New Bees Chat - Friends old and new, come on in! 7-11-11

Things are calming down a bit. Appears the storm went far east of us towards Boston coast. Looks like we're alright.

Al

Prayers, Dear friend... Hang in there and hold on.

good to hear Al

Glad to hear everything is ok. Was worried!

al thank you for the card made my day hope the weather clears real soon. so we can get on with dur lives love and hugs all talk later crit hope your hand gets better real quick. you should get your plants monday. good luck with them.

Thanks again nettie. This is a pic of my finger when they got it all stitched up. Of course, it is the middle finger so when I have my splint in it looks like I am flipping everyone off. LOL I'm getting better at typing without using that finger. tee hee

one more.

Ouch! That looks sore.

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood! Sunny with little puffy clouds. Cooler though only about 50 degrees, we're wearing sweaters today. Feels like fall is on the way. Thanks for all your concerns and prayers.

AL

nettie ..... I got the plants today. Thanks so much!!!! They are in great shape.

Yes Al, it is pretty sore!

crit i hope your hand gets better real soon. just be patient time is on your side and so are all of us. im glad mitt and all our friends are out of harms way.thats a real blessing. love and hugs nettie

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My purple coneflower grown with seeds from DG's Newbie pack. This is my first successful try at winter sowing, last years got completely washed out in the Spring. This one's now about 2' high and spreading.

Al

Another pix of same plant next to our driveway. I'll soon have lots of seed pods for this one.

Al

its time for me to go to bed hope everyone has a nice weekend. love and hugs nettie

rrm thank you for the seed they came today.love nettie.

Great!!!! Got More if anyone is interested
ipomoea setosa, Debbie , I'm going to send you a couple or three of the hairy Brazilian Morning Glories...

Rrm do you have a picture of the bloom? I have one that has hairy stems too. Wonder if its the same one.

Here is a late closer of one of mine. It looks blue when its open but lavender when its closed.

rrm have you seen mekos i need info on orchid seed i have some off that ground orchid but don,t have a clue how to plant them/ t hope she can help me.love nettie

hay rrm i found smothing on those orchid seed.i think i can do this im gona try ill try anything one time or more. love and hugs nettie.

Have a great weekend all!! We'll be attending a hot air balloon festival in Dansville, about 30 miles north of here if we don't get rained out. Lots of arts, crafts, food, yard sales, and of course balloons.

Al

Happy Sunday everyone. Going to piddle around the house today and do a few things outside. I have been seed collecting and am planning to make an Echinacea bed. I am going to run a wire fence and have Clematis growing on it with Echies along the front. Its in full sun/part shade so it should do well. Have a good day everyone!
Mechelle

Hello everyone.. hope you all are well.. Hope those affected by tropical storm Lee are surviving the flooding and preparing for the incoming hurricane.. Looks like it may be a bad hurricane season this year..Sorry I havent checked in for a while.. I still have to use my sons computer or my phone and im not good at internet use on my phone..Mechelle do you still have eckies you need to sell off before winter? This was the sunrise yesterday morning as tropical storm Lee was settling over the gulf..

what is an eckie?

I think we were talking about echinacea, also known as coneflowers. They seem to be growing well here, too.

Al

Hi peeps - wanna see my newest pet? LOL

Loves my Vitex tree!

Can he be house trained Kelly, does he do tricks for food? Looks awesome!

I'm working on that Al - lol... He loves his Vitex tree!

lol. great pic

Love praying Mantis....

Hello e1. Just wanted to pop in and say hello. Its 70* here today and I plan to get out and mulch a little, weed a little and plant a little. Have some perennials to get in the ground to get settled in. Have been collecting seeds from the different Morning Glories I have . Hope e1 is doing ok and has a good day :)

Hey Mechelle! Pretty MG - love the variegated ones;o) Hope YOU are doing OK my friend.

Anyone got any rain they can send me? Ugh!

as long as it passes thru here on it's way to you. ^_^

Thank you Kelly :) I am doing good despite all that's been going on. My faith is all I need right now. And flowers.. Tee hee

hi everyone hope all of you are doing well. im thinking about going to bed.have a long day comming up so probly rest would be good..love and hugs to all. talk later nettie

rrm have you seen mekos is she sick or something i am starting to wory about her.wish she would come on and say hi.hope she is ok nettie

She's OK Nettie - saw her on Facebook earlier. Gotta hit the sack - I'm tired.

Regardless of what you hear, the flood areas are well east of us in Binghampton and Johnson City. We've got plenty of rain but so far the dikes are holding up. Garden is growing great.

We're going to Corning today to meet up with son Richie and new girlfriend for dinner out at Longhorn's.

Have a great weekend all!

Al

You have fun Al. enjoy your meal...

hi people we are haveing fall like weather here today down in the 50s with light rain ive been in a warm up suit all day trying to stay warm wish it would be a slow change give me a chance to get some warm woolies out so ill stay warm where has everyone gone love and hugs nettie.

Cool here too Nettie. Don't know it has been vacant over here lately.