the encouragement, lots to come

Space Cake in my garden


Afkan Moonshine

Love the Mendel post. Great quotes. I find the group friar shot fascinating as well. It looks rather like a snapshot, but photos at the time took, what, 15 minutes to take? (Btw, that's why no one smiles in old pics - it's hard to hold an unwavering smile that long. In fact, photographers of the time would have their subjects say the word "prunes" to relax the muscles of the face, as opposed to our current "cheese" which engages those smile muscles.) So what that means is that every friar in that shot was posed. Did each friar choose his own pose, or did the photographer? If it was each friars choice, then what the hell is Mendel looking at, and what kind of expression is he wearing? The idea of any of these guys holding those expressions and poses for 15 minutes is pretty funny.