I am totally in awe and admiration at the English spoken (written) by our foreign friends....yes, Matt, this includes you...LOL (No, don't stick that pin in, again). Here we sit, mostly Yanks, some culturally adept Canadians, and read well written and explained posts by Maria and Christina....and others. I am amazed. Not one of us, (guessing here) could accomplish 1% of what they do in Swedish!!!! You are all a credit to yourselves!!! Thanks for being here!
A word to our foreign friends
Hi Carol!
You are so nice....
even though i dont think you have read my replys... :-)
Maria
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Hey Carol, that old voodoo doll of mine is looking more like a porcupine every day. LOL
Matt
Maria...you are silly...your English is GREAT!
Now I have a great idea, Maria. Why don't the two of us start a course in Swedish here on the forum so they are ready for their visit next year?
Lesson number one:
Thank you = tack (pronounced tuck)
Hi = Hej (pronounced hey)
Good morning = godmorgon (pronounced godmoregone)
End of lesson one. Test will follow when you least expect it!
Christina
PS. Here's a link that might be interesting if you want to see what we have to "offer": http://www.sverigesurfen.com/inenglish.htm
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Christina -
Tack!!
Hehe soon Carol is going to be fluent in Swedish :)
Well...my Nana (Grandmother) was Swedish... With a couple of glasses of wine I can speak Urdu!!!
Notice how 'they' are so fluent in our language and we are so 'dense' in theirs. Bad. We should either speak a universal language or eachother's...(which would be a mean feat!!!
Milan...how was your trip to GA?
Carol
Christina, Tack!! The site is wonderful. It makes me want to pack my bags and come for a visit!! I am thinking more and more of 2006.
Carol,
I think we all do speak the universal language, its called "hoya"....lol....
Hej Christina,
Tack for the great link. :)
Thinking back to my School times, I always avoided French classes, hated English classes which where mandatory for 5 Years and flunked in Latin. Then I grow up, move to French Canada, do 90% of business in English and my interest in botany and entomology requires Latin.
One just can't win :).
My trip to GA was good but I was very busy and didn't make it to Leslis place. I might be back there in September after my vacation to the Father Land ;)
And now we are three (correct me if I'm wrong) members from little Sweden. Rosita, where are you?
Christina
Hej Christina and Carol, all of you
I am here, having so much too read here
Rosita
Welcome to the forum!! I think it is great learning about growing hoyas in Sweden. That has got to be a challenge.
Karen
Hej, Rosita! Rosita and Christina put together that wonderful magazine Christina showed the cover of!!! And Rosita has a wonderful hoya website, too! Welcome, Rosita...happy you showed up to help out here and giggle a lot!!!
Carol
Welcome Rosita, it's nice to have you here:-).
Blessings,
Awanda
Välkommen Rosita!
Vad roligt med en till från Sverige!!
Maria, Liljekonvalj
Oh, so funny with another one from lovely Sweden, maybe soon this forum can change language .... :-)
Come on, Girls...be nice!!!
Maria, your box is off in the mail.
Carol
Welcome Rosita, what a pretty name!
~Heather
Hej Rosita! Welcome to the maddness. Ha.
Carol says you have a website? What is the URL for it? I don't speak any Swedish, but I LOVE to look at pictures.
Marcy
Hi
Thank you all for welcome me.
I have to refresh my english.
My address www.sitascorner.se
Soon I will make a new one in more english. And better picture and moore.
Rosita
Wow, thanks for the link! Your hoyas are also amazing. Maybe it's something in the water in Sweden!
~Heather
Hi All, it must be the water in Sweden, if you look at all the different websites, they have so many blooming plants. I have a lot of plants, but they are not blooming. They just have the magic touch. I am just so happy they are willing to share their growing methods and pictures. Deb
Yes, and I love the supports that Christina has for her hoyas. However, you cannot find anything like that HERE. I wish some US manufacturer would get on the stick & make something neat like those.
I had something simmilar but not near as unique and great looking as hers. Mine also kept falling back & forth in the pot as the vine made it top heavy.
Do yours ever try to fall back & forth with the weight of the plant on it, Christina?
Marcy
Once in a while they do fall, but the neighbour hoya usually stops the fall. I have them lined up sort of sideways and for some reason when they do fall they fall towards the window and nothing happens. ONE time a hoya fell on the floor, but I'm still not sure if it was by itself or if it had help from my old cat. He was sitting right next to it trying to figure out which leca pebble to play with - there were LOTS of them on the floor!
I've taken two quick photos to describe how I get the supports a little steadier. First I add small leca in the planter. I add large (small would escape through the bottom holes) leca in the plastic pot, put in the support, add soil and it's done. This is for new hoyas. For old I remove large leca, trim the roots and then it's the same procedure as for a new one. In case the support gets unsteady in the pot I just squeeze down a large leca next to it from the surface.
The small leca in the planter helps keep the plant steady. If it looks like it's tilting one way you just press the whole thing down in the leca until it's steady.
Christina
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