22 Responses to Balls at the Beach: Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge

1. Sarah Brentyn says:

   January 25, 2016 at 5:37 am

   So cool. What is that? 🍊🍐🍎🍏

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   • Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist says:

     January 30, 2016 at 6:29 am

     Apologies for leaving you in the land of unknowing (although Norah filled you in I know). They are Pandanus fruits. They are eaten in places like the Marshall Islands where the locals break out all the segments known as keys and suck on them for the (sickly) sweet juice. They are ripe when the keys turn orange, although there is always a little green at the top. You need something to hold. When we (not me) use them we usually make a lassi out of them but to squeeze the juice out of all those keys (6 per segment) I imagine would be a pain and as I don’t like sweet I’d never do it.

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     • Sarah Brentyn says:

       January 30, 2016 at 6:56 am

       Ah. Like pomegranates. Almost not worth it.

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2. noelleg44 says:

   January 25, 2016 at 11:14 am

   What are those flower-like things???

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   • Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist says:

     January 30, 2016 at 6:30 am

     They are pandanus fruits Noelle. Edible if you can be bothered.

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3. Cee Neuner says:

   January 25, 2016 at 11:24 am

   They are very cool. Thanks for playing along Irene. 😀

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   • Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist says:

     January 30, 2016 at 6:30 am

     Always fun Cee. Thanks for having me.

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4. Norah says:

   January 25, 2016 at 4:33 pm

   Those pandanus fruit are pretty amazing, aren’t they? Just don’t stand under them when they are about to fall! 🙂

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   • Sarah Brentyn says:

     January 29, 2016 at 11:52 am

     What on earth? A pandanus?! 😜 Never heard of that. Can you eat it? Google says it’s a palm/pine. ???

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     • Norah says:

       January 30, 2016 at 9:00 pm

       It is a food source for Indigenous Australians. http://parksandwildlife.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/355147/pandanus.pdf

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   • Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist says:

     January 30, 2016 at 6:32 am

     Thanks Norah for filling in what they are. Yes there are three things I wouldn’t want to be standing under when they fell (and there are probably more) coconuts, bunya pine cones and pandanus fruit. 🙂

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     • Norah says:

       January 30, 2016 at 9:26 pm

       Yes the bunya nuts would cause a rather large headache I would imagine! 🙂

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5. Sharon Bonin-Pratt says:

   January 25, 2016 at 5:35 pm

   I like the way you pulled back from the succulent at each photo, letting us see the details first and then the whole plant. What were those colored danglers? Pretty.

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   • Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist says:

     January 30, 2016 at 6:36 am

     Thanks Sharon. It gives you several different perspectives of beauty which I enjoy. The coloured danglers were councils addition to the tree for Christmas decoration. Last year they put up the fairy lights which stayed all year. I wonder if these will be this years street decoration.

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6. prior2001 says:

   January 26, 2016 at 2:38 am

   Great balls! Love the colored ones at end and also read the comment that those are fruit!?? Very cool

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   • Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist says:

     January 30, 2016 at 6:38 am

     Thanks. The coloured ones at the end certainly brighten the street. Council’s street decorations for Christmas or perhaps longer… The pandanus is an edible fruit but I wouldn’t be bothered.

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7. Raewyn's Photos says:

   January 26, 2016 at 5:17 am

   Great finds

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   • Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist says:

     January 30, 2016 at 6:40 am

     Thanks Raewyn.

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8. Charli Mills says:

   January 26, 2016 at 5:57 pm

   I used to love to play tetherball! Haven’t seen one of those in years!

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   • Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist says:

     January 30, 2016 at 6:42 am

     And I had never heard of tetherball. Glad to bring back memories.

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9. offshoots12 says:

   January 28, 2016 at 12:46 pm

   odd looking fruit!

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   • Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist says:

     January 30, 2016 at 6:43 am

     It is used by local people in some of the islands such as Marshall Islands where they suck on the segments for the sweet juice. Too sweet for me and too much bother.

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