Creeping Figs

[robinlandseadel at comcast.net]

I'm sorry, but I posted this link without explanation earlier, I'll post it again.

This is Creeping Fig:

http://classygroundcovers.com/item----171&affl=google-creeping-fig?gclid=CNOQ57r
ZtIcCFQMsGAodvVXWKw

It's a vine that you see a fair amount in "Vineland", and though it's not native to California, it's the sort of plant you see a lot of in the "Emerald Triangle". Creeping Fig, in addition to being a hardy climber can also make for a fairly dense ground cover. 
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From: Steven <mcquaryq at comcast.net>
> 	He's forced the 'creeping' from the fig to attach itself to the  
> sunlight coming slowly, etc.  A tad awkward to read but very dense  
> imagery.
> 
> 
> On Sep 16, 2006, at 2:25 PM, Carvill John wrote:
> 
> > "Later than usual one summer morning in 1984, Zoyd Wheeler drifted  
> > awake in sunlight through a creeping fig that hung in the window,  
> > with a squadron of blue jays..." etc.
> >
> > Ok, leaving everything else aside, does that 'in sunlight through'  
> > strike anyone else as slightly jarring, as if we'd expect something  
> > else between 'sunlight' and 'through'? Some variant on, say, 'in  
> > sunlight that', I dunno, 'shone through', 'filtered through'.......?
> >
> 



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