Oh my nadi...that is a breathtaking view! but how cold does it get in them thar hills?
The Texas Gardener forum!!
my mom is in beaumont. you guys need to knock this off.
DH just asked what i looking for in the closet? i said "my suitcase..... I"M GOING TO TEXAS!!!"
LOL
about the same temps as dallas gets.
we get snow about twice a year maybe, but rare when it sticks.
the temp outside right now is 75 and very comfy.
dallas gets more snow than we do here.
LOL nadi....come on over....and bring DH with....and as Witch says so well.......YeeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaaawww!
DH is a carpenter and i can cook that southern food like a mad woman. DH is ready he is from Toronto Canada and just loves the south.
he says he's ready. we drive and restore old classic VW's and should fit right in LLLLOL
Hi Nadi Come on down there lots of room in texas.I only have 33 acres but it home in the great South Texas !
Elva
Its beautiful this time of year great weather...yeah my hubby is from here and don't do well there since he says it too hot every time we go back he's miserable and misses the mountains but my kids wish we were closer, my son lives in Houston/Rosenberg area and my daughters in Beaumont..
thanks for bringing a little texas home to me..
You are kidding, right, Nadi! That is your backyard????
You guys are killing me. I'm at work and really have a lot to do but I want to stay on and talk to ya'll!! This forum is going to be fun!!
Terrie
nadi....my DH's pet is a 56 modified bel aire....bring the VW....maybe we can get them to mate LOL
Beautiful picture of the Ozarks Nadi. I have not been that far north and into the Ozarks. I have been to the Ouachita Mountains in Arkansas & Oklahoma, but not up there yet. I am sure I will get up there eventually too. My daughter's friend from school just moved to the Bentonville area and wants to go visit.
that is the view from mt. magazine, the tallest point in NW arkansas. we are about 10 min from there.
we live in the ozark mountains and that view is what we see everyday.
our town in a small town that looks like mayberry.
the town has about 9,000 population and 2 rivers running through the center of town. we have a university here as well. John Brown University. we are about 30 minutes from fayettevile, U of Arkansas and about 1 hour from eureka springs (the buffalo river). Best trout fishing in the world.
every where you look here that is what you see.
if you have never been to NW arkansas, its worth the trip.
whats funny is when i lived in texas we would come here for vacations alot.
half the population here is native the other half is from Texas and California.
go figure...
we are building a new house 3200 sq feet on the 10 acres and we will have 7 bedrooms for all our friends and family to stay.
so come on up any time and i'll put the coffee on and the fly fishing rods out :)
we are about 15 minutes from bentonville.
bel aire thats awesome! not sure what that would look like mixed with a bus or a beetle, maybe a ghia???
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YeeeeeHaaaaaawwwwwwwww! Who else wants to go on a field trip to nadi's place?
Sounds like you will have a beautiful home there. You can just stay and we Texans can come visit and bring you a little piece of home. :)
LOL@ ghia...LOLOL.....omg.... now I'm really in stitches
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sheeesh.....I gotta remember how picky html is about @ signs LOL
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did someone say ghia? what do you want in trade?
sweezel - bring it on i am so ready!
you guys let me know if you ever want to come fishin" up here, really! its plentiful here. all kind of fish. i think i we have 4 different trout here. all the water here is spring fed.
we rock climb, hunt, fish, golf, float, white water, etc...
mostly we GARDEN! well, i do anyway :)
my son is in denton and he is a big trout fisher. he is coming this way soon to fish.
LLLOL, that would be alot of seeds.
here is picture of ghia for ya to look at witch.
http://www.revolks.com/images/sunny1.jpg
or if you really want an eye full here is our web page on her:
http://www.revolks.com/sunny.html
she was my baby and we sold her :(
but now i have 59 convertible we are restoring... YEEEEEEE HAWWWW!!
have fun
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My best friend's new place in Oklahoma is a little more than half way to yours - she is on the east side of Lake Eufaula. Maybe one of the weekends when I go up there, we'll have to take my daughter to Bentonville for the day and have you show us around the Ozarks. :)
yeah, baby!
I have a '74 bus I drove for 5 years before crashing. I am considering making it into a playhouse for my kids...in the garden, of course.
thats too funny!
i have seen some weird stuff done to vw's. i want to turn my bus into a rollin' plant stand. if i don't stop buying all these seeds and plants from these crazy co-op people i may have to live in my bus down by the river ;)
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gotta run and garden
its been fun
later
guys
OOOh, I love the ghia convertible Nadi. I am a small person and have always wanted a small convertible for a fun car. I always admire classic Porche, Cobra, Alfa Romeo and ghia other convertibles.
