Re: Tx. skies

Kitty darlin' - putting you on my list.  I've had years like that - one minor disaster after another.
Frustrating beyond words.  As my mother is so fond of saying - this too shall pass....

take care!

Pam

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Kitty Morrissy" <kmrsy@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Mon, 7 Apr 2003 23:29:12 -0500

>Thanks for the good words Rich. As Donna mentioned earlier, it changed to