Still here...
John (UK)
painting my kitchen. Now it's done at last. Looks really nice. I got the
yellowest yellow I could find.
And I must tell you this... the weather is really lovely here today. The
sky is blue and the sun is shining. It really uplifts the spirits. Hope it
is nice where you are.
Anyway, if you'll excuse me, I have some ironing to do.
John (UK)
Eva Bekker
kundzugeben und zu wissen:
>...haven't posted much recently. It's not pre-mature burnout, I've been
>painting my kitchen. Now it's done at last. Looks really nice. I got the
>yellowest yellow I could find.
Did you want your kitchen to look like the "sunniest" place in the
house? :)
>
>And I must tell you this... the weather is really lovely here today. The
>sky is blue and the sun is shining. It really uplifts the spirits. Hope it
>is nice where you are.
We've had nearly three weeks of sunshine without rain - which is
exceptional in this part of the world. Unfortunately it was too cold
for a coffee in the garden, had ice on windshields some mornings.
Today is the first day with a cloudy sky and some rain is predicted :(
Enjoy your lovely weather!
>
>Anyway, if you'll excuse me, I have some ironing to do.
Awwww, couldn't you come over and do mine, as well? I simply hate
ironing and only iron what's inevitable :)
Peace
Eva
--
http://bekker.bei.t-online.de
www.pigasus-publishing.de
Katie
writes:
>
>We've had nearly three weeks of sunshine without rain - which is
>exceptional in this part of the world. Unfortunately it was too cold
>for a coffee in the garden, had ice on windshields some mornings.
>Today is the first day with a cloudy sky and some rain is predicted :(
>Enjoy your lovely weather!
>>
>>Anyway, if you'll excuse me, I have some ironing to do.
>
>Awwww, couldn't you come over and do mine, as well? I simply hate
>ironing and only iron what's inevitable :)
>
>Peace
>Eva
>--
Here in Texas, (Amarillo in fact) we are recovering from a tornado-producing
severe thunderstorm that was accompanied by tennis- and softball-sized hail!
The hail fell for over fifteen minutes, producing a rare "hail fog." I'm
assuming that the insurance adjusters are quite busy this morning, as cars,
windows, roofs, etc, all fell victim to the unrelenting icestorm. Winds were
clocked at upwards of 50 miles an hour.
As the hail clogged the sewer drains, and the torrential rain that followed
caused flooded streets, the lower-lying areas of Interstate 40 (Old Route 66)
soon became small lakes, and cars that had not had their radios tuned to the
weather channel or just plain did not heed the warnings, soon became stuck in
the rapidly rising water.
(Amarillo is about fifty miles away from us, so we just caught the upper edge
of the storm, and watched most of it on TV. But it's close enough that we had
dime-sized hail and very strong winds and thunderstorm.)
And do you know, through it all, I wondered, "Why is Karen throwing chunks of
Canada at us? I thought she was going to invade Arizona first!"
Katie (Is it any wonder I hate our part of Texas?)
@>-->--->----
"Walk in Love."
Steve L Ferris
> ...haven't posted much recently. It's not pre-mature burnout, I've been
> painting my kitchen. Now it's done at last. Looks really nice. I got the
> yellowest yellow I could find.
>
> And I must tell you this... the weather is really lovely here today. The
> sky is blue and the sun is shining. It really uplifts the spirits. Hope it
> is nice where you are.
Weather is fine here too. (Ottawa) I was out in shirt sleeves on Friday,,
the first time since last summer. Just a tad windy yesterday.
Got my yard raked and ready to go this afternoon. Threw some grass seeds on
the front and some weed-and-feed in the back yard
I noticed the weeds in my back yard are already coming up too. They won't
last past the first sunny day..
steve (glad to have survived another winter) ferris
Skye
of
> Canada at us? I thought she was going to invade Arizona first!"
>
> Katie (Is it any wonder I hate our part of Texas?)
