I hope you are feeling ok too. I did notice you haven't been on much lately. You aren't sneaking and digging another pond are you, lol.

I also hope you are feeling well Daniella. LOL @ Kristy, I wouldn't be surprised.
Shawn

I hate to laugh in this post when I am worried about your well being Daniella. But Kristy it is all her fault lol.
Thinking of you and those boots and ANOTHER pond ...lol

Daniella's OK. Probably just busy getting the kids ready for school!I'm sure she'll be back soon. I miss her too.

Theresa

here I am, here I am, lol.
GG, thank you. I am feeling fine. Was having computer probs, but I think I fixed it..even though I thought that twice already and it crashed on me again. I wouldnt be able to get on for more than 5 mins without it freezing or crashing. Sometimes it would freeze while rebooting..SO not good. Yesterday I did some stuff & installed new anti-virus, etc..So far so good..keep your fingers crossed for me that I have fixed this prob once and for all. I think we're gonna buy a new tower anyway, this one is almost 6 years old.

Nope, no new pond..just Friggin Hannah..I hate her, and am SOOOO happy she is gone. I am so upset..my arch with the passies and moonflowers on it..bye bye. I had to go out in a downpour yesterday afternoon because I saw it leaning. I tied it to a tree, not realizing I was only supporting it for one direction. When the wind switched and was coming from the N, NW later in the night, well..I found it this morning totally destroyed. I am out of rope, but I was hoping DH had some and maybe he could help me by holding up the broken arch, then I could wrap a rope through and around the top, and over a cherry tree limb, just so it's up..then I could rig it, and attempt to fix it just till the end of the season..but he had to go out on OT again. Was out yest morn, most of last night, and now again. So once again, no help..I don't think I can do this on my own. The arch is 8' high..I'm only 5'1..my arms aren't rubber. o poo..what to do.

90% of my dahlias are trashed, and they were just getting loaded with buds and blooms.

Just finished geting the brugs back outside. I ran out of room putting them in the back porch early yest morn and had to load up the minivan too, lol. AT least the seats were out so I had more room.

Alot of other plants are trashed as well. Flower beds are just an absolute disaster. But, on a happy note..My MG trees are still standing proud, and I have a bloom opening on one of them! I'll post pix in a bit.

O well, I can complain till the cows come home..but at least no branches or trees fell into the pond to destroy it, or anywhere else in the yard..and thank god WE are all OK. I was a nervous wreck with DH out on OT last night. And we were so worried that the stupid big @$$ maple out back was gonna fall on the house. O I hate that tree with a passion. I actually glare at that thing all the time and tell it I hate it. Thank goodness the sump pump in the basment stayed going strong.
Well, I finished my donut..back out to the cleanup. Hey..I lost my coffee.....

thanks guys :) (((hugs)))

o and hey, yeah the kids go back to school tomorrow, I'm SO not ready to get back to waking up at 6am, lol.

O, and if anyone has emailed me..like I said I had comp probs, so I didnt get it yet..will get to all that later today.

thanks again :)..no worries..I'm here and all is well.

O and GG...just so ya know..I am out there again this morn wearing...can you guess?...PJ's and boots! lol. :)

Daniella I am very very sorry that Hanna hit your garden so hard. BGut then you HAD to end with a laughter for me didn't you

roflmao

I look like the joker in batman lol

P.S. I wrote you a e mail thanking you for the seeds that got here and I am thrilled and can not wait to start them. When can I start them for the next growing season. Indoors. Do they like it more in the sun or shade? Morning or afternoon. I really want them to have a happy place they can call their home and not get stressed out by the wrong growing conditions.

Thanks
Lucy

Sorry to hear you got a lot of damage Daniella.Think of it this way. Its your chance to redoe some things and make changes to what you didn't like. My daughter won't be going back to school for another week since they won't get power until then they think. She is thrilled, lol. I'm glad you are ok.

I'm sorry to hear that Hannah did a number on the garden but glad to hear there was no serious damage like the hated maple in the pond or on your house! My dahlias escaped damage from TS Hannah but succumbed to Ruth (my Mom). She was over today and decided that she needed a dahlia bouquet. lol
Karyn

I hate my comp.
thanks guys.
GG full sun for those seeds..so they say, but mine don't seem to like the afternoon sun, go figure. You are very welcome.
Kristy, she must be so happy, lol. I know I would be!
I wish I could make changes, but I can't right now. The arch is completely destroyed, no way I can fix it. I just rigged it with some ropes so I don't have to cut the passies down, and so that the moons can keep blooming.
So instead of it being an 8'tall 6' wide arch..it's now a 5' tall veeeery wide doorway, lol. But the vines are so full that its more like 3' tall. I'd have to crawl under it now if I had to go under.
Figures..best year I ever had with moonflowers. Over 50 blooms in the last couple weeks, and tons more buds coming every day. All on ONE vine. At the ground the vine is over 3" around. Never have any of my moons been like this. And now this, it just blows my mind. it Sux. Truely sux.
O yeah and let me tell you those ropes strung about from arch to trees look great, ppphht!!!

Theresa..I will email you if I can ever get into my email long enough to send a message. Will call you as we planned.
I keep checking every day to make sure Autumn hasn't stolen my address book, lol. Thanks for letting everyone know I'm OK.
I would def call Theresa and let her know if something were wrong..if I'm ever MIA, just ask her, lol.

lol Karyn. I wish that had been the fate of my dahlia blooms. This morn in the hustle and bustle of the 1st day of school, I actually forgot about the dahlias getting destroyed, and told Amber, the 9 yr old she could take some to her teacher..after I said it we just looked at each other like.."o..yeah". Bummer. Autumn, the 4 yr old wanted to bring morning glories, lol.