land_steward, who has finally decided to join DG because the love of plants and desire to have more information at his fingertips finally overwhelmed him LOL
I am delighted to have him here because we worked together and I was afraid we might lose touch. So everybody behave ;0)
You DO have a friend - another bet lost ;( Is your friend a tree?
Welcome land steward!
Al
Welcome LS. But yes - where in the photo is he hiding? No need to be shy. Laying in the bushes??
This is a great place, LS - the people are terrific. If you are a newbie, there is even a special club you can join - we are in the process of designing certificates and membership cards which entitle you to not much - except the good advice of other much better informed DG members :-)
Welcome LS!
I think he's the flag. I salute you sir!
Maybe he's gram's alter ego?
Can you say imaginary friend?
Well we did encourage at least three personalities. We now know one of gram's.
I am not so sure....I see some type of white bag in the background! Grampapa - what did you do to your friend? Hope that isn't a body bag LOL
Welcome to the board!
Gram, Does this friend have a sense of humor?..we hope...
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!
Name one person in this group who is going to behave? LOL (That means laugh out loud - they send code messages around here and I'm no expert) Anyway, welcome to the Northeast (is this forum I'm on, I forgot??) forum. Grammyphoeb - I'm the other grammy here!!
Welcome LS! You will enjoy the friendly people here and the great ideas and conversations for sure.
Jackie
Well - welcome from me and the cats - where ever you are . . . . . . . . . . .. .
Welcome, L_S.
Don't be shy L_S. We won't bite. Not even Al, Dave or Victor.
Harper
Notice we have not only not heard from LS, but we've not heard from gram!! Same person?? My theory lives on.
Hmmm creepy - you could be onto something Victor.
Maybe they've both been squabbled!
Maybe shes been out in the sun to long again??Happens you know.
Gloria
Maybe it's really Land Stewart Little! Too small for us to see in the pic.
Naming is easy. Actually behaving is a different story.
I'v been called names befor!!!!!!!
Gloria
land_steward
Come say hi to this crazy bunch. Tell us about yourself - what kind of plants do you have, what's your favorite, what part of the country are you from, what zone, are you into container gardening, photography, perennials - that type of thing?? Everyone has lots of gardening experience and knowledge (except me - I'm just here for the entertainment and company, but I'm learning by osmosis) When there's nothing exciting in the gardening world to talk or complain about this group at Northeast Forum will make up their own topics!! If you can't understand what anyone is taking about just go to another thread with lots of photos and enjoy them - that's what I do!! Have fun and enjoy and learn.
he must be from the Land Of The Lost! LOL!! Welcome L_S!!
gram, I am happy to welcome land steward but I really want to ask you, is that actual sunshine in your picture? We haven't had much around here for quite a while so I am not sure I would recognize it anymore. I need some since I went bananas at plant sales this past weekend {In the pouring rain, land, to show how crazy we really are!} and I hope to get these things in this week and have them grow a little. but I need sunshine for that. The only thing that has flourished is my lettuce garden in containers. They loved it.
Martha
OK, ok, settle down. I may be retiring, but land_steward still works for a living. in fact, I left most of my work for him. so give the guy a break! he probably started reading this thread and asked for his money back :-)~
Seandor, what does it mean to be squabbled? I may have been and don't know it.
the pic is of the river birch in my front yard. l_s was thinking of getting one. that's why I posted it.
here's one from my retirement party yesterday. cake is in Buffalo Sabres colors. so sad...they're out of the playoffs.
means"kidnapped"
Are you officially retired now? Congrats and good luck.
congrats and I hope you get to do all the things you ever wan'ted and diden't
Gloria
gram, I believe these are the same Sabres that eliminated my Rangers?? You'll understand why I'm shedding no tears.
Victor, that would be them. I really have no interest in hockey at all, but Buffalo is a sports town.
My last 'official' work day is tomorrow, but I've been on vacation the last couple of weeks, so it won't be very dramatic. I turned in my keys, pager, etc. yesterday because I'm not going back.
WHAT???? no interest in hockey? That's heresy!
DH and I are rooting for the Ottawa Senators:-)
And we don't like the Ducks 'cause they elminated Vancouver Canucks (my home town).
I'm not much into hockey either. Rarely watch it.
After watching American coverage of hockey, I can understand why you rarely watch it.
It is a very different experience in Canada, where the play-by-play is much more detailed, and the "colour commentary" much more insightful.
Tonight Anaheim is playing Detroit, and the play by play is much more like what you would experience in Canada - but much of the time it is really quite poor. Also, the commentators are rather biased in terms of favouring one team over the other, while there is a greater expectation that the coverage of hockey should be more neutral.
Also, there have been a lot of rule changes to accomodate the American market - stuff like eliminating tie games (why do this?)
The fighting is ridiculous. It's mind-boggling that it's still allowed. There is no other sport like it. You can have a complete career and get paid ridiculous sums just by being a goon. Olympic style hockey is much more enjoyable. And I say all this as a boxing fan.
I absolutely agree with you, Victor. I much prefer Olympic hockey or European hockey.
Why is it allowed? It sells tickets. If fans stayed away, and networks ceased to show hockey until the fighting stopped - guess what, the fighting would stop!
Men are perfectly capable of restraining themselves. I am a big fan of men, and generally, I think they are not given credit for having the ability to refrain from violence and aggression. - IMHO a real man likes Mr. Rogers and is not afraid to admit it :-)
A REAL man is a gentlemen - not a lout.