'bout the only thing I remember about the Panhandle is that HUGE feedlot
some'ers 'round Amarilla. That and the aroma. Boy howdy! Cain't have no
sinus trouble 'round them parts!
Glad to hear that Karen's misplaced storm missed you for the most part and
that you're still in one piece. I hate those storms that can turn into
tornadoes at the blink of an eye.
--Skye.
Spuddie
hedgehog "John (UK)" <jo...@praline-fan.freeserve.co.uk> stayed at the
Bates Motel, and their last known words were:
>...haven't posted much recently. It's not pre-mature burnout, I've been
>painting my kitchen. Now it's done at last. Looks really nice. I got the
>yellowest yellow I could find.
And just how yellow is that??
>And I must tell you this... the weather is really lovely here today. The
>sky is blue and the sun is shining. It really uplifts the spirits. Hope it
>is nice where you are.
We had a nice day, too...sunshine and around 65 degrees...most welcome
after a long bout of rain/snow/clouds/fog. The rain is supposed to
return tonight though.
>Anyway, if you'll excuse me, I have some ironing to do.
>
>John (UK)
Well...come on then...let's see YOUR ironing board! <G>
Cheryl
~~~A hospital should also have a recovery room adjoining
the cashier's office.~~~ (Francis O'Walsh)
Spuddie
katet...@aol.comGoASU (Katie) stayed at the Bates Motel, and their
last known words were:
>And do you know, through it all, I wondered, "Why is Karen throwing chunks of
>Canada at us? I thought she was going to invade Arizona first!"
>
>Katie (Is it any wonder I hate our part of Texas?)
ICK! Hope you stay safe down there...I don't think I could live where
there was the constant threat of tornadoes...
Cheryl
~~~A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight
car; but if he has a university education, he may steal
the whole railroad.~~~ (Theodore Roosevelt)
John J
Glad you are feeling uplifted John, I got that same feeling in the SW
of the UK just before Easter when the weather suddenly got lovely.
Back in Denmark the good weather arrived from England, and we have had
3 weeks of clear blue skies and sun, sun, sun ! :))) Sad to say, it
clouded over today, and now the forecast for the next week is, Rain,
rain, rain and more rain :(
At least the rain will stop the farmers doing rain dances, they look
so pathetic dressed in their best smocks, waving pitch forks at the
heavens.
John J.
Katie
<Isle_o...@bigfoot.com> writes:
>
>'bout the only thing I remember about the Panhandle is that HUGE feedlot
>some'ers 'round Amarilla. That and the aroma. Boy howdy! Cain't have no
>sinus trouble 'round them parts!
>
>Glad to hear that Karen's misplaced storm missed you for the most part and
>that you're still in one piece. I hate those storms that can turn into
>tornadoes at the blink of an eye.
>
>--Skye.
>
>
I think you're talking about IBP - International Beef Packers. It's pretty
gross! The best thing is that it's way too far from us to smell. However,
here in Borger, we have the Phillips (66) Refinery that sure influences the the
olfactory sense!
Katie
John (that Alaska guy)
Yeah it do....
Regards, Farmer Brown....
"Katie" <katet...@aol.comGoASU> wrote in message
news:20020413224254...@mb-mi.aol.com...
Eva Bekker
und zu wissen:
>Glad you are feeling uplifted John, I got that same feeling in the SW
>of the UK just before Easter when the weather suddenly got lovely.
>Back in Denmark the good weather arrived from England, and we have had
>3 weeks of clear blue skies and sun, sun, sun ! :))) Sad to say, it
>clouded over today, and now the forecast for the next week is, Rain,
>rain, rain and more rain :(
>
>At least the rain will stop the farmers doing rain dances, they look
>so pathetic dressed in their best smocks, waving pitch forks at the
>heavens.
>
>John J.
Hey, seems our weather was brewed in the same kitchen! Rain since last
night and forecasts promise more to come :(
John (UK)
> Am Sat, 13 Apr 2002 14:22:42 +0000 schwang sich John (UK) auf,
> kundzugeben und zu wissen:
>
>>...haven't posted much recently. It's not pre-mature burnout, I've been
>>painting my kitchen. Now it's done at last. Looks really nice. I got the
>>yellowest yellow I could find.
