Anyone care for coffee and....? :-)

Hi everyone...
and WELCOME to my virtual 'kitchen table'. Feel free to pull up a chair and pour yourself a cuppa. The cups are in the cabinet...the spoons are in the drawer, tea bags and hot water are ready if want that instead. Cream and sugar (and of course Splenda ;-)) are right there in the middle of the table where everyone can reach and/or pass.

You're welcome to flip through my stack of seed and plant catalogs if you'd like. :-D But I'm sure you have a stack of your own.

I've spent the last month or two playing with designing my own plant database. (That's what I used to do in a former (working) life...now, it's just for fun!)

For me, I think it's just about time to start working on cleaning all those containers I've been collecting for sowing winter hardy seeds. I've got my fingers crossed that I'll have more plants that I know what to do with come spring. And I have several *very* generous members of DG to THANK for that! (thank you, thank you, thank you!!)

SOoooo, How have ya been? Whacha up to? I sure have missed y'all...

~julie~

I hope you haven't given up on having somebody drop in this morning, Julie. I'll have tea, thanks. Maybe you can help me decide where I should put my new 8 ft windmill. It's something I hadn't even thought about having in my somewhat haphazard gardening scheme.

Coffee with vanilla caramel creamer and SUGAR.
Mary, you want to talk about haphazard gardening then girl you need to see my place, LOL. Was checking all the plants I brought in for the winter and checking to see what Ive killed so far. It happens every year so I try to keep two of each so I can still have one for next year. Oh and the seeds to get started in the spring and trying to figure out where to put the trays where the kids and dogs wont tear them apart but I wont forget to water them, LOL.
OOOOOO Is that a J & P catalog.......................

Hey Mary and DC...GREAT to have you at my table! Oooooo vanilla caramel...wanna split that? :-D Maybe I'd better to stick to the tea (w/o sugar...but I'll have a cookie LOL).

So tell us about your windmill, Mary. What are our options? Do you have any pics of it and the places you have to put it?

C'mon, you two...haphazard is a description of my entire life, not just my gardening philosophy. hehehe. I look through the seed and plant catalogs and pick what I like...after I get it/them growing, THEN I'll worry about where I'm going to put it. (But I must admit, I think there's going to be a little shake up in the basement when I start taking over my DH's SOUTH windows in a month or two.

Thanks for dropping by...and PLEASE come back.

~julie~

WHEW! Just what I need...a CUPPA...I brought along some sugar cookies that DGS and I decorated...just dip them in the hot tea/coffee...they need softening a wee bit.

I have heard hammers all day...and it is really music to my ears. DS and my SIL are turning my screen room into an enclosed AZ room...will be a great room for starting seeds this spring....now I wonder who I can get to grow these seeds?? I just like to start them...not take care of them...gourds! Yes! Jo

Well, so far that windmill is still in a box. I got it for Christmas, and haven't taken it out of the box because I don't want to loose any of the parts and I don't think I would ever get them all back inside to keep them safe. It is one of those steel windmills with 4 legs, the part with the blades revolves and a rudder turns it with the wind direction just like a big working windmill. This morning I was thinking maybe I should put it on the west end of the greenhouse in a new bed so I guess you could say I have a clean slate to start with. The ground slopes off a bit so we would have to build a low retaining wall and haul in dirt, but we have a good supply of both dirt and rocks, we just have to pick it up in the tractor bucket and put it where we want it. I could make a space about 16 by 20 feet, maybe add a pond for my dozen goldfish, a waterfall and a stream..... I have plenty of room on the end of the greenhouse which was new last year. We have a friend who used to install things like ponds who says he could help. Probably I should ask my husband if he had any plan in mind when he bought it, and he will probably say "no, you're the gardener".
Julie, if you start adding just a few plants at a time maybe he won't notice that you are taking over his windows.

Jo...those cookies ARE delicious! Thanks for bringing them along. And as for "taking care" of those plants...hehehe...how about I send you *mine* to start then you can send them back to me so I can take care of them. :-)

Mary...LOL Trust me...he'd *notice*! :-D
I have a real soft spot for windmills. I grew up in Oklahoma and there were lots of them working in the country. (Those and "washer women" oil pumps). Now that I live in Wisconsin and am getting old-er (GRIN) they really bring back the memories. Boy, I'm not sure what I'd do. I love the idea of the waterfall and pond. I can just imagine all the vines and grasses and stuff that could really set your windmill off.