Now here's an idea....ya know how they have progressive dinners where each course is served at a different person's house? We could have a progressive road trip......start out at my place near austin....drive up to DFW to pick up sweezel.....head to Melva's place NW of Denton, head of sweezel's friends place in OK and then on to nadi's in AR for dessert :-)
well, we would have to start at my house then! i think your house is on my way in that direction. (Taylor) but I could be wrong.
never heard of progressive dinners, sounds interesting.
Hmmm... just saw that this forum was started. Cool! I think we may take over DG now that they gave us our own forum!
Y'all are talking about HOA... I live in a historic district... that's like a HOA on steroids! Not only do you deal with the psycho neighbors analyzing everything you do, but the City of Dallas sites you for everything since we have our very own city ordiance to abide by. On the one hand I'm glad we have it or things would look really bad down here. But on the other hand, we have some freaking Nazis in our neighborhood that get ridiculous.
It looks like I will be odd man (woman) out here- I have absolutely NO desire to live out in the country. Maybe b/c I grew up in the boonies in Midland! I also think west Texas is pretty, so I suppose that makes me an oddball too. Ha! We go to my inlaws who live near Talahina OK up in the mountains. My parents live kind of out in the country near Durant OK. I like to visit for about a day or two then I cannot WAIT to get out of there. Maybe I have ADHD or something? HA!
Gotta run- glad this forum got started! Staci- we still need to do lunch since I can see your building from where I'm sitting!
Jamie
Hey, I am a 5th generation TEXAN...and wouldn't live anywhere else...lol..I have 15.8 acres of wooded land and 4 acres of semi cleared land that my grandparents had their house built on..I own it now...and I do drive a BIG yellow school bus..Hey, when time does that progressive dinner start?..lol...
nadi- Siloam Springs...my name is Nadine too...lol....
So nice to meet all of you Texans! Hi, Jamie. Do you work downtown? I'm in One Fountain Place. Which historical area do you live in?
Do you all know that some of us are meeting at the Lewisville Plant Swap Saturday? It would be great to get more of you in our area to come, too!
Nadi,
When you get that 7 bedroom house built, let us know. We can all load up from this area and come to visit you!
I think the progressive dinner is kinda like what Jo (roadrunner) ends up doing sometimes. It seems like she sometimes visits 2 or 3 DGers in a day. That would be cool to do.
I agree about lunch Jaime . Maybe we can talk Terrie into joining us next week since she works down there too. I can probably see your office window from the conference room (my second office, because that's where I eat long lunches reading the paper). It's the first round window just to the left of the right side (100) entrance. LOL
LOL Terrie, I took forever to reply and there you were before I finished. She works in the newer building southwest of mine.
I agree Jamie! I don't know if you ever checked out the link I sent, but you need to join us Saturday. It might rain, but quite a few of us will be there.
Yep, rain or shine!!!
Me too John. You should have seen me in my bright red rain jacket last spring. If it's raining, you will know how to find me. Check out this link and I bet you can guess who I am. LOL The one next to me is my best friend who came with me in the spring. There is a pic of Melva on this page too!
http://www.thetexasgardenfairy.gardensweb.com/spring%20plant%20swap%20pics.htm
i will let y'all know when the house is completed. we are still finishing up the shop so it may be a while before it completes. but when it does.... let the party begin!!!
we can send the guys off fishing and then have a fish fry.
moodene. i have only known 1 other nadine in my life. it was in 3rd grade when i lived in pittsburg, tx. for a few years.
nice to know you.
have you meet many nadine's? it is a very old school name.
i don't know where it came from, i was adopted and know little to nothing of my real parents or family. no one on my adopted families side has the name.
i go by nadi and have for years now.
Trunnels- I am in the pink "crow" building on the corner of McKinney and Pearl. Where Sambuca is now- same parking lot anyway. We (I work for Crow Holdings) sold that building but people still refer to it as one of ours. :) I live in the Winnetka Heights Historic District in North Oak Cliff. Just south of Kessler/Stevens Park.
Staci- I am paranoid about using all my PTO days at work so I always end up w/ a lot of days left over. Soooo, I am taking every Friday from now until the end of the year off. Well, except this Friday b/c we are having our pumpkin carving contest. So I am free any day next week except Friday. I did get your email re the plant swap and was going to go, but now we are going to visit my parents in OK. My husband is in school so when he tells me he has a free weekend for something like that I have to take him up on it! He is at work, school or studying ALL THE TIME!!!! Oh well, in another year and a half it will be worth it!
Anyway, LMK what y'all wanna do.
I remember that red rain coat!
I didn't realize how bright it was until I saw that picture after the swap. I was pretty surprised that I stood out so much in those pictures. LOL
I am so glad there is a Texas site! I just recently came over from GardenWeb... this place seems much more relaxed! Several of us broke off and made our own little club on Yahoo. I have been telling them about Daves, and how much I love reading and planning my next purchases! I can't wait to tell them that Daves has a Texas site now! Thanks Dave...
Here is a piece of our little obsession...
mel
Nice garden TXMel!!