>
> Did you want your kitchen to look like the "sunniest" place in the
> house? :)
Well, when I moved into this flat 6 years ago, I painted everything in safe
colours... magnolia in the living room, pastel green in the kitchen and
bathroom, etc. And now I want some colours that rock, hence the bright
yellow in the kitchen. I haven't decided on a colour for my living room
yet. Any suggestions?
>>
>>And I must tell you this... the weather is really lovely here today. The
>>sky is blue and the sun is shining. It really uplifts the spirits. Hope it
>>is nice where you are.
>
> We've had nearly three weeks of sunshine without rain - which is
> exceptional in this part of the world. Unfortunately it was too cold
> for a coffee in the garden, had ice on windshields some mornings.
> Today is the first day with a cloudy sky and some rain is predicted :(
> Enjoy your lovely weather!
Thanks. It's a bit duller today... more your typical English skies.
>>
>>Anyway, if you'll excuse me, I have some ironing to do.
>
> Awwww, couldn't you come over and do mine, as well? I simply hate
> ironing and only iron what's inevitable :)
Well, all my ironing is completely evitable (except for weddings and
funerals). I think I have ironed for others though. In the past. A long
time ago. Not sure though. I have been a singleton for such a long time.
Regards, John (UK)
John (UK)
Alas, I am gardenless. Or more accurately, there are gardens here, but they
are all under contract. Still a bit early for anything much other than
daffodils and tulips.
Enjoy your weeding :-)
Regards, John (UK)
John (UK)
Whataya doing in Denmark John J? I have a feeling you're not Danish.
Regards, John (UK) - also a J (Jones)
Fluffs
<jo...@praline-fan.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>...haven't posted much recently. It's not pre-mature burnout, I've been
>painting my kitchen. Now it's done at last. Looks really nice. I got the
>yellowest yellow I could find.
Yellow!?? I hope you don't have a pet canary..you'll never find the
poor bugger..:-p
>And I must tell you this... the weather is really lovely here today. The
>sky is blue and the sun is shining. It really uplifts the spirits. Hope it
>is nice where you are.
We are overcast and rainy and dismal..but it's nice and mild, and the
rain is badly needed to my garden will do well and Steve can weed his
little heart out..so not too bad eh?
>Anyway, if you'll excuse me, I have some ironing to do.
>
>John (UK)
Well, if you have pressing matters to attend to, you're excused.
Karen
John (that Alaska guy)
"John (UK)" <jo...@praline-fan.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:a9bml6$iga$1...@news8.svr.pol.co.uk...
>
> Well, when I moved into this flat 6 years ago, I painted everything in
safe
> colours... magnolia in the living room, pastel green in the kitchen and
> bathroom, etc. And now I want some colours that rock, hence the bright
> yellow in the kitchen. I haven't decided on a colour for my living room
> yet. Any suggestions?
>
If your furniture looks as if it would look good on a hill under a tree,
paint the living room like the great outdoors. Blue and white ceiling,
patterned and feathered green, flowers on the walls, etc. There's no living
room police any more, John! Experiment. Paint's cheap. If something
doesn't work, paint over it with something else. This works only of you're
not married, though. <G>
Regards, John (tAg)
Sunny
> yellow in the kitchen. I haven't decided on a colour for my living room
> yet. Any suggestions?
No suggestions -not without knowing the colour of floor covering and major
lounge furniture
But *sunny* is good ! <s>
Love decorating (but not the hard yakka).
Sunny
_______________
Eva Bekker
reply to John (UK):
>> Well, when I moved into this flat 6 years ago, I painted everything in
>safe
>> colours... magnolia in the living room, pastel green in the kitchen and
>> bathroom, etc. And now I want some colours that rock, hence the bright
>> yellow in the kitchen. I haven't decided on a colour for my living room
>> yet. Any suggestions?
