Pacific Northwest Gardening: Apropos of Nothing v.17, 1 by Rarejem

Rarejem wrote:
I have been off line for well over a week now, so am not even going to try to catch up.

Important things....

Pony, hope your surgery goes well and accomplishes the desired results.

Holly, If belated thoughts and wishes help you at all, they are definitely coming your way. Hope things are looking brighter for you.

Beautiful travels and beautiful daughters and bedecked pooches and leashed kitties and wonderful poetry.... how fun!

Judy, I think that the "poke of dust" was probably gold dust. I liked the poem, and will be very curious to see how you like the book! I think you are right, it reminded me of Rocky Racoon, or another of my very favorites... Bob Dylan's "Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts".

Kathy, how could you have grown up in our era and not know Rocky Racoon? I love poetry, and am a true fan of all of the old ballads like that (do I sound like a fogey when I say "they don't write songs like that any more?). Hoyt Axton's "Della and the Dealer".... Jim Croche's "Bad Bad Leroy Brown"..... all kinda along the same lines.

DH had decided that I had been working too hard both at work and at home, so after we finished Mom's garden on Saturday, he said ENOUGH and spirited Phoenix and I away for an evening around a campfire and a day spent at our favorite secret getaway in the mountains. Too much walking/climbing to be called relaxing, but how can you not be happy in a private waterfall grotto full of maidenhair ferns and sunshine?