She's about to...62... Fall is almost here!

Home computer is out and been in classes for 3 days looking at the new software, so very little computer time available. I have missed you all.

Glad you Texans are getting some rain, it always amazes me how a little rain will green up things in a snap even tho I will have watered nonstop. Watering just isn't the same as some rain.

Debra hope you are feeling better. It is about that time of year, where I need to go see doc. ughhhh.

Walked into the solar room to water last night and had a wonderful perfume about it! One of the brugs was blooming, smelled wonderful. Well I really hate watering and have tried everything to make it easier and not so messy inside, but to no avail. So I force myself to do it and make a giant mess.....this is how bad it is, I would rather wash dishes than water, love messing with the plants, just hate watering....strange I know.

Looked up night before last and apparently I brought a toad in with the plants and he decided to investigate the rest of the house, the basset hound was laying there watching him jump across the floor, course we were trying to get him without making him pee all over the hardwood floor. DH said don't you want to keep him, he doesn't want to go out in the cold.....ughhh! I explained it is 65 not exactly freezing, he will do what toads do for the winter, and secondly dear he apparently isn't going to stay in the solar room and I don't exactly want to step on him at 4am in the dark when I am getting ready for work, now you know how at one point we had 6 dogs, 2 cats, and 2 birds....gotta love him...rofl. Glad I live in the middle of no where.

LOL! I can just your basset watching the toad jump!!! Hope you get your computer fixed soon!

Hey Tammie, how are you doing?

Debra, I don't like those "cheek" shots! They hurt too much! Hope your doing OK?

gm to all I Had My 1st real Good Night Sleep in my new Home last Night while my brother watched over daddy for me last night
I still need more sleep to really be back to myself & Jim will be back later this afternoon to take over again.
sorry for not posting but i have had my hands full with so much around here.

anyway i just wanted to let you all know all is fine now i have help coming in & Hope to be back on again soon .
susie

Bet you were nice and cozy, and enjoyed your sleep? Glad to hear you have help!

Not much longer Susie and you will be done hopefullly. So excited for you.

I have been gathering all the lawn stuff that needs to go back in, gathering all the plants I need to overwinter (AGAIN), cleaning up stuff, taking tropicals out of the pond for the garden room, and gathering the rest of the tropicals up to get stored. I sure have been doing nothing for several weeks...rofl. Started out that way this morning and decided I had better get with it.

I am still combining plants using Debras suggestion, things look so much neater and so much prettier. Don't know what I would do without you!

Hi friends. Suszie I bet you needed that rest! I am glad you have help. You are amazing.

Lindakay, I havn't had shots in a long time, and they talked me into a flu shot for the first time, and that was in my arm, so three sore spots ofr a bit, but all is good now. I can't believe what cortisone shots do for you.

Joyce, like you I have been coming home from work and going to work bringing stuff in. I had a head start of you, tho.
I think I posted on another thread about the one bloom downstairs. she is in full flush now. Still not as pretty as Kaitlyn outside.
this was last night. tonight she has 4 more open and is all perky. her tendrils are very long and curly crazy.

Debra, those shots hurt, but if they work, they work good. Sometimes they do nothing.
Love that Kaitlyn!


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Ladies, there is a Thanksgiving swap going on. It closes next week. Take a look please?

Debra glad you are feeling better.

Been out repotting things together to get room to come in.
I picked a ton of super sweet cherry tomatoes and that is lunch right now.
Debra that is so beautiful, I did water the indoor stuff in solar room. Still have the garden room, and all the stuff outside is soooo dry. Calling for low 30's in KC I think Tuesday I will probably get frost then...dang. Couple of my roses are blooming like crazy also.

Dug up all the coleus and they are in one big pot. I have taken starts and can hopefully keep going all winter and get some starts to everyone who wants some this spring. Course that is a long time away.

welp, son came over and Joe bbq'd, then in between the Bills game, he moved all my big pots and tubs inside. He got Kaitln in without one broken leaf, and she is big. Son managed to get everything down the stairs and set up for me.

I carried in small things, while Joe opened the doors and said " watch it, yer gonna break it!" LOL
fish are in vines are in , college girl is going to get a lot of excersize cuz she adores her fish, and they are down 13 stairs, LOL,and she went out and got three new babys and two pond plant nuggets ( aquarium type plants) and some little sing that says No Fishing and some colored rock for the water tub.

I have two tubs of water, one for the fish and pond stuff, and one for rooting the vines if they will, or at least keep them alive until seed pods ripen ( Japanese morning glorys)

wanted to show u a new morning glory for me...

OMG! Debra, I bet your basement smells so good! Love that yellow morning glory. I have never seen a yellow one!

