As you may well know by now, we are in the midst of Bing's Summer of Doing, and we've been looking for adventurous Tens willing to try their hand at something new. Carrie and Dave in Stanwood volunteered to give vertical gardening a shot. They sent us these photos when they were first getting started a couple of weeks ago. Sorry it took me so long to post these, guys! The garden looks amazing.
Thanks for the update guys. Keep us posted!
--Andrew
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Your garden is looking great! Keep up the great work. I was expecting a pallet leaning up against a wall with plants growing out of it. Thanks for teaching me a new way to garden.
Heather :D
First, that’s not a barn, it’s our house! But we painted it “barn red,” so that’s intentional. There’s all kinds of stuff planted in there… basil, oregano, rosemary, tomatoes, even some loofah (because people will still need to shower during Thunderdome). Secondly, there IS a barn a few feet from there. Same color. There’re a few barns on our family property. Nobody here is actually a “farmer,” but we all farm for fun. Our family moved here in 1893 (which is a long time in Washington State years). Thirdly, while Call Me Maybe is clearly the song that makes people sing along and dance (including our three year old daughter Guinevere), the Fun song will be useful for teaching my AP English kiddos “metonymy” next year, so that’s good (“my seat’s been taken by some sunglasses…”). And my students agree with Andrew, by the way, that the “scar” is metaphorical, and not actual. Sixth and lastly, we’ll send in more pictures soon, as the vertical garden is growing like crazy!
Metonymy is when you refer to something by naming something immediately associated with the thing (in this case, sunglasses worn by the doucher in the bar). Synecdoche is when you refer to a whole thing by naming an actual part of that thing. So there!
Yes, the sunglasses represent the person. Sunglasses - part of something which is the doucher as a person(the whole).
Since sunglasses don't represent or aren't associated with a commonly known behavior, organization, thing or concept it is not likely the word is being used as metonymy in this context.
Therefore, synecdoche is the better choice. That's why I've been teaching AP 5 years and you've only taught it one year. Touche!
PS If any tens have an opinion I'd love to hear it.
Are you saying that wearing sunglasses... at night... in a bar... isn't associated with any type of behavior? FALSE! Anyways, if Jane were here, she'd tell us that either usage can be correct, and she'd be right.
I've totally got to meet you guys. I teach freshmen as a rule and we work on "symbolism" if we're lucky. Do either of you Stanwood folk teach in the SCSD? And are any of you heading to the potluck?
I teach 10th and 11th, Gary teaches 9th and 12th, but we're both at Bio-Med in Marysville. However, Carrie (the Vertical Gardener) teaches 9th grade English (plus World History and, this coming year, psychology at SHS! And we'll all be at the potluck! But, hey, if you want to hang out before that, we should do that too!
Hi! Carrie here. There are two types of tomatoes. The larger one is a Big Boy. The smaller one on the side, which is getting bigger by the day, is Roma.
