Possible planning (nonwork) party?

Yeah. Talk about unsung heroes . . .

Thank you for the anticipation of welcome, Laurie. Enjoy the rest of your evening and your glass of . . .

Kathy. . .weren't we talking about a work party at Laurie's? Perhaps a road trip? Hmmm?

Ohhhhhh. That would be Heaven. We're waiting for Holly (MauryHillFarm) to win the lottery, the last l heard.

I'm so ready.

Oh dear, I better go buy a ticket, something I have rarely done.

I was in England once, a fairly long time ago when I was 8 years old, and had a lovely time feeding swans on the River Cam, running up and down hillsides and climbing over old stone walls. I was a Beatrix Potter fan, and was enchanted with her cottage. My family is Quaker, so we also went to historic places that George Fox ( our founding father you might call him) frequented. Going to school was a whole different story. The children teased me about how I used my fork, how I spoke, and called me a boy because I insisted on wearing shorts during exercise time on the playground. The girls generally went out in their underwear and undershirts only, Even so, I would love to go visit again.

Crazy the memories we have, huh? So where were you? How long did you live there? Childhood is awkward at best. I think you need to go back to make new memories and I NEED to go with you. LOL

http://www.visitcumbria.com/bpotter.htm

Don't worry about the ticket. I was joking. :-)

I still haven't come up a real plan as yet still to far out for me the work every weekend drone.
Sheri my normal days off are Mon & Tue. which I do like having weekdays off that way when I want do go do something, I don't have to put up with the weekend warriors, during the summer. We'll work it out.

I know you were joking about the ticket! But it was a nice fantasy.
We went to England because my dad was teaching in a training program for high school teachers in India. My mom wanted to be closer to where he was, and she had some friends in Cambridge, England, so we went there. It was for about 4 or 5 months, not really that long, but their school went all the way to the end of July and I wasn't too pleased about that. When my dad returned we traveled around the countryside, which was wonderful. I loved the old cottages and the gardens even as a kid. The next year we all went to India with my dad and I got to skip a few months of school altogether, so everything evens out in the end.

Good link. My favorite stories were 'The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies' and 'The Tale of Mr. Todd.'

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Silly girls. Messages get across the sea by magic!

Its mind traveling. LOL

You know more than you KNOW, Tills!

My tragic European tale of woe ~ Senior year, high school. Member of an "elite" singing group. We went on a 3-week concert tour of Europe, to include landing in Paris with a 6-hour layover (saw the Eiffel Tower through the fog and the outside of the Louvre) then off to London for 3 days. Stayed in the King's Cross area of London. Saw Jesus Christ Superstar on the stage and Death Wish at a movie theatre. Bought a pair of gloves at Harrod's. Sang a couple of concerts there. Got a lot of ribbing because we were American (though apparently my British accent was fairly believable because I was asked why I was hanging out with the Americans!). Then off to Germany, Austria, Italy, and Switzerland for the remainder of the three weeks. Many adventures, many concerts, but primarily drinking a LOT of beer because we were able to legally drink! Lost my camera. . .not one photo. *sigh*

Oh to be 18 again and have the knowledge of a 51-year old. Man ~ would I do things differently now!

(thanks for letting me share)

Quite

That why I knew I really liked you, Didnt get to travels like that, but had fun like that. WEEEE

What is it about kids and cameras? When my daughter graduated from Highschool, she went to France for 5 weeks with a group of students and their French teacher. We had bought a new camera. She came home with 5 photos because she couldn't figure out how to make the photos small enough so they wouldn't take up the entire memory file. My son is just coming home from DC today without any photos, too. Same camera. I've been using it to take all the photos I post on DG. He gets to DC and can't use it because he can't get the lens to come out. Not one photo. I thought it was just my kids! Maybe not.

A gazillion years ago I went on a day trip with my boyfriend (who became my first husband) and his parents. We used my camera as it was a good one (for those days). I forget where we went (or rather, can't think of the name of it) and I took tons of glorious photos. Not. The little switch that you put on "photo" or "slide" was in between them. Ex-DH never let me forget that one!!! (Still can't think of it - the power plant/dam up north . . . Ross?)

So maybe it is ALL kids - honestly, that was 46 years ago!

Well, at least the memories do not rely on a switch! Andrew is back all full of stories and having made many friends. He got to see the House of Rep. debate the recent terrorism bill. Good fun.

Nice. Let's all hope that it will be a very unqiue memory that will stand out in years to come. And so glad he's home safely, Pix.

Complete oppisite with me. My kids, my daughter Tera mostly, take great pics! I have messed up more than you can imagine. The old days, it was fogetting to rewind the film before I open the back, first Disneyland trip. Second trip, new digital camera, no card! Bought the night before and left the card at home because I didn't know we needed it!In 06 I just gave the camera and camcorder to kids and they did a fantastic job!
I think some people are just not photographically inclined, me included. (not much of a typist either!!)