>>
>
>If your furniture looks as if it would look good on a hill under a tree,
>paint the living room like the great outdoors. Blue and white ceiling,
>patterned and feathered green, flowers on the walls, etc. There's no living
>room police any more, John! Experiment. Paint's cheap. If something
>doesn't work, paint over it with something else. This works only of you're
>not married, though. <G>
>
>Regards, John (tAg)
>
Not always true. I used to paint our walls in many different ways. We
had cats and rainbows, frogs and trees with grasshoppers, windows with
cats looking out in out old flat. My husband never sad a word against
it it :)
Now we're living in the country side and own an old farm, so now
*outside* I have had my fun painting :) If we sit in the garden we can
watch our cow Malwina chewing some grass (painted on the wall of the
old pig sty) :))
Eva Bekker
kundzugeben und zu wissen:
>>
>> Did you want your kitchen to look like the "sunniest" place in the
>> house? :)
>
>Well, when I moved into this flat 6 years ago, I painted everything in safe
>colours... magnolia in the living room, pastel green in the kitchen and
>bathroom, etc. And now I want some colours that rock, hence the bright
>yellow in the kitchen. I haven't decided on a colour for my living room
>yet. Any suggestions?
No, not really - it depends on your furniture and most of all what you
would like your living room to be for you. A cozy cave? A hall of
light and wisdome? Akind of a good funtioning workshop or office?
You can never go wrong when chosing white walls - everything matches.
But it would never create such a cozy atmosphere as bordeaux red would
do ;)))
>
>Thanks. It's a bit duller today... more your typical English skies.
We've seen the same sort of sky today :) Did you know that there is a
word about people in Hamburg: If it rains in London folks in Hamburg
open their umbrellas!?
>Well, all my ironing is completely evitable (except for weddings and
>funerals). I think I have ironed for others though. In the past. A long
>time ago. Not sure though. I have been a singleton for such a long time.
>
I wouldn't mind ironing my own stuff... but ironing hubby's shirts and
daughters clothes.... takes too much time :}
John J
Sitting here replying to you.<G>
Seriously, I make Masterbatch (granules of highly concentrated colour
for colouring raw plastic.
No I am not Danish---YET !! I originate from the fair City of Bristol,
UK, a wonderful place with Britains worst traffic problems, an
exploding crime rate, no public toilets available at the main bus
station and beautiful surrounding countryside full of quaint cosy pubs
serving scrumpy !
I went to Denmark in the 70's as a disc jockey, later returning home
to a £30,000 tax demand, so I fled back to DK where I have been
trapped on a little green island ever since ! However, in case you
work for the Inland Revenue, I did manage to pay off the tax debt,
after a years quibbling, the final demand was reduced to £47.50 ! :)
So John, where in the UK are you situated, and what do you do there ?
John J.
John J
wrote:
LOL, yes Eva, although with the wind predominantly from the west, we
usually get all Englands used weather, so we should be getting John's
weather of yesterday, I am not sure what went wrong ! <G>
John J.
TygerD
> Now we're living in the country side and own an old farm, so now
> *outside* I have had my fun painting :) If we sit in the garden we can
> watch our cow Malwina chewing some grass (painted on the wall of the
> old pig sty) :))
>
> Peace
> Eva
> --
> http://bekker.bei.t-online.de
> www.pigasus-publishing.de
Sounds very Art-sty Eva, maybe you could post a picture of your ah'em....
pig sty on your website?
TygerD
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Eva Bekker
<T,Tyg...@yahoo.com> auf, kundzugeben und zu wissen:
>Sounds very Art-sty Eva, maybe you could post a picture of your ah'em....
>pig sty on your website?
>
Hm, I'll have to look for my photos, I'm sure there is one :)
(I'm not very organized - but as soon as I find it, I'll put it in my
website and let you know.)
Jeanie
> >And do you know, through it all, I wondered, "Why is Karen throwing
chunks of
> >Canada at us? I thought she was going to invade Arizona first!"
