RE: Tx. skies

Kitty darlin' - hang in there!

:-)

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Chris" <chris@widom-assoc.com>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Sun, 6 Apr 2003 21:29:05 -0400

>Kitty,
>
>You think that the fritillaria need protection?  Mine are up only about
>4".  I could throw a pot over them tomorrow before work.  We're
>expecting 3-6" tomorrow!
>
>Chris
>Long Island, NY
>Zone 7
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
>Behalf Of Kitty Morrissy
>Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 7:58 PM
>To: Agardenchat
>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Tx. skies
>
>Rich,
>Heard?  What do YOU think of them?  Sounds as though you may have been
>reallllly looking at them.  I think the world can be beautiful almost
>anywhere, depending how you look at it.
>Meanwhile, snow's on it's way here, too.  Supposedly up to a foot.  So I
>took Zem's advice.  Used my kitchen trash container (empty!) to put over
>my
>frits; rose cones over the hellebores, the new little tree peony, and my
>precious budded Bergenia.  Also a blanket of landscape fabric over
>containers for my sale and brought into the FL rm the newly potted
>roses,
>Fargesia, and many small plants.  I don't think the temps would really
>bother any of them.  It's the weight of the snow I fear more.  Don't
>want
>to see my hellebores smashed.  Can't do much about my Leonard Messel
>Magnolia.  It had just begun to bloom.  It can take a fair amount of
>cold,
>though, so still may make it through. Then again, the snow could pass us
>right by - it's happened b4.  Add to this, my water heater just died,
>the
>roof appears to have a leak, the front door is jammed because the screws
>that hold the bolt are stripped, my car plate needs renewed and I
>already
>spent my tax return. Ah, such is life.
>
>Kitty
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Richard T. Apking <richa@midlands.net>
>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> Date: 4/6/2003 3:16:53 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Tx. skies
>>
>> Hi Kitty,
>> I've always heard that the sunsets in NE are the most beautiful,
>because
>of
>> all the dust in the air.
>> Rich
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Kitty Morrissy" <kmrsy@earthlink.net>
>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 9:16 AM
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Tx. skies
>>
>>
>> > Noreen,
>> > What I meant was - any incredible color, texture, etc, unexpected in
>any
>> > particular part of the world.  I'm not trying to say Indiana skies
>can
>> beat
>> > TX skies or that anyone's mother wears army boots.  I just mean that
>> > wherever you are, if you look around you - reallllly look - you can
>be
>> > surprised.
>> >
>> > Kitty
>> >
>> >
>> > > [Original Message]
>> > > From: <TeichFlora@aol.com>
>> > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> > > Date: 4/6/2003 3:24:21 AM
>> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Tx. skies
>> > >
>> > > Kitty it's not the blue part, it's the color and formation of the
>clouds
>> > that
>> > > appear at sunset.  Totally unnatural vivid colors, ranging from
>purples
>> > to
>> > > oranges, etc.  And the formations of the clouds yet too.  This is
>what
>> > makes
>> > > it so different.  Blue skies are common, since we don't see too
>many
>> gray
>> > > days here at all.  Heck, most of the time even when it rains, it's
>> > > sunny....especially during spring/summer.
>> > > Noreen
>> > > zone 9
>> > > Texas Gulf Coast
>> > >
>> > > In a message dated 4/6/2003 12:02:37 AM Central Standard Time,
>> > > gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:
>> > >
>> > > > Noreen, Gene,
>> > > > I'm sure Texas gets many more too-blue-to-be-true skies than
>Indiana,
>> > but
>> > > > occasionally we get some zingers, especially in fall.  I have
>pictures
>> > of a
>> > > > fabulous fall day in  Brown County with a sky of an unbelievable
>shade
>> > of
>> > > > blue.  But it really was that color that day.  I think sometimes
>> > Hoosiers
>> > > > appreciate them even more because we have such a high percentage
>of
>> gray
>> > > > days.
>> > > >
>> > > > Kitty
>> > >
>> > >
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX/zone 8A



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