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CLXXXV Icy Blasts and Floods

12 years ago

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Boots and Bareback - Myla Jackson

No Shoes No Shirt No Problem - Jeff Foxworthy

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yoyobon_gw
12 years ago
AISLE BE DAMNED: Swaying Hips, Praying Lips and Flying Tips by Rishi Piparaiya
woodnymph2_gw
12 years ago
Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert

We in SC are supposed to get 3 inches of snow tomorrow and ice, as well!
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Winter Poem to PNW'ners plastered with weather !!
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I probably shouldn't post this again but.... Once upon a morning dreary, while I pondered weak and weary Over many a cold and omnous forecast in the newspapor, Suddenly, there came a dropping, as of rain so gently plopping, Softly falling, dripping, sopping, over heath and hill and moor. Tis not snow, at least, I muttered, not een looking out the door - Merely rain, and nothing more. Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak November And the deer had just dismembered all my plants (damned herbivores). Eagerly I wished the summer; winter, it is such a bummer Nary does one see a hummer* in the garden anymore. Though Grevillea victoriae blooms brightly as before, Rain, it keeps them all indoor. Presently my heart grew stronger, for the sound of rain no longer dripped and dropped and plipped and plopped as so incessantly before. Well! said I, A welcome ending to the rain so unrelenting! Now, before the chance eludes me, I had better go outdoors. For so many tasks awaited, miscellaneous lame chores - So I opened wide the door. Deep into that daylight glaring, long I stood there cursing, swearing, For now from the sky was falling snow, and not rain as before; Making not a sound they drifted, subtle, soft, by wind uplifted Flakes of whiteness now alighting fore the threshold of my door. Silence, it deceived me sorely; winter with its icy hoar Settled now its frigid score. Back into the kitchen breezing, closing door to keep from freezing, From the cold air briefly wheezing, pitching out the newspapor, For its forecast had deceived me, and the snow that fell now grieved me, Now I sat before the TV to discern what was in store. Now, said I, to get the latest bout this blizzard that doth roar, TWC** will know for sure.' But I soon became disgusted, finding they could not be trusted, For their forecast still suggested rain was all twould be in store. Surely, said I, Any schmo can look outside and see the snow That falls upon my garden so, though TWC ignore. So I cast aside the rèmote, snowy blast preparing for, Stepped once more outside the door. Now I knew the task before me, to protect these plants so warmly Lest they freeze and die, as in the frigid wintertimes of yore. So I labored, although vainly, for the snow had now quite plainly Covered stem and leaf completely, blanketing the garden oer. Yet into my heated greenhouse yet untouchèd by the hoar I hauled many plants, though sore. But the nighttime, eer foreboding, now upon me came in closing, Ere I knew it all was dark, and on the snow fell as before. And the wind now came up blowing, further worsening the snowing, While the temperture was lowring, so I had to get indoor, Lest the stinging crystals biting freeze my body to the core, So at last I went indoor. Now the garden, it lies frozen; Im regretting I had chosen Many plants not suited to this climate far from milder shore. And the memry of my losses gnaws upon me, while I tosses Fragments of the plants that froze upon the blazing heap that roars, Yes, a bonfire to dispose of all the plants that grew before - Now quite dead, forevermore. *Anna's hummingbird **The Weather Channel
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UPDATE: update: mnf: waiting for spring #3
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well...I opened up Wendy's box and was blown away...my family is saying that my eyes are glazed from overload..."L" Here's what's in my box: a butterfly wind sock on a stick an angel statue (I'm going to put it in the remembrance rose garden for my grandmother) gorgeous butterfly windchimes made out of gems (all sparkly and shiny) ceramic mushroom (it's so cute) hose guide stump planter with blue bird (it's adorable) goldfinch pothanger (already hanging) jiffy pot pellets 2 (I've never seen these before, they're cool) note cards with matching flower pens (you can never have enough of these) lavendar Fields fragrant sachet (in my closet) raspberry garden green tea chocolate hazelnut tea (can't wait to try these) tea coupons AND Bunch Flowering tulips and then there's the SEEDS! (I swear I started drooling) mexican cigar plant plumbago blue angel viscaris coleus rainbow mix dwarf MG moss rose double (drool) lt blue joker pansy zinna red spider dwarf teddy bear sunflowers farewell to spring godetia cosmos lilac bleeding heart cleome rose queen lady lavendar (drool) thyme russian sage (more drool) peppermint stick zinna (flooding the floor) nastrurtium Empress of India (WOW) sugar snaps viola charityland Mt. Bluet catnip Isisensata mixed (gotta look this up) schizanthus (gotta look this up too!) Himalayan poppy (drool, drool) sweet annie artemisia (love this, used ot use it in the flower shop) chicory Bird's eye (overtime drool) blk eyed susan vine california poppy clarkin Mt garland (sounds interesting) english lavendar (yummy) lemon Mint alyssium goldea tuft (I have never seen this) viola bowles black berlandiera Ivriata (another looker up) oregano scarlet sage geranium splish splash AND Ptilotus exaltus Joey ****FAINT**** I'm in seed heaven...what a wonderful box Wendy, I'll be playing for days! Thank you so much! ((HUG))
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Special thoughts please-
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DD just called me, and is very nervous, although her house is on the edge of the flood plain, and hopefully will be OK. But she has kitty litter in the car, harnesses and carrier for the cats, everything off the floor in the basement. The heavy snows didn't help matters any out there....just made the sandbagging harder to do. I'm so impressed with the young people doing such a great job.
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Ellen Kennon Paint Problem!!
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What type of application errors would cause these problems, Faron? I wouldn't discount the possibility of mixing errors at the store. While you and your co workers might be very diligent, that isn't always the case. I have had my share of bad mixes in just a very brief period of time of painting my house, from wrong bases to missing colorants to who knows what. From a thread where one customer could not seem to get her EK paints mixed properly at the store: "The problems have included: - light tint base instead of medium tint base - dark tint base instead of medium tint base - semi-gloss instead of matte - wrong alkyd base on glossy trim paint - completely wrong color one day... ordered Mushroom, got Ashen Green formula IN THE WRONG BASE! Unbelievable! Sooo, here's my advice. Take your paint chips to the store with you. Take a deep breath and really pay attention. (Do what I say, not what I do!) Dab some paint out of the can onto the card and compare. ... " Here is a link that might be useful: Paint mix problems
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yoyobon_gw
12 years ago
HOLY GUACAMOLE by Dan Harmer