> >
> >Katie (Is it any wonder I hate our part of Texas?)
>
> ICK! Hope you stay safe down there...I don't think I could live where
> there was the constant threat of tornadoes...
>
> Cheryl
Aw, come on! That's what makes things exciting! April through June is the
biggest tornado season around here. We got just a little bit of Katie's
storm here, too, but mostly just rain and wind. We had to collect our
garbage can lids from the next block when it was over, and the yard was too
flooded to mow (again!) so we are wading grass and clover over our ankles,
but the bright side is that my entire back yard looks purple and white from
all of the violets that are blooming.
Jeanie
Jeanie
you guys survived it, too.
Jeanie
Katie
<taylo...@earthlink.net> writes:
>
>Aw, come on! That's what makes things exciting! April through June is the
>biggest tornado season around here. We got just a little bit of Katie's
>storm here, too, but mostly just rain and wind. We had to collect our
>garbage can lids from the next block when it was over, and the yard was too
>flooded to mow (again!) so we are wading grass and clover over our ankles,
>but the bright side is that my entire back yard looks purple and white from
>all of the violets that are blooming.
>
>Jeanie
>
Ya just gotta love those Illinois wood violets, innit?
Katie.
Jeanie
the
> >biggest tornado season around here. We got just a little bit of Katie's
> >storm here, too, but mostly just rain and wind. We had to collect our
> >garbage can lids from the next block when it was over, and the yard was
too
> >flooded to mow (again!) so we are wading grass and clover over our
ankles,
> >but the bright side is that my entire back yard looks purple and white
from
> >all of the violets that are blooming.
> >
> >Jeanie
> >
>
> Ya just gotta love those Illinois wood violets, innit?
> Katie.
> @>-->--->----
> "Walk in Love."
>
little handfuls when they visit. Have you ever tried to put those in
water?? They wind up floating in anything you put them in...
Jeanie
Fluffs
>Here in Texas, (Amarillo in fact) we are recovering from a tornado-producing
>severe thunderstorm that was accompanied by tennis- and softball-sized hail!
>The hail fell for over fifteen minutes, producing a rare "hail fog." I'm
>assuming that the insurance adjusters are quite busy this morning, as cars,
>windows, roofs, etc, all fell victim to the unrelenting icestorm. Winds were
>clocked at upwards of 50 miles an hour.
>
>As the hail clogged the sewer drains, and the torrential rain that followed
>caused flooded streets, the lower-lying areas of Interstate 40 (Old Route 66)
>soon became small lakes, and cars that had not had their radios tuned to the
>weather channel or just plain did not heed the warnings, soon became stuck in
>the rapidly rising water.
>
>(Amarillo is about fifty miles away from us, so we just caught the upper edge
>of the storm, and watched most of it on TV. But it's close enough that we had
>dime-sized hail and very strong winds and thunderstorm.)
>
>And do you know, through it all, I wondered, "Why is Karen throwing chunks of
>Canada at us? I thought she was going to invade Arizona first!"
That wasn't chunks of Canada! I was tossing your gift jockeys to you!!
I've decided not to tell who I was invading first..cuz that ruins the
element of surprise...
>Katie (Is it any wonder I hate our part of Texas?)
>@>-->--->----
>"Walk in Love."
Just be careful you don't step on a jockey!
Karen
Fluffs
wrote:
It was NOT my storm! I wasn't anywhere near that place and I have 5,
no...7 jockeys who can back me up!
In fact..them backing me up is why I wasn't anywhere near the place..
0:-)
Karen
Skye
and
> >that you're still in one piece. I hate those storms that can turn into
> >tornadoes at the blink of an eye.
> >
> >--Skye.
>
> It was NOT my storm! I wasn't anywhere near that place and I have 5,
> no...7 jockeys who can back me up!
> In fact..them backing me up is why I wasn't anywhere near the place..