Me neither, Linda Kay..
Here is the first one I ever saw in my yard.. it has seed pods.

I guess there are a lot of yelllow ones ..

Beautiful basement their Debra. Everything looks really happy.
Freeze warnings coming up, rain suppose to come in today. I have about 3 things that have to come in and my MG meeting tonight, so hopefully I get it all done tonight. I have just been so lazy it is awful.

Here is the pic of the beginning of a pergola, very beginning...LOL

OH, I sure do miss the smell of the brugs this year! The good thing about nothing growing is that I have nothing to worry about bringing in this winter.. just three plant big enough to need some help with. I will really need help since I 'tweaked' my back wednesday when I was giving the dogs their baths. I could hardly move on wed. and thursday. I am moving a bit better by today but I think it will be a few weeks before my back forgives me for whatever I did to it. It really scared me after all the back problems I have had. Just sets me back a bit in the job hunt... dont' think I should go into anywhere limping like I am right now. LOL... guess it would not look too good.

So sorry to hear you hurt your back. Have you tried to file for disability? Hope it gets better soon.

gosh Tammie, take it easy!

okay, I am sitting here looking at this pile of brug cuttings, and will start sending so I don't have to keep moving them around LOL.
Tammie, are you in the exchange?

Just stash a few in my box :) Yellow MG Also Nice :) sorry but will be in & Out for the next few days trying to finish off my new home & taken care of daddy . & Moving my brother in well off to the Jungle you all have a great day I Miss you all.

susie

Joyce, how is the pergola coming along anyway?
susie, got ya ;D
LindaKay, what were you wanting? I can't 'member.

Susie you are should have some good oxygen in that new house...rofl. I have to run a dehumidifier all winter in my garden room..rofl, and my big ee's actually drop water off the tips in the solar room.

Debra your yard is just beautiful. Looking at that pic you sure could make some beautiful tags for the brugs. I am full of good ideas just no talent.

Well I figured out how to get DH to take plants to the garden room, I just ask him to stick them in the garage for a couple of days and walla they show up in the garden room....sneaky.

Suppose to have frost and freeze warnings tonight, I am trying to hang onto my cherry tomatoes. We are just suppose to have one cold night and they back to some warmer temps.

I am going to take a day off work this week, hook up the trailer and go up to menards to get some of the long long boards I need. This weekend is suppose to be nice so hopefully since all the plants will be in by then I can get a good start on the pergola. Want to get it done so I can start on the potting bench, that is the exciting part....I have collected so much stuff for it. Hope it comes out like what I see in my mind.

Debra, I would love some of the yellow morning glory seeds. I would love to have some brug cuttings as I lost most of mine last year, but I am afraid to try to get them through the winter.

Yes, I am in the exchange.. I am so looking forward to having brugs to grow through the winter. They will grow big in all the pots I have for them.... and all the space I will have. Mom is going to be so happy.

I am spending the day on the couch.. It would be so much better if the pain did not go down my leg so badly.... that is the worst! LOL

Joyce, I can't wait to see your potting bench. I use a card table. ugh.

Tammie, I sent out two packages yesterday, but yours was not one of them, but will get it to you this weekend after the garage sale my 40 yr old is having for my sister. Look for other plants in there as well.

LindaKay, I am hoping to get seeds from the yellow with brugandy throat, but I didn't get it dug up tonight. Got almost evrything in, tommorrow we will finish up. I have some root bottoms I can send you if you want to grow those instead of cuttings. I have hit or miss with cuttings myself. some do some dont some will some wont. go figure. I like tip cuttings, so I keep them myself cuz sure as heck someone will say i sent a pencil thin cutting or something.
( it has happened) those tip cuttings have to be babied or they rot fast.

Susie, your box will also be packed up this weekend. I am so ready for Spring! LOL

Looks like we are going to have cold weather the next few days, I had frost on my car, I tucked in my tomatoes in the raised bed, so hope they make it. They are covered with a big comforter. Next year I am going to have tunnels so I know I can keep them going longer. The concrete blocks are perfect to stick plastic water pipe in and arch to the otherside, then cover with plastic and close up the ends. Hopefully we able to start things earlier and keep them going longer.

Picked my roses so I could enjoy them, I imagine they are frosted over, this morning. Edit to say: That is the view of my world most days, guess you can tell I work for a crane company...rofl.

Debra the best potting bench I have had so far is a open mesh round patio table (I think you can see it in the pergola photos), it is great, good height, stuff falls right thru to the ground, old potting mix, water, trimmings. I can even put an umbrella in it if it gets too hot or sunny for me. I found it on clearance 4/5 years ago. I have seen them at garage sales also. Then when I am not potting which is usually never, or I am having someone over I can clean it off and use it for other things.

