General Discussion & Chat: Coffee and...Part 3 :-), 1 by MaryE

MaryE wrote:
Hello. A cup of tea with a little honey and one of those muffins will be just prefect, thanks. I'll sit here where I can see out the window, since a good view of the outside shouldn't go to waste. Welcome to our little party chefnl, come back anytime, the door always seems to be open here and the coffee is always on. My sister's name is Nancy Lee. Do you go by both names? And are you a chef? Good muffins!! Thanks.

Great pictures, Carol and Brenda. You really do have to be in the right place at the right time and FAST to get those animal shots. Here is a shot I got of an out of place bird last winter. Right now I don't remember what he is, but he needs to be near water. I wouldn't have been surprised to see him down in the pasture by the pond but that is almost a quarter mile from where he was near the shop. The pond was frozen over so maybe he just got tired and sat down a while before resuming his search for open water. He didn't come back so I'm glad I got the picture.

My gardening neighbor Pam had a mild stroke a couple of days ago, spent one night in the hospital for tests and monitoring. She is home now, getting around slowly and carefully. She doesn't seem to have any lasting damage but feels pretty weak, her sense of balance is not as good as before (maybe just due to weakness) and her husband doesn't hardly let her out of his sight. He was there when it happened and got the ambulance there ASAP, which takes about 30 minutes from town. Our local first aid crew responded but we don't have an ambulance out here. I bought a pot of Iris Reticulata in bloom to take to her, I don't think she has any of them. She can enjoy them now and plant them about April when the ground reappears and thaws. Later I will trade some of mine for some of hers, maybe in a couple of years after hers have had a chance to multiply. Don't we always buy what we would like to have ourselves? When she saw mine blooming last spring she said "OOOOOOOOOO what's that"?

We got about 3 inches of new snow overnight and now the sun is out and it is getting nice and warm in my greenhouse. After I get back from Pam's I will do some repotting and keep myself entertained while my hubby watches football. He isn't a hard core football fan but does like a good game, and gets very disgusted with multimillion dollar players who can't catch or hold on to a ball.

I'd better get going, back later. See ya.