> 0:-)
>
> Karen
In this day of push buttons, you expect us to believe your innocence, eh?
They probably backed you right up into one of those buttons! Fire at
Skye--and you almost got Katie by mistake....
--Skye
Lori
> In article <a99ini$vaj$05$2...@news.t-online.com>, Eva Bekker <bek...@t-online.de>
> writes:
>
> >
> >We've had nearly three weeks of sunshine without rain - which is
> >exceptional in this part of the world. Unfortunately it was too cold
> >for a coffee in the garden, had ice on windshields some mornings.
> >Today is the first day with a cloudy sky and some rain is predicted :(
> >Enjoy your lovely weather!
> >>
> >
> >ironing and only iron what's inevitable :)
> >
> >Eva
> >--
> Here in Texas, (Amarillo in fact) we are recovering from a tornado-producing
> severe thunderstorm that was accompanied by tennis- and softball-sized hail!
> The hail fell for over fifteen minutes, producing a rare "hail fog." I'm
> assuming that the insurance adjusters are quite busy this morning, as cars,
> windows, roofs, etc, all fell victim to the unrelenting icestorm. Winds were
> clocked at upwards of 50 miles an hour.
>
> As the hail clogged the sewer drains, and the torrential rain that followed
> caused flooded streets, the lower-lying areas of Interstate 40 (Old Route 66)
> soon became small lakes, and cars that had not had their radios tuned to the
> weather channel or just plain did not heed the warnings, soon became stuck in
> the rapidly rising water.
>
> (Amarillo is about fifty miles away from us, so we just caught the upper edge
> of the storm, and watched most of it on TV. But it's close enough that we had
> dime-sized hail and very strong winds and thunderstorm.)
>
> Canada at us? I thought she was going to invade Arizona first!"
>
> Katie (Is it any wonder I hate our part of Texas?)
> "Walk in Love."
Ahhhh...so that explains it! I'd noticed that a few of our igloos up
here had some ice blocks missing from them. I'll tell the insurance
people up here to put a tail on Karen!
Lori (the weasel)
Lori
> ...haven't posted much recently.
Same here.
It's not pre-mature burnout, I've been
> painting my kitchen. Now it's done at last. Looks really nice. I got the
> yellowest yellow I could find.
I haven't been painting. (I wish...this place could really use it, but
I just know if I spring for paint and labour, the landlord will end up
selling the house and I'll be moving again!)
> And I must tell you this... the weather is really lovely here today. The
> sky is blue and the sun is shining. It really uplifts the spirits. Hope it
> is nice where you are.
It's been raining the past few days, but before that we had a week of
beautiful blue skies, and sun, and I know it will be back. The weather
is pretty balanced here. All of the blossoms came out on the trees a
couple of weeks ago, and we have a beautiful huge apple tree in our
yard, covered in white flowers (and lots of bees putting their stake
on them!). Walking downtown, the central park in front of the ocean
(across from where I work) is filled with Cherry trees, all encased in
pink blossoms, and there are Lilacs there, as well. Plus, there are
the most beautiful pink and purple flower bushes (have to find out
what they are!) Soon the Camelia and Magnolias will flower, and then
the Wisteria. Then, three seasons full of roses...many bushes have
long stemmed red ones, that are hanging out in the street...easy to
pick as you go by.
My BF brought me home a beautiful lavender coloured Hydrangea to
plant. I want to get a blue one, as well.
When we moved here last May, I stopped and smelled EVERY flower I saw.
What a magnificent display, after living in a province with a planting
zone of "3", and a short growing season. I saw flowers and trees here
that I thought only grew in Georgia! But we have a tropical climate
here, and SSI is known as the "Hawaii of the North".
It smells and looks beautiful and clean all of the time, and that
makes up for any hassle I have put up with here.
>
> Anyway, if you'll excuse me, I have some ironing to do.
Yeah, sure, John...tease us why dontcha? :=P
>
> John (UK)
Lori (SSI)
Fluffs
wrote:
>> >Glad to hear that Karen's misplaced storm missed you for the most part
>and
>> >that you're still in one piece. I hate those storms that can turn into
>> >tornadoes at the blink of an eye.