Then there is my dh who tends to drop them into Puget sound....:(

My DH I believe has finally learned not to put his finger in front of the lens while holding the camera. We went to a week-long mantrailing school with our dogs several years ago. He was the designated photographer while I was working Chile and at least 80% of the pictures had to be discarded because there was a great big ol' DH finger covering half the picture! My problem more recently has become focus. Having a very hard time getting a clear pic!?!?!? Getting old? shaky? blind?

LOL!! Oh, I KNOW that one!! It goes like this: I can't tell if the picture is in focus because I can't see anything without my glasses, and even with my glasses things this close up look blurry unless I use the bifocals, which I can't do and hold the camera still. OH! It's miserable!

it would be a good thing if I could not see well & had a shaky finger: I just dropped some $$$ at Annies Annuals.
Oh man...the trouble I can get into by the mere touch of a button...

Katye, Annie's Annuals is one of my biggest temptations - so far, this year I have not succumbed! But the season is yet young . . .

What did you order?

Verbascum violetta, Uncinia uncinata 'red', and Cephalaria gigantica. the other things I want to order are not ready to ship yet (too early), so that was a good thing. Spreads the cost impact out a bit!
I'm just too impatient for the weather to turn - the nurseries are right not to sell things too early as they lose serious money when an unpredictable frost hits, or from customer dissatisfaction. So many people think they can plant things directly from the nursery without acclimating it. I heard a lady today - upset because she planted something without taking the low temps into consideration, and now it looks funky! While most of us probably see the potential in an emerging plant (knowing what it will look like in another 4 - 6 weeks, many customers just see soil and a pot. so they won't buy. this is why the box stores sell the majority of their plants in full flower, but with roots coming out the bottom of the pot. Flowers sell, soil does not!

I stopped in the back of Ace Hardware's Garden Center today to see if there were any empty pots (there were) and a friend of mine who works there spotted me and came out to say hi and catch up on how everything is going. She gave me a flat of Primroses! They were looking pretty sad, done for this year, but sure will come back!! When I was still working I "job coached" a couple of disabled people at Ace and really got to know everyone who works there (boy, do I miss them!). You wouldn't believe how generous a couple of the garden center staff members were to me! I even took broken ceramic pots - sometimes I could "put them back together" (sort of), other times I used larger pieces as plant supports. I still have a bunch.

I haven't ordered anything from Annie's Annuals yet, but Mountain Valley Growers has made me the proud new mama of Salvia farniacea x longispicata "Indigo Spires" and Salvia grahamii x microphylla "Maraschino Cherry." I have a few weeks to wait for the Salvia apiana. I want to put them together with the calluna vulgaris (white, pink and "firefly") on a rounded south-facing slope adjacent to the QAW. I could drop a dime or two at Heaths and Heathers as well!

Sounds deliciously beautiful!!!

Murmur ~ A look I like as well is to "bury" the broken pot, if the sherd it large enough, so that the intact part is out of the soil. DH and I worked at an archaeological site for a few years and I love the feeling of discovering something in a room after a week of scraping, dusting, etc. The "pretend" find kind of brings back that feeling of wonder for me.

Mumur, those primroses will probably rebloom this year if you go ahead and plant them and put a little manure or compost around them. Great haul!


I'll have to check out Mountain Valley growers, as if I need to get more plants.
I notice that many of the things Annie grows are available as seed at seedhunt.com. Next year we should all start some of the ones they carry and share the seedlings. I like to find seed because I sometimes want more than one or two of a plant and at 8.95 apiece, it adds up really fast.

Pixy ~ I'm good for the seedling idea. I LOVE to start seeds, way better than buying plants for me. Brings out the nurture in me.

Sounds good to me. I am a meat smoking dude, too. Love to stand around the smoker and BS, not to mention score plants, and tell every one the best way to do it. :=).

As far as the quest for "garden mix" I would not spend a dime. With grass clippings and some of last years leaves, you can have A-1 compost in a short time for free. Check out the Seattle Tilth site for good start up plans. I use nothing fancier than a pile, and if I turn it weekly in the summer, I have 6 weeks to usable compost from last fall's leaves and grass clippings. "Garden Mix" is usually 50% sand, 30 % silt, and 20 % wood chips lightly composted. Yecch. I want 100% organic compost, not soil and wood chips!

Rob

Thank you Sheri, for coming out , I so enjoyed it, you are the first DGer that has ever step foot here. So loved your company. someone to share things around here are hard to find, If there was anything you would want please tell me , But no you can not have my dogs, Auntie Sheri. Mine all Mine, I will share plants But no Dogs LOL
Tills

But...but...but, Tills! They LOVE me! I give them doggie jerky! Really, they are adorable. I loved watching them romp and play ~ quite amusing. And, like I thought, I was questioned in depth by mine upon my arrival home. Thanks for all the cardboard. Took me a bit to unload it, but I think there's enough to finish the back slope. You have wonderful gardens. . .thanks for sharing them with me!

Hey Why didn't I send my Brother to help you unload LOL
How did your crew accept you after my crew got you?
'Siff' 'Siff' 'Siff' You smell like someone else 'Siff' 'Siff', Whats wrong with Mom ,she smells funny ?

Enjoy




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