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Last night I came into the living room and I guess Bass forgot he wasn't suppose to be on the couch......looks pretty zonked to me.

LOL! Bass is so cute! Joyce, what do you do for the crane company? Love that rose, such a pretty color. Sure hope your tomato's survive the frost.

Morning everyone!

Debra, how is your Sister doing with all the treatments? Hope they are not making her too sick! No cuttings please? I don't do very well with them! I have tried so many times, and all I get is mush!

That is one stalk except for the one right under the open boom. That rose has bloomed nonstop from spring til now. It is amazing and have no idea the name of it. I planted it on the west side of the house and all thru the horrible hot, humid days it just goes on and on. No black spot, almost never any problems, except for those stupid spotted bugs. I do need to take starts of it because it is an amazing rose. I rarely water it or do anything to it.

Bass is a character to say the least. He is a sweetie and a little basset at that, which is nice. Our other basset is much bigger and has that deep basset bark...and much bigger ears.

I manage what I call the complaint department or some know it as the computer department.

deb your box should be there today or tomorrow hope you like rainy so playing inside today . so back to it :)))
susie

Hi susie, it came and is tucked away nicely until I get done with the charity garage sale at my daughters house. I have a bag going for you now.

Dang! This thread is one of my favs and still don't know why it went off my radar. Thank you, Debra, for getting me back on track.

Glad your back with us fruity!

GM all another nice day to get winterized :) so will be out side most the day .

went to see sweetpea yesterday she is in a very nice place where she is dry & fed well . she was happy to see me but most of all she like the string cheese her FAVORITE Treat

off yo play in the yard frankie is at the door waiting for me ya all have a great day back to chat later tonight :)
susie.

Glad you got to see sweetpea and really glad she is doing good. That is funny about the string cheese. We are going to have great weather for 2 days. I am taking off Tuesday so I can play and of course help DH.....I am moving the plants I didn't get planted into shelter area. Once we get cold I will cover them all up, until then I am watering like it was August and 100. Doesn't sound like the "rain" we were suppose to get Wednesday is going to pan out again.

WE Had two great days & Now they say possible for the next two days or so :)well i got 3 boxes packed today ready to go out tomorrow all my cuttings are potted up . its been a busy day :) .ready for bed tonight :) so gn all .
susie

yes, it seems like I am going to have to water again.. inside and out.
Hay, do any of you remember when I got some seeds from B delph and then grew them all winter and had a plant swap at work and then gave them away?

Well....... one of them was shooting star x geniveve, and the gardening friend of mine that passed away had grown it nto a huge tree, I had to cut off all the Y's down to the first main Y's just to get it to lay in the trunk, and her hubby also gave me the huge oleander shrub which I also had to whack away, that I had given her a small stick of a couple years ago. there is one bud left on the brugmansia, it is in water, I hope I get to see it bloom, and poor Joe had to lug those two huge tubs from the car to the basement. now I have a huge tub of oleander cuttings ( branches with seed pods) and brug Y tips ..

I have a bunch of pics of the basement garden blooms, but I have to get some sleep. The sale was a huge success considering it was a really fast put together, we are sending my sis ter a check for 300. and I got rid of the big stuff from the basement hooray!
I am glad you got to see sweet pea, susie.

Tammy, your bag went out this am.

Susie and LindaKay, yours are next as I put them together this week. Linda I am sure you can try at leat a big cutting, it is woody on the bottom. should bloom early and is from a hybridizer.. I do have rootballs for you to plant, tho.

Debra, so glad you had a good turn out! Your Sister will be so happy.
Glad to hear you got those cuttings.
I will be willing to try and root, if you send good instructions? LOL!

gotcha Linda and morning everyone.. we are ready for halloween, are ya all?

Love the pumkin Debra, what a great picture.
So happy for you all and the garage sale. 300.00 that is great. I can't imagine the amount of money that the treatments cost.