>> >
>> >--Skye.
>>
>> It was NOT my storm! I wasn't anywhere near that place and I have 5,
>> no...7 jockeys who can back me up!
>> In fact..them backing me up is why I wasn't anywhere near the place..
>> 0:-)
>>
>> Karen
>
>In this day of push buttons, you expect us to believe your innocence, eh?
Yes please 0:-)
>They probably backed you right up into one of those buttons! Fire at
>Skye--and you almost got Katie by mistake....
>
>--Skye
I shoulda known better than to buy a button firing thingy designed by
Bill Gates!
Karen
Fluffs
Oy! Nobody is going to put a tail on me!! Wot would my jockeys
think!??
Besides, that would make me look really funny...eh?
Karen
Skye
>
> Yes please 0:-)
Not likely! ;)
> >They probably backed you right up into one of those buttons! Fire at
> >Skye--and you almost got Katie by mistake....
> >
> >--Skye
>
> I shoulda known better than to buy a button firing thingy designed by
> Bill Gates!
>
> Karen
And we all know Bill doesn't give refunds. Hope this doesn't set your
invasion plans back too far!
--Skye.
Katie
tra...@worldcrossing.com (Lori) writes:
>
>Ahhhh...so that explains it! I'd noticed that a few of our igloos up
>here had some ice blocks missing from them. I'll tell the insurance
>people up here to put a tail on Karen!
>
>Lori (the weasel)
>
I knew it all along!
Katie (sure Fluffs is trying to mislead me!)
Katie
<taylo...@earthlink.net> writes:
>Yes, they give the grandkids something to pick so they can bring me in some
>little handfuls when they visit. Have you ever tried to put those in
>water?? They wind up floating in anything you put them in...
>
>Jeanie
>
It sure beats the dandelions that my grandsons used to bring me!
Katie
Katie
>
>It's been raining the past few days, but before that we had a week of
>beautiful blue skies, and sun, and I know it will be back. The weather
>is pretty balanced here. All of the blossoms came out on the trees a
>couple of weeks ago, and we have a beautiful huge apple tree in our
>yard, covered in white flowers (and lots of bees putting their stake
>on them!). Walking downtown, the central park in front of the ocean
>(across from where I work) is filled with Cherry trees, all encased in
>pink blossoms, and there are Lilacs there, as well. Plus, there are
>the most beautiful pink and purple flower bushes (have to find out
>what they are!) Soon the Camelia and Magnolias will flower, and then
>the Wisteria. Then, three seasons full of roses...many bushes have
>long stemmed red ones, that are hanging out in the street...easy to
>pick as you go by.
>
>My BF brought me home a beautiful lavender coloured Hydrangea to
>plant. I want to get a blue one, as well.
>
>When we moved here last May, I stopped and smelled EVERY flower I saw.
>What a magnificent display, after living in a province with a planting
>zone of "3", and a short growing season. I saw flowers and trees here
>that I thought only grew in Georgia! But we have a tropical climate
>here, and SSI is known as the "Hawaii of the North".
>
>It smells and looks beautiful and clean all of the time, and that
>makes up for any hassle I have put up with here.
>
>Lori (SSI)
>
(Sigh) All we have here are Texas-sized weeds and sticker bushes. and that
*lovely* aroma is the refinery!
Katie (I sure miss the lilacs!)
Katie
>
>>Here in Texas, (Amarillo in fact) we are recovering from a tornado-producing
>>severe thunderstorm that was accompanied by tennis- and softball-sized hail!
>
>>The hail fell for over fifteen minutes, producing a rare "hail fog." I'm
>>assuming that the insurance adjusters are quite busy this morning, as cars,
>>windows, roofs, etc, all fell victim to the unrelenting icestorm. Winds
>were
>>clocked at upwards of 50 miles an hour.