See y'all later!

~julie~

Julie, I have "passed by" your virtual kitchen table all day but no time to stop and chat. Maybe tomorrow after all my errands are accomplished.

Darius...I'll be looking forward to your next visit. And I'll be sure to check in a little more often myself. ;-)

~julie~

Knock, knock. Anybody home? I brought some cinnamon rolls, no calories in them of course. I just have a little time to visit this morning before going to town, have to get my thrift store fix, take things to the recycle center, do a few misc errands and then I get to have lunch with my DH in our favorite Chinese restaurant. The seed catalogs are arriving at my house almost on a daily basis, some even came about a month ago, we'll see more of that I'm sure since they would like to have Christmas shoppers to boost the bottom line. One company even has gift certificates, boy what I couldn't do with that!

mmmm cookies dipped in coffee, thanks Jo. Im babysitting today so Ive got an extra one with me, actualy I have her till wendsday(yes spellling stinks) as her mom is looking for a new home in N. Carolina. She a stinker and fun to have around. Careful ladies, she knows how to give those puppy dog eyes really well so careful with the cookies, LOL. Katie is four and still has that baby voice wich makes it that much harder to say no.
Now I need a refill on coffee......

Well I would love to have a cuppa. Cream and sugar takes away the taste I don't like and makes it into a drink that I do like so please passs the cream and sugar. If you say no calories in the cookies I would love one. I brought some homemade fudge to share and of course it has no calories either so dig in. There is pecan fudge, cashew fudge (which my family calls sneeze nut fudge caaahhhhh chewwwww) and plain fudge all in semi sweet or milk. Our DS helped me this year so we went a little nutty with our fudge.

Mary the windmill would look great by your greenhouse with a pond and stream beside it. Looks like a great Christmas gift for you. DH gave me a gift certificate to the Fruitland nursery which is one of my favorite nurserys and is nearby too. I can hardly wait to spend it.

Dravencat, those grandbabies are fun to play with but they sure tire you out. Our "extra son" brought his two boys over for us to play with this weekend and after two hours of playing with them I was very tired but very happy too. Sweet kids and quite well behaved already. They are 27 months and a little less than 12 months of age. "Extra son" was in the area looking for a job and church so they can move back to the area from Seattle due to the cost of living there versus here. Gosh I am hoping they find something here as is our son since they are best friends.

The weather across the US has been so strange this year hasn't it? Don't know if you are in Texas or South Dakota anymore unless someone tells ya. I see they even had snow in zone 10 areas for Christmas and we in Idaho didn't get snow in this valley anyway.

Well I could use another cuppa but I need to run and get some errands run before my ruby slippers turn to coal. Take care all of you. I will chat with ya later.

Just popped in to say hi, and keep that kettle on, I'll be back later but got to go shopping to feed the family first.

Fresh coffee in the pot...help yourselves. (Can you tell I'm a lazy hostess? LOL)

Thrift stores...now *there's* and idea I don't think I needed! :-D It's probably a good thing that *one* in our town is only open on Fridays. Otherwise I'd probably be in the same shape as the lady down the street who passed away in November. :-O To make a long story short, with helping her niece clean out her house I'll probably *never* need to go St. Vinnies again. (The lady used to work there and I DO believe that she brought a lot of her 'work' home with her. LOL) Anyone need a couple of those three tier veggie baskets? I think I rescued more than a dozen from the dumpster. :-D (I told my DH that they would make great hanging planters...hehehe)

Babysitting...? You have FAR more patience than I D.C. I have 6 grandkids, the youngest is 16 months (her name is "Angel" and I'll *never* understand why my son would name a CHILD that! LOL) She's the dearest little girl...BUT...she has that habit of screaming when you least expect it. For me, it's something like an electric shock running through my body. BLOOD CURDLING to say the least. And that's when she's in a GOOD mood. :-D :-D

(Oh...and talk about 'puppy dog eyes'...she has 'em just like her daddy does. ~sigh~ Whatcha going to do?)