If you haven't heard of the guy in Joplin who was denied work comp insurance here is a great article. Luckily for him they reconsidered.
JOPLIN, Mo. — By all accounts, Mark Lindquist is a hero, an underpaid social worker who nearly gave his life trying to save three developmentally disabled adults from the Joplin tornado. Both houses of the Missouri legislature honored Lindquist, the Senate resolution calling him "a true hero and inspiration to others." But heroism doesn't pay the bills. The tornado's 200 mph winds tossed Lindquist nearly a block, broke every rib, obliterated his shoulder, knocked out most of his teeth and put him in a coma for about two months. Lindquist, 51, ran up medical expenses that exceed $2.5 million, and the bills keep coming. He requires 11 daily prescriptions and will need more surgery. But he has no medical insurance. Lindquist couldn't afford it on a job paying barely above minimum wage. He assumed workers' compensation would cover his bills, but his claim was denied "based on the fact that there was no greater risk than the general public at the time you were involved in the Joplin tornado," according to a letter to Lindquist from Accident Fund Insurance Company of America, his company's workers' comp provider. "I think they need to take another look at the circumstances and revisit the claim," state Rep. Bill Lant, R-Joplin, said. "What he did went beyond heroics." Lindquist watched the skies darken on the evening of May 22 while on his way to the group home occupied by Mark Farmer, Rick Fox and Tripp Miller, three middle-aged men with Down syndrome. Soon after he arrived, a tornado siren began to blare. Lindquist's employer, Community Support Services, had recently put workers through a tornado drill, so Lindquist and co-worker Ryan Tackett knew what to do. Because there was no basement or shelter and the residents moved too slowly to relocate, Lindquist and Tackett placed mattresses over the men for protection, then climbed atop the mattresses for added weight. It seemed like little more than a precaution until Lindquist heard the unmistakable roar of the twister. "I told Ryan, `If you've ever prayed before, now is the time to do it,'" he said. The EF-5 tornado was among the nation's worst ever. It destroyed more than 7,000 homes, including the group home, and killed 162 people. Among the dead were Farmer, Fox and Miller, a fact that still haunts Lindquist. "I loved them almost as much as I love my own kid," he said. Lindquist's survival defies logic. After the storm, rescuers found Lindquist buried in rubble, impaled by a piece of metal. Large chunks of flesh were torn off. Bones from his shoulder crumbled as they placed him on a door used as a makeshift stretcher. He was later delivered to Freeman Hospital.
Meanwhile, Lindquist's sister, Linda Lindquist Baldwin, his son, 12-year-old Creed, and other relatives contacted every hospital within 100 miles of Joplin searching for him. None of the unidentified matched Lindquist's description. His injuries were so severe that his slender, athletic body had become swollen and unrecognizable. He was in a coma. Finally, after three days, he was identified by tiny brown flecks in his hazel eyes. Doctors told Baldwin that if Lindquist survived, it likely would be in a vegetative state. Even in a best-case scenario, he likely would be blind in one eye, never regain use of his right arm, and never speak or think normally, she was told. Things got worse. Debris that got into the open sores caused a fungal infection, one that killed five other Joplin tornado victims. Lindquist overcame the fungus but remained at Freeman until June 16. Still in a coma, he was flown to a hospital in Columbia for a little over a month before being sent to a rehab center in Mount Vernon where he awakened.
Lindquist's recovery amazed doctors. His right arm remains in a sling, but he has use of the hand. The eye that was temporarily blinded has full sight. He moves slowly and has short-term memory loss, but speaks well. Baldwin said the insurance company's decision is unfathomable because if her brother hadn't been at work, he wouldn't have been hurt. He also could have jumped in his van and driven away from the group home as the tornado approached. Lindquist said that thought never crossed his mind.
"I could have abandoned them to save myself, but I would never do that," he said.
Jahn Hurn, CEO of Community Support Services, said the agency has asked Accident Fund Insurance to reconsider Lindquist's case. Insurance company spokeswoman Stepheni Schlinker said she could not discuss an individual claim or whether the company would reconsider. Lindquist also could seek relief through the Missouri Division of Workers Compensation but has not yet done so because he is weighing legal options and still dealing with health issues, Baldwin said. Amy Susan, a spokeswoman for the division, said the state could help facilitate settlement talks with the insurance company, or Lindquist could ask an administrative law judge to hear the case. That judge would decide if the company should pay the claim. Susan said that 132 workers' compensation claims were filed after the tornado. Only eight were denied by insurance companies. Since word of Lindquist's plight spread, people around Joplin have pitched in, donating a few hundred dollars. Baldwin said her brother is touched by the kindness, even if it barely pays for the prescriptions, much less the medical costs. Despite lingering pain, financial strain and uncertainty about whether he'll work again, Lindquist sees good things happening in his life. Earlier this year, he was contacted by Carolyn Stephenson Mckinlay. They met 31 years ago in her Montana hometown, where he was helping to build a water tower. He was 21, she was 16. After a brief courtship they parted ways. Both married others, then divorced. Mckinlay found Lindquist on Facebook earlier this year, and the two decided to meet in Joplin. The tornado hit first, but Mckinlay still came. He proposed in August, and they plan to wed. All things considered, Lindquist said he's a lucky man. "I'm a walking miracle," he said.

Well good news, I am sure because of all the uproar the insurance company decided to pay, course if this had not come to the attention of the public I am pretty sure they would not of reconsidered.

Wow, that is a story!
My son, his pastor and several others from the church, took a trailer full of food to Joplin after the tornado hit, and some of the stories he told were horriffic!