The small world and making connections. I looked up walipini. The entry mentioned that the term refers to an earth-sheltered cold frame. It derives its name from the Aymaran languages. My brother did his doctoral research in the Peruvian Andes lo these many years ago. He learned both Quechua and Aymara languages. So of course I asked him about this. His reply: "Wali- is an Aymara root that means 'good.' Waliskiw means, things are good. Not sure about the -pini suffix. The cab driver that my brother and his wife had back from JFK was a Bolivian, grew up with Quechua-speaking parents, still knows it. He said he'd never had a Quechua-speaking customer before in his 35 years of driving. " Where were they coming back from? He had been at a conference in Durban. His wife came along. After the conference they took a long week in Cape Town, went to Kirstenbosh, up Table Mountain, etc. Most of the pictures he sent to me (taken with his iPhone) are not of interest to me and you. Here are three that make the cut. I'm pretty sure about the scadoxus. And is watsonia correct? Judy in NJ where the living history farm is scheduled to start tapping sugar maples this Saturday. And I've seen two different flocks of robins. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: In South Africa_2019-02_Scadoxus.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 184234 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: On Table Mountain_2019-02_Watsonia.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 177881 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: On Table Mountain_2019-02_Watsonia closeup.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 162938 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…