Going to refill mine too...

Later!

~julie~

Coffee for me please, oh, don't get up, I'll grab it myself. Got some creamer too? (really need the real stuff - that 'heifer dust' just doesn't do it for me). THANKS! that's great! I'll pass on the cookies and share the last of my peanut clusters - I really can't eat another!!!

Mary - when you get the right spot for your windmill, come help me decide where to put my arbor with bench. It was an end of the year clearance at a local farm store, think it was 60% off. Display model so it's not in the box - hope we don't lose any pieces. It has 2 square planters on the ends, with lattice uprights, a bench between them, and then a curved 'arbor' attaching the 2 ends at the top. Very pretty, I thought. No clue where to put it tho. Help!

Ah, grandbabies, what a joy! And the best part is, they go home sooner or later!! Just love our's to pieces. Pictures? Oh, of course I have pictures, what self-respecting grandma doesn't have pictures!!! Let's see, the first ones are all baby pics, then we get to the 18 mo. ones, taken by the river, then the pumpkin patch pics, oh, and these are her 2 yr. pics, with the rosy red cheeks, aren't they the cutest? She loves our 'Barney' so I have to take lots of them together, and this is her 3 yr. pics in her Easter dress and bonnet. What a doll, eh? Here she is playing with my nieces at the family reunion and her 4 yr. old pics. I tell you, this is my favorite, doesn't she look just so sweet and innocent - it's just a pic, remember... and finally Christmas pics from Sat. Don't you think she's tall for her age? And that red hair is so shiny, sure wish it was thick tho, like her mother's. What can you do, eh? Y'know, you ladies dig out your pics while I get these put away - seems like this purse just collapses when I get all the pics out, how strange! (lol) Ahh, there we go, all tucked in... and how old did you say this one is, Julie? And you have 6? I'd better go get a refill a minute before you start on the next stack........................

Say Pondy, I have an idea........( that usually gets us into trouble doesn't it)! Since the weather and roads are good how about I come down and go to Fruitland with you?
Julie, you aren't a lazy hostess, you just make us all feel at home getting our own stuff. That's my style.
Hubby called a while ago to say his lunch break will be late today, so here I am yackity yacking when I should be doing something like decobwebbing corners and sweeping the floors. Yesterday I actually washed some windows OUTSIDE since the temp got up to 45!

Julie. thanks for the cuppa joe. Glad Laura brought some real cream/half 'n half... I can't stand that fake powdered stuff either. I left a small bowl of Demerara suger cubes on the table... someone else might like the touch of flavor in their coffey.

By the way, you can buy coir liners individually for those hanging veg. baskets.

Catch y'all later!

SSSHHHHH I sneaked out on my son...he is working on my remodel (porch), and I am supposed to be the "goofer" on this job. I told him "old ladies need more breaks than you young guys do"!! LOL

Quick....a refill on the tea! Thanks....Jo

kooger! I LOVED those pictures! You must have a great camera, the images are SO clear! Now that you have yours back in that handbag, want to take at look at mine?
http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=155908
And if you want to see what I used to do (before I started digging in the dirt and planting flowers and stuff :-D) Check this one out. http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130542 These are done from real photos and were a LOT of fun to do.

Mary, I think your weather from yesterday is on my doorstep this afternoon. It really looks like spring out there. (And I might have to invite myself on the 'fruitland trip'. :-D Sounds terrific!

~julie~
Edited to add the link I forgot...lol

This message was edited Dec 28, 2004 2:43 PM

Hi all, better late than never.
Mines coffee- no cream, mind if I help myself?
Seems like we all have a purse full of pics! and there was me thinking I was the only nut in the box! Here are mine - two here, this little chap is 4 now and his sister - isn't she cute - shes just 18 months, and two in England, Laura's getting really grown up now at 10, but her brother is still a cheeky chappy, he's eight now. Gosh! Doesn't time fly hardly seems five miutes since they were born.

