Winter Madness, "seasonal thread" Part 4
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Winter Madness, "seasonal thread" Part 2
Comments (218)Diane, I hope all goes well with your surgery. I was wondering when it was scheduled, I remember you saying “after the new year”. I bet you’ll be glad to have it behind you. There’s not a lot going on here. I’m slowly pruning roses, and trying to catch up. I’m definitely over the flu, but still tire out easily. I feel behind on everything! It’s been chilly out, 50’s during the day. I’m not used to being cold. My snaps still haven’t been planted in the ground, because I keep stalling. I feel like Summers. I have so much to do that I don’t know where to begin. Yesterday, I pulled a trash bags worth of yellow oxalis, and hardly made a dent in it. My entire slope is covered, and I can’t see anything but oxalis. I do get it every year, but all the rain really got it going this year. Plus, I’ve normally pulled it out by now. I hope your eye is better by now, Deborah. Winter sure seems to be the season for illnesses! It seems like everyone I know has something. Trish, what a job cleaning all that mold must be! I hope you wear a mask, so you’re not breathing it in. I know mold can be dangerous. How nice for you to have your daughter coming home for a bit. I’m envious right along with you, over those peonies Summers has at her Costco. Dianela, I’m jealous that you can grow them, too. I bet they’ll be gorgeous, although I hear it takes time for them to settle in. The only peonies I see around here are sold as cut flowers at Trader Joe’s. I think they usually have them in May or June. I always look at each kind, and dream of growing them. I guess every climate has its perks and challenges. I can’t imagine living in the kind of weather Jim gets. It sounds like the majority of you are getting lots of rain and snow. Vap and Ikaye, you must both be MORE than ready for Spring! Mud makes such a mess, and there’s no digging until it dries out sufficiently. I guess you get used to it. I grew up in So CA, so it’s hard for me to imagine anything different. I’m sure you all appreciate Spring’s arrival more than those of us in warmer climates. The changing seasons are much more subtle here. Kristine, I found a picture of my Meadow Rue, for you. I just know you’re going to love it! I just spent my gift card from Annie’s the other day. My order should be here on the 13th. I just realized that’s only two days from today. I better get some stuff done, before they arrive. It blooms from June to August in my garden. It makes a great cut flower with roses. Have a great day, everyone! Lisa...See MoreFALL is here! Seasonal thread part 4
Comments (168)My wife was put back on her original med for migranes she took for years...So no new meds. She did not come home until today so things not going very well here... I'm totally baffled but I'm during ok under the circumstances! Thanks for the concerns everyone! And I enjoyed everyones photos! Always enjoy that part of our seasonal threads! Hey I'm going start a new fresh thread... NEW THREAD LINK BELOW: https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5823412/fall-is-here-seasonal-thread-part-5...See MoreWINTER is here! Seasonal thread part 4
Comments (162)I got this rose in my garden he’s highly fragrant ... lilyfynch thinks it’s Thomas A Becket . And I think it is he’s smellsss soo good just looking at him I drool and he drops over just like the catalog ... thoughts ?? Lol I got him for 10 bucks . But no label but it was a david Austin gallon ....See MoreWINTER is here! Seasonal thread part 7
Comments (125)I love your photos, sultry, and that one of the live oaks is spoooky. Do ghost froggies live in the scary forest? What different climates we both live in. I can't grow any of the things you just talked about. I would love some bananas for Nana, please. But I'm glad I don't have to dig out those pink jasmine roots. Sara Ann, your Kathleen Harrop is gorgeous. I need to look it up. Oddly it reminds me of Olivia Rose Austin. Do you grow OLA? Jim, I love all those pet photos, especially the ones featuring the feral cat lounging in its comfortable living room. Love the cat/dog food sharing. Your pets get along so well. Right now, the coyotes are hunting in the gully in back, and we haven't been able to let our kitties out even for short supervised times. Finn is the scourge of voles, and I'd like him to be doing the hunting, though I expect that the yotes are a scourge on voles, too. Not very long ago, the neighbors lost their wonderful old cat to yotes. The neighbors were a little lax about letting him out too close to dark--they are from Hawaii originally, and are not totally used to our predators. I felt so badly for them.....I see we must move on to the new thread. Thanks for your loyalty, in keeping these threads going. I hope all is well for you as you continue to forge ahead. Diane...See Morejim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
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