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« Reply #135 on: September 11, 2008, 06:43:16 AM » |
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catwoods--I'd love to send you some of the 40 degree nights we've been having lately!  |
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« Reply #136 on: September 11, 2008, 01:13:05 PM » |
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Hmmm...could trade you a warm day in January for one of those cool nights.
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« Reply #137 on: September 11, 2008, 03:11:53 PM » |
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Oh a 40 degree night would be a blessing, it's 95 outside right now and very humid. Ike should make a big shift in our normal weather pattern. I have noticed shorter days, and the squirrels have been scurrying all over the place collecting pecans from all the trees in the area.
It really dawned on me that summer is over when I was sitting in the stands last Friday night watching my fiance's son at his high school football game. The summer really passed me by with spending all my non-workplace hours caring for sick kitties. I'm not sure where the summer went. Leaving in a hour to watch another football game, because of Hurricane Ike, all Friday night game's have been pushed up to tonight. All of our area buses are headed for the coast to assist in evacuations. I registered today with the ASPCA to volunteer for fostering displaced animals. I already received a German Sheppard today and will also be assisting at the shelter when not at home. It should be an interesting weekend.
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« Reply #138 on: September 11, 2008, 03:22:55 PM » |
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What a wonderful thing to do, Tesla. Please be careful and take care of yourself.
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« Reply #139 on: May 27, 2009, 06:39:34 PM » |
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*bump*
It's getting to be summer in many places.
Pictures, stories, gardening comments, observations, all are welcome.
What's it like where you live?
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Read "The Omnivore's Dilemma" and you'll know where we are going and why we are in this handbasket.
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« Reply #140 on: May 27, 2009, 07:25:24 PM » |
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Well, it's already upper 80's to mid 90's here in coastal South Texas-
humid, sticky and rainy lately, which we actually need. Hurricane
season begins June 1. Have to pay close attention to the forecasts.
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« Reply #141 on: May 27, 2009, 07:30:57 PM » |
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Wow, we could have used some of your heat here today, rom6! It's been unseasonably cold, highs in the 50s, and raining all day. That's after a sunny and balmy end to last week. Still, the lawns like the rain and cool weather, and are a sort of livid glowing green. I got my first mosquito bite of the season on Monday, and now there are swarms of the little bloodsuckers. (I know that probably sounds funny to you Southern folks, but one thing about cold climates is that we actually have months without mosquitoes!)
Hoping for a very mild hurricane season this year for you. Have you heard any predictions of how severe a season it is going to be?
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« Reply #142 on: May 27, 2009, 08:01:44 PM » |
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The forecasters say it will be a near-normal season, with 9-14 named
storms, 4-7 hurricanes, 1-3 major (cat 3,4,or 5.) Even one in a season is
too many for me, especially if we end up evacuating! What a pain.
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« Reply #143 on: May 27, 2009, 09:04:58 PM » |
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Well it was what we'd call warm and windy here and I spent the evening planting more flowers and food -- which is why I'm sitting here at 11 pm, when I should be in bed. Hopefully, I'll soon have some pix to put up when my garden fills in. I'm sure many of you are already in the midst of lovely blooming flowers.
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Red and Bones, my baby boys, you'll always be in my heart. Mom will see you later. Look after each other, ok?
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« Reply #144 on: May 27, 2009, 09:07:04 PM » |
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Just sunk my shepherd's hook that holds 4 hanging plants and put the plants on it. Planted my cordyline spike with purple and white verbena in front of the cordyline, planted purple fountain grass right in front of house along with pink/white dianthus in front of the purple fountain grass. Bought two small chenille plants that I put together into a hanging basket and put that on a separate shepherd's hook with a butterfly on top of the hook. That's it for now. Will wait a few more weeks when there is more variety to put in the hanging brackets off the deck. Ahhh spring my favorite time of year when everything is renewing and waking up again.
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And nothing but happiness
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« Reply #145 on: May 27, 2009, 11:12:00 PM » |
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We're in the 60s and 70s, and buggy. Ticks have been going strong for about a month and a half; mosquitoes are munching and lunching on us, but the upside is, lightning bugs are increasing.
All that gardening sounds great, I have to be passive and watch the plants that volunteer.
Temps are trending upward and we'll be at a simmer soon, normal for this time of year. Got my eye on those hurricanes, too, aargh.
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« Reply #146 on: May 30, 2009, 10:46:26 PM » |
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Heard the first cicadas today, yesss, it's summer.
It's loud out tonight. Big annual party "next door"; we're rockin' the woods. Nothing like music under the moon and stars and leaves.
People even come from New York and Atlanta to this party, although it's not as large as it used to be, when back in the 70's, dozens of kegs of beer were consumed (or so it's told).
I might as well walk back to the party, ain't gettin' no sleep tonight till the band quits...
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« Reply #147 on: May 31, 2009, 04:36:48 AM » |
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 Hope you had a good time, Catwoods!
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« Reply #148 on: May 31, 2009, 11:40:53 AM » |
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I did, but I'm even more of a wreak than usual today...too much fun...
Love that new avatar with Twit!
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« Reply #149 on: May 31, 2009, 12:13:05 PM » |
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The Sounds of Summer are here!
The "Ice Cream Man" was just circling the neighborhood with his music box van filled with goodies that all children love to beg for. An entire family went out to greet him today. I just sat and smiled as I watched from the window.
Hugs
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