(woodnymph.....eeks. That's nothing for us in NYstate but pretty serious in SC ...stay off the roads !)
phyllis__mn
12 years ago
The Dud Avocado........Elaine Dundy
leel
12 years ago
Mexican Cookery by Barbara Joan Hansen
veer
Original Author
12 years ago
We Wanted it Hot - E & A Heimann
kathy_t
12 years ago
The Whole Enchilada - Diane Mott Davidson
leel
12 years ago
Why some like it hot : food, genes, and cultural diversity Gary-- Paul Nabhan
veer
Original Author
12 years ago
The Curry Club - Pat Chapman
yoyobon_gw
12 years ago
IT'S NOT INDIGESTION, I'LL EAT WHAT I LIKE (Napoleon's Spanish Ulcer) by Geoffrey Watson
leel
12 years ago
Biting through the skin : an Indian kitchen in America's heartland-- Nina Mukerjee Furstenau
veer
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12 years ago
Bites Scratches and Stings: A Thousand Days in the African Bush - Julian Hamer
sheriz6
12 years ago
Broken Music: A Memoir -- Sting
yoyobon_gw
12 years ago
HOW TO RESTORE & REPAIR PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING by Lorraine Johnson
phyllis__mn
12 years ago
The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody....Will Cuppy

(I'm just reading this now.....a Christmas gift and greatly appreciated)
yoyobon_gw
12 years ago
Tap Dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on Practically Everything, 1966-2013 by Carol J. Loomis
carolyn_ky
12 years ago
Tapestry of Fortunes, Elizabeth Berg
leel
12 years ago
A new look at needlepoint; the complete guide to canvas embroidery-- Carol Cheney Rome
veer
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12 years ago
Me and My Sewing Machine - Kate Haxwell
yoyobon_gw
12 years ago
THE WINKY CHERRY SYSTEM OF TEACHING YOUNG CHILDREN TO SEW by Winky Cherry

( are there "old" children ????)