That arbor sounds cool Kooger. Hope you have the book of words for putting it together. It seems it isn't always that easy. We gave our DIL something similar last Christmas - looks wonderful with roses growing over it.Needless to say we got complaints from our son though - he had to erect it, and the grandson's bike and several other toys, got his fingers trapped more than once I beleive ! Made us promise this year nothing he had to do more than put batteries in. So he wasn't amused when we gave the lad a scooter for his fourth birthday earlier this year - still the boy loves it, hasn't been off it yet except to sleep. It was worth the scowl from his dad!! Kept my promise for Christmas though, had a lot of fun ourselves ,making stuff for the kids. It was such a thrill when they were just as happy as they were when we spent $$$ on them.
Gosh is that the time DH will be dying of starvation if I don't get going and get dinner on. Nice chatting!

Okus, glad you could stop by. Great shots of those kids, BTW. This was my DH and my first Christmas after being 'retired' last February. So things were quite a bit different. :-D I've already started making lists for those 'homemade' items for everyone for next year. (I hate giving gift certificates! But this year my mind wasn't where it was supposed to be. ;-) I think it had something to do with wrapping presents or taking care of my wintering over plants. j/k)

I was shocked when my 16 year old grand daughter was all excited over a crafty item she was getting. Whew! There's *still* hope...

Have a good evening

~julie~

Morning! Glad to see some hot coffee waiting because I need some to help me wake up... my half-sister got in late last night and we were up until 3:30 talking, and then my cat got me up at 8:30... this ole bod doesn't do well on 5 hours of sleep. So, forgive me if I'm a bit cranky, please.

Loved everyone's pictures. Too bad I don't have my own kids and grandkids to "show and tell".

I'll be back for another cup later...

Got my cup of tea, please pass the goodies. This Parks Seed catalog has some really great looking flowers that need to go together in my garden! Look here on page 77 at the Shasta Crazy Daisys and then over on page 90 at the Red Spider Zinnias. They are just made for each other! Add a Blue Queen Salvia and I'm all set for the 4th of July! I could spend all day with my nose in this catalog, but I really need to get some work done. Thanks, Julie. See you later.

Stopping by kind of late.....no coffee for me = brought my diet coke. Love all the conversation and pics....had a lovely Christmas myself. Now I'm just trying to get through this "dead" work week. So quite and nothing much to do.....I'm so BORED. Brought a magazine on digital scrapbooking....think I might do a bit of that.......Off to read a while. Back later!

M.

GOOD Morning everyone! Yep! It's a "good" one for me. Sorry, I missed you guys at my table yesterday. I was busy working on the innards of my computer. (Really MUST clean that out more often! tsk tsk tsk shame upon me.) Actually, I was installing a DVD reader/writer that I bought this time *last* year. LOL

DH bought me a DVD recorder for the TV...of course I ran into one of those "compatibility" problems by buying the wrong kind of blank DVDs to use in it. But now that I figured out there's a difference between silly labels that say DVD-r and DVD+r (don't ask...I don't know! :-D) both the computer AND the TV DVD units are working GREAT! *NOW* I can get all those HGTV "A Gardener's Diary" programs onto my computer! Not to mention using the DVDs for backing up my *precious* gardening info!

OK...so now I've revealed my true addition...COMPUTERS! It's still difficult for me to believe that I've been into computers since the very first hard drives became available to home users...Back then (20 years ago) they were called "Winchester drives" and mine was HUGE! Both in physical size (more than double the size of what we have today) and storage space. Would you believe it held a whopping 10 megs? Sheesh...some of my digital photos use up that much space individually! :-D :-D

Darius...we don't mind you not having kids and grands pics...you're more than welcome to join us anyway. How about pics of your favorite flowers or maybe a great garden you've visited, or...you could share your garden with us. What are you planning for next season?

