Coffee Break # 7 Spring is in the air!!

Beautiful bloom, wren.

Too funny dnut. Sorry bout all your snow.

Love the color on that iris, Wren.

Wow - gorgeous shade!

You gotta be kidding!

http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,25262077-5014239,00.html

I'm sure some people will pay to do it too.

Life is good http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/conn-m-baskbl-body.html

Oh, and this: http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-baskbl/conn-w-baskbl-body.html

Sorry, Dave and Robin, but I'm for Nova or Michigan St. Can't stand Calhoun. They guy has no class at all.

I like him because he has more fire in his belly than his teams do---he takes players of average talent & drives them----this team was a very hard sell----I can't believe they've gotten this far----I like Nova, too----they are very spirited, & peaking at the right time.

calhoun fan here too - he was with my college NU Huskies before he moved to the UCONN Huskies - a real dog lover!!

When the latest story broke about possible recruiting violations, he said he had heard about something on a blog on Yahoo and said he 'can't get Yahoo'. Duh! A few weeks back, a reporter asked him a legitimate question about his salary and he went nuts. College coaches are now acting like idiots - real prima donnas.

At lease y'all up there do not have to deal with these unwanted house guests
http://www.news4jax.com/video/19054360/index.html?source=CNN

Getting long - here's a new thread:

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/969730/

wren...are you sure she wasn't just trying to get rid of her DH? lol

Gator: 1 Weinerbrain Guy: 0 Really. I can't believe anyone would try to pick up a gator.

Could be. But she should have chosen a larger gator.

Dahlia They must not be native Floridians-we know that you leave those critters alone.

A nother sign of spring the blood suckers are out -and not I do not mean the IRS

Hee hee - very pretty!

It is very pretty. What's its name? Googleguy is useless with 'bloodsucker'.

It is Justicia scheidweileri hard to believe that it is relative to the shrimp plant.

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/55371/

It never ceases to awe me what you can grow dear Wren!!!

I like different things I have 4 different members of the Justicia family
I have the shrimp plant plus the one above.
Justicia carnea http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/643/
Justicia aurea http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/59783/

they can be grown in pots.

The yellow aurea looks mighty big for a pot!

I think that there is a smaller form but I may be wrong. I do know that there are 2 sizes of the pink on.

Has anyone else gotten the Nancy Pelosi windfall tax on retirement email? I am so sick of these chain mails. They totally mess with my father's head. He believes that since a friend emailed it to him that it must be true! Then, as is the deal with most chain mail, he forwards it to all his friends! I think we should all believe that giant great white sharks attack helicopters below the Golden Gate Bridge and that giant Tsunami waves can freeze solid......they go hand in hand with all the political cr@# that gets sent around as well.

I'm on your side.
When these chains came by snail mail , I told all those near and dear to me I wouldnot participate and save yourself a stamp cause I would break the chain.and when years later on the net it was the same message.
It goes to junk mail pronto

I dont like any email that says pass this on to 10 friends and your wish will come true. The delete button gets hit.

I just check the number of forwarded addresses for the first clue.
Alas there is someone who copies all the addresses for her response so I get mail from people I dont know and couldnt care less.
I wont go into how frivilous Face Book is.I just dont want to know what everybody is doing at anygiven moment of the day.

Thats why I have many Yahoo emails. All the crap goes there instead of right to my comp.

Wow - the humming birds took a big jump yesterday!

OOH-OOH they are right across the bridge from me. I will definitely be on the look out now.

Anita,
I missed that one, but yes there is a lot of bull going around. Tends to come from the same direction. Makes me wonder who starts it.

Hummers are on their way?? I bought a feeder for this year and I want to make sure it's out in time for the 'scouts'. I saw one feeding from a Rose of Sharon in the fall and would enjoy seeing more this season.

Yes the hummers are on their way. They jumped to the state of MI, but only are up to NJ on the east coast. I am so fascinated by them.

http://www.hummingbirds.net/map.html

I am going to start putting out 1 feeder today. When one gets here I will let everyone know!

woo hoo... I put my one feeder out tonight... the other will go out tomorrow

can anyone give me advice on what to do with these reticulated iris I bought from Atlock... they are in a pot inside the house (when I bought them I am sure they were growing in his green house)... the greens are getting all wilted... not sure if they are dying or just the way it is

Hummers have made a jump again! Their in CT !!!!!

woo hoo!!!!

Call me a skeptic, but...

They haven't stopped by here yet. :( My feeder is out and waiting for them. I actually had a couple of house finches try to drink form it.

I have Hummers here; they are fighting over feeders. It's just been the last 2 weeks or so that they've been declaring their territory.

Iris reticulata is an early spring bulbus iris. I would plant them in the garden & see if they return next year.