(( Winky Cherry?? egads ))
sheriz6
12 years ago
Cherry Ames, Student Nurse -- Helen Wells
yoyobon_gw
12 years ago
BEDLAM AMONG THE BEDPANS: Humor in Nursing by Amy Y. Young
phyllis__mn
12 years ago
Papa, You're Crazy.............William Saroyan
yoyobon_gw
12 years ago
NURSE RATCHET by Russ Wood
leel
12 years ago
American women of nursing-- Edna Yost
veer
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12 years ago
Edith Cavell: Nurse Martyr Heroine - Diana Southam

(Cavell was shot by a German firing squad in 1915 for aiding Allied soldiers)
woodnymph2_gw
12 years ago
Dear & Glorious Physician - Taylor Caldwell

We are currently thawing out from our deep freeze here in SC.
phyllis__mn
12 years ago
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle........Hugh Lofting
carolyn_ky
12 years ago
Florence Nightingale: God's Servant at the Battlefield, David R. Collins
leel
12 years ago
The aspirin wars : money, medicine, and 100 years of rampant competition-- Charles C. Mann
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12 years ago
Heal your Headaches - David Bucholz
yoyobon_gw
12 years ago
HOT WHEELS AND HIGH HEELS by Jane Graves
sheriz6
12 years ago
The Shoes of the Fisherman -- Morris L. West
woodnymph2_gw
12 years ago
West With the Night - Beryl Markham
yoyobon_gw
12 years ago
EAST OF THE SUN, WEST OF THE MOON by Jackie Morris
leel
12 years ago
Mollie Katzen's sunlight cafe-- Mollie Katzen
yoyobon_gw
12 years ago
THIS MOOSE BELONGS TO ME by Oliver Jeffers

( a nod to her first restaurant the Moosewood in Ithaca NY....loved going there when it first opened many years ago. It was the first really great vegetarian, homemade food, home baked breads kind of place to lunch. Sadly it's become very commercialized now....and lost it's quaintness)
veer
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12 years ago
Elegant Elk Delicious Deer - Judy Barbour
carolyn_ky
12 years ago
Bambi, Felix Salten.
yoyobon_gw
12 years ago
SAINT FELIX AND THE SPIDER by Dessi Jackson
sheriz6
12 years ago
The Three Investigators in the Mystery of the Silver Spider -- Robert Arthur
leel
12 years ago
Hans Brinker; or, The silver skates --Dodge, Mary Mapes
veer
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12 years ago
The Silver Sword - Ian Serraillier
sheriz6
12 years ago
The Golden Unicorn -- Phyllis A. Whitney
yoyobon_gw
12 years ago
THE UNICORN TAPESTRIES by Margaret B. Freeman
woodnymph2_gw
12 years ago
The Lady & the Unicorn - Tracey Chevalier

YoYobon, I think we went to that restaurant many years ago. Was it out in the country, set in rolling hills? Food was unforgettable!
yoyobon_gw
12 years ago
woodnymph...
No, The Moosewood was located ( and still is) in the basement of an old brick school one block from the center of town ( now The Commons).
A photo of it the way I remember it is in the first Moosewood cookbook).
You might have gone to the one just before you come down the hill into Ithaca coming from the south.
It was french country?
The name was french......cannot recall it.
leel
12 years ago
The portrait of a lady-- Henry James

(I've been to both restaurants. Both great in their own ways, but I can't remember the other one's name either!)
veer
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12 years ago
The Picture of Dorian Grey - Oscar Wilde
yoyobon_gw
12 years ago
AN IDEAL HUSBAND by Oscar Wilde

( I think that the restaurant was L'Auberge Du Cochon Rouge .......does that sound familiar?)

This post was edited by yoyobon on Wed, Feb 5, 14 at 7:24

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