Mary, I saw those shastas! And you're right about those zinnias and salvia making a perfect combination with the 'crazies'. I have some Crazy Daisies growing (well I hope they're aren't trying to right now) just outside my window here. They're under the snow...over there to the right...sorta at the foot of that pear tree at the end of that bed. They were the first flowers to bloom in any of my newly planted gardens last year. My DH knew how much I was looking forward to seeing the first fully opened flower. So when he accidently broke it off...he sweetly stood it back up, propped it so I wouldn't notice...and it opened in spite of it all. Yep! I love those Shastas! Thanks for the idea of companion planting, I think I just might try that one.

mbock! HI!!! Sorry I missed you yesterday...hope you got through the day in good spirits. I remember those work weeks in between Christmas and New Years...what a bummer! Hey! I got some scrapbooking software yesterday. I'm *really* looking forward to using it. How about letting me (us :-D) in on your progress? I'd love to hear about what you're doing with your scrapbooks. Sure glad you stopped in.

Well, I'm off to back up some more photo files. I surely don't want to lose a single one of the 10,000+ I took of my yard ...AND/OR...my family (Trust me, I have lot more pics of the garden in progress than the kids and grands! :-s)

See ya later!

~julie~

Oops missed the coffee klatsch yesterday, but I brought along some biscotti if you like to dunk, if I eat any more of these myself they'll need a come-along to drag my butt out to the garden when spring gets here. I'd like a splash of real cream, and sugar too, please...oh, I see them over there on the counter. Mmmmm nice hot coffee. I could be tidying up this messy after-Christmas residue but this is much more fun. And then, there's garden catalogs to peruse, there must be something in them that I can't live without. After the freezing weather and the current thaw, I'm sure I'll need to replace some of my tender perennials in spite of mulching, this old clay soil is really hard on them. Hoping for a blanket of snow to keep their little feets warm, but so far not having any to speak of. Lost butterfly bushes and some roses last year, but didn't feel too bad about the roses as the jap. beetles chewed them up pretty good....and I picked them up for a measly $2 at a sale. Ever wonder why you can throw out a bouquet of cut flowers after a week without a qualm, but keep nursing a lousy replaceable african violet for months? Or why the dahlias you stuck away in fall find some hiding place in spring so that you don't find them until October? Or why you have 418 empty plastic pots sitting in the shed/garage ....heeheehee. Gabbed with my sister in N.C. this morning, she's going golfing. Grrrrrrrr. I called her a bad name. She knows that's the price for telling me about the nice warm NC weather while I'm sitting in the fog and cold. OK, that's it for now, the littlest cat wants to play on the keyboard, and I'm not allowing that. Don't eat all the fudge I may be back later.

Hi again,
Just a glass of water for me this morning please, I'll help myself if I may. If I eat or drink anything else I think I'll explode!! Why does this happen every year, I still haven't figured it out!

Computer buff on the quiet Julie - with a hard disk full of pics - snap! I was reflecting this morning on how fast things change. It seems only five minutes ago I was starting my first job, data-analyst for an aircraft manufacturer. The computer we worked with was the size of a house, used huge open reel tapes and had a 1K, yes 1k permanant memory!! Now here I sit with this tiny box under my desk with DVD and a 2.2G hard drive. Makes me feel old just thinking about it!

Darius don't feel bad about not having pics of kids to share, I know you have some wonderful wildlife shots tucked away. Its just as much fun looking at those, and living out in the "way back of beyond' must be really peaceful too. I bet you get a really clear view if the sky and the stars, and feel so much closer to the deeper meaning of life. Sometimes I wish I did too, everything these days seems to be hustle and bustle!

I've just taken a look at my yard after the freeze, think I may have lost one or two things that I ran out of blankets for, so may have to hit the catalogues and garden centers too fairly soon. Trouble is if I bought everything I fancied I'd run out of room, not to mention be totally bankrupt! Nice chatting again guys, got to move off or I'll take root and the day will have disappeared again. Y'all take care now.
Carol

Oh my I have pots, seed trays and a mess of other stuff in my laundry room and shed, I was looking at those yesterday too thinking about straightening that mess out. LOL Its still there as my thinking didnt get to the doing part, but, I did get a ton of laundry washed, now I just need to start folding before I run out of room on the couch. Sigh, it never ends but I find that when Im folding laundry its the only time I really have to watch all the movies we have without having to keep getting up and missing most of the movie.
Meezersfive, I saw a beautiful tortie siamese at the pet store the other day, I fell in love with the little guy but know I cant get him, plus I dont purchase pets from pet stores anyway on general principal, its not too hard for obvious resaons one of them being that the prices they ask are so outragous. One day tho one day, LOL.
Can someone please pass me one or five of those cookies they look delicious and my coffee is feeling empty without them.
I think someone either hid or took all my seed catalogs so dont mind me as I sift thru the pile over here, have no idea what Im looking for but will know it when I see it.