>>
>>As the hail clogged the sewer drains, and the torrential rain that followed
>>caused flooded streets, the lower-lying areas of Interstate 40 (Old Route
>66)
>>soon became small lakes, and cars that had not had their radios tuned to the
>>weather channel or just plain did not heed the warnings, soon became stuck
>in
>>the rapidly rising water.
>>And do you know, through it all, I wondered, "Why is Karen throwing chunks
>of
>>Canada at us? I thought she was going to invade Arizona first!"
>
>That wasn't chunks of Canada! I was tossing your gift jockeys to you!!
>I've decided not to tell who I was invading first..cuz that ruins the
>element of surprise...
>
>>Katie (Is it any wonder I hate our part of Texas?)
>>@>-->--->----
>>"Walk in Love."
>
>Just be careful you don't step on a jockey!
>
>Karen
>
Ummmm Fluffs? I hate to be the one to tell you this, but your Jockeys all
melted!
Katie (I *still* think it was chunks of the frozen north!)
Sunny
> It sure beats the dandelions that my grandsons used to bring me!
I was always taught that sniffing dandelions made you wet your pants.
It wasn't till a herbal kick years later, & discovering dandelion tea was a
diuretic that I made the connection. (Granny got things garbled sometimes)
Sunny
________
Ærchie
wrote:
The French call the dandelion "piss-a-bed"
Ærchie
http://www.angelfire.com/poetry/archielims/
http://www.geocities.com/pigletsplace/
"Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste
good with ketchup."
Cybe R. Wizard
wrote:
>My BF brought me home a beautiful lavender coloured Hydrangea to
>plant. I want to get a blue one, as well.
You /do/ know that the only difference between them is soil pH, don't
you?
Cybe R. Wizard
--
Unofficial "Wizard of Odds", A.H.P.
Original PORG Water Wizard, R.P.
Wize(ned) Wizard, A.P.F-P-Y
Barely Tolerated Wizard, A.J.L & A.A.L
Sunny
> You /do/ know that the only difference between them is soil pH, don't
> you?
You just add *stuff* to the soil under each individual bush to effect change
..Cruel folk have be known to say I only need to lick an hydrangea to change
its colour :-(
Sunny
_____________
Spuddie
up to see "Jeanie" <taylo...@earthlink.net> stuffing walnuts into a
Beanie Baby and exclaiming:
>> ICK! Hope you stay safe down there...I don't think I could live where
>> there was the constant threat of tornadoes...
>>
>> Cheryl
>
>Aw, come on! That's what makes things exciting! April through June is the
>biggest tornado season around here.
I can think of a lot of other exciting things I'd rather have around
than a tornado. :) A good thunderstorm is a wonderful thing, but you
can have the twisters.
Cheryl
~~~Marriage ceremony: an incredible metaphysical sham of
watching God and the law being dragged into the affairs
of your family.~~~ (O.C. Ogilvie)
Lori
> Just about fed up with all of this, tra...@worldcrossing.com (Lori)
> wrote:
>
> >My BF brought me home a beautiful lavender coloured Hydrangea to
> >plant. I want to get a blue one, as well.
>
> You /do/ know that the only difference between them is soil pH, don't
> you?
>
> Cybe R. Wizard
Yes. But I only have one plant. I still need to get another one to
have two colours. So I may as well get one that is already in the
colour I want. :-P
Lori (who inherited her Grandma's green thumb for growing violets that
never stop blooming)
Jeanie
> > >My BF brought me home a beautiful lavender coloured Hydrangea to
> > >plant. I want to get a blue one, as well.
> >
> > You /do/ know that the only difference between them is soil pH, don't
> > you?
> >
> > Cybe R. Wizard
>
> Yes. But I only have one plant. I still need to get another one to
> have two colours. So I may as well get one that is already in the
> colour I want. :-P
>
> Lori (who inherited her Grandma's green thumb for growing violets that
> never stop blooming)
>
before the week is out, and stay that way for a long long time.
Jeanie