'morning all. Oh goody, looks like a fresh pot of coffee's ready! MMMMMMMM! smell that aroma! Any creamer left? getting close, I can bring more next stop. This is as good as the 'Starbucks' I picked up last night - would you believe it? klutzy me spilled over half of it on the floor at B&N? Just slightly humiliating.... I marked it down to a message from above - you drink that whole cup of coffee and you KNOW you won't be sleeping til 2 am!!!!!! What were you THINKING?? I'll try to keep this one in the cup... hate to muck up your nice clean floor!!

Brought along my breakfast too - it was way too hot to eat. Red River Cereal!!! Picked up two boxes last night too. One's heading your way darius, unless you're stopping in here, I'll leave it on the counter if julie doesn't mind. That's ok? Great, thanks so much!!

And B&N had a big table full of clearance priced books. I found these two for Samantha (DGD) - Rolie, Polie, Olie and a Christmas Fun Find book, y'know, just like the Highlights Find pages? She's almost 5 so she's gonna love these! And only $2.50 each!! I managed to find a book for me too - on gardening of course, what else is there? Too bad it wasn't on sale, but with my $40. gift cert., I still have some left to spend later! Fun, fun!

Well, I'm off to renew licenses on 3 vehicles and check out a greenhouse - another gift cert. to spend!!! Yipee! The best kind of spending..... get lots, spend nothing! I'll finish my cereal and be off - talk to you all later.

Good morning! Biscotti sounds good with my tea. Thank you.
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, if you like it white. There's nothing falling at the moment but the next 2 or 3 days have snow in the forecast. The past 2 winters would have made Green Bay proud so we are hoping this one is closer to normal. Plowing your way out in the morning and back in at night gets old pretty fast, especially when it went on for 3 months without a break. My perennials did well under all that snow but some 2/$5 roses didn't make it since they were in buckets above ground and they got the snow blown away from them. Doesn't the wind know where I want a big drift, no, not in the driveway, please park it over on the flowers, thank you.
Did you see the orange coneflower on page 5 of the Parks catalog? It's only available as a plant in a 3 inch pot for $17.95 each! YIKES! I have the common purple one, and might get a white one this year if I can find one locally.They also have a white Black-eyed Susan vine that's new, not buying one of those either. I look and dream but I'm just too cheap! The reblooming Daylily section is nice too, but I have more daylilies than I know what to do with already, and so I will pass on those too. But it is so much fun to dream.
Some of my daylilies will probably go into the windmill bed. I have a lot of time before I will be able to do anything out there, ground is frozen and has some of that white fluffy stuff on it. Kooger, you will have some time to decide where to put that neat sounding arbor you got. Some things are just too good to pass up even if you don't have an immediate need for them. I have an arbor too, no seats, this is the one my son made for his wedding last spring, it's another thing I have sitting waiting for a home. I have a long narrow yard on the west side of the house that would look better if it was broken up with something tall with a garden room behind it, so that might be the answer. Maybe after the windmill garden is together I can get to that project.
Well, it was nice visiting with you but now I need to get going and get something done. Have a great day everyone.

Well, g'morning everyone, need a cuppa joe badly.. Hate to do this to you,, but I had to bring over this huge bag of biscotti my nephew sent me for Christmas. Definitely for dunking, hard like rock, but oh so good.

This is a nephew who's about 30 now but whom I hadn't seen since he was 5 until last summer when he and his wife came and spent some time in our red rocks and they were both so delightful. And then to send me Xmas goodies. How nice.

I am just giggling over Marye with your windmill. One little ol wind mill and all of a sudden it's got a garden, with a waterfall ing into a pond. I love gardeners. We just go on and on and on like the Pink Bunny.

I never have kid pics, mine are grown so three became six. No grandkids, but no mind. Always told 'em I'd be out ramming, no grannie baby sitting to count on. So what I have is pics of places I've been. The ones of the land around here frequently bring on comments like: "What planet were you visiting?"

I'm a little jealous of the B&N - my closest one is a hundred and twenty miles away, along with Kmart and Walmart and a Mall. Saves a lot of money, just don't go. BUT I love the way you can sip coffee and go thru ALL their garden books - and then choose just one or even none and they don't mind. WOW

Well, the picture tube on my tv seems to have died last night so I've gotta go dig to the back of my closet to get the one tha's stored in there, see if it works. Later all, at least the sun is shining and we didn't get any snow. beautiful day. ~Blooms

So is there hot chocolate at this table for us non-coffee drinkers? I'd love some with real whipped cream if you've got it. Or I can just have the whipped cream if there's no hot chocolate. lol I've already had one cup today anyways, so really I just wanted to stop in and say hi y'all. :) Oh, and I should tell ya Mary, that my Burpee catalog I got yesterday has the orange coneflower 'Meadowbrite' and 'Mango' in there for something like $9 or less. Much improved over last years prices of $20 from Wayside! I couldn't wait and then they didn't even bloom last year! poop. :P Ah well, they best do their thing this year! Oh, and those Crazy Daisys...to die for! And I want the new full double rudbeckia and also the Razzamatazz double purple coneflower! and...and...and...pass those catalogs!

I didn't get my Parks, DD got hers, when she's done perusing I'll get a chance. Can I look at this one? Oh wow them's some gaillardias. wonder if they'll spread around like the originals have?

eco, have some of this biscotti, it's to die for - as the kids say.

Oh, biscotti??? With hot chocolate...mmm...is it Darius's? Her's is awesome. Or is it this almond, chocolate dipped kind? Yummy!

Gaillardias...I neeeeeeeeeed 'Fanfare'. NEED I tell you!

almond chocolate dipped, gets a bit messy. gift from Nephew. wonderful stuff. Holiday wonders.

Just dug a diff tv outta the closet and hooked it up. Old one quit midprogram. Really thought about not hooking it up, could I get along with silence. ??? apparantly not. heehee

Hello again. It's good to know that somebody is more reasonable on the price of the orange coneflower, but I'm still not going to buy it, at least not this year. Did anybody try that Early Sunrise Coreopsis? I'll tell you, it's a bloomin fool and you will love it. I got 2 of those, put one in full sun and the other in part shade, both just bloomed and bloomed like there was no tomorrow. That always makes up for something that didn't perform as expected. Gotta run, see you later.

Just in case someone comes in and thinks I'm not here...you'll have to excuse me while I read ALL these WONDERFUL messages! (I *love* it! I'm SO happy y'all feel comfortable enough to WRITE!)

Be back after I've finished reading.

~julie~
P.S. It took FIVE hours to defrag a HD that Windows XP told me didn't even *need* to be processed...argh!!! And I've still got several more to go...I think I'm going to do the rest while I sleep through it! :-) LOL

Just what I need...TEA!

Since my son is flying back home to TN EARLY in the morning...all of us went out to Johnny Carinos for dinner....talk about good food! I ate...for the first time...Calamari.....before I found out they were SQUID!! Not bad though.

Maybe I could FORCE some fudge down though. *smacking lips* Yummmmmm...
*burp*

Jo

Oh yeah, I almost forgot this tin of raisin filled cookies I made, here ya go, "pop" goes the lid. I love these things but only make them once a year.
I left to go mow my leaves, the temps are in the 50's and I never did finish up with the fall leaves so today was perfect. Now I mulched the new shade bed with them and in the spring Im going to till it all in. Im still planning what to put in that bed but found the perfect spot to put some morning glories and to move some of my hosta. I know they will do much better in the new bed than were they are now. I soooooo cant wait for spring to get here and really get dirty. Now if I can just talk someone into letting me borrow thier truck so I can get a load of manure over here Ill be on a roll.

Have truck, will travel, oh, well not that far. It's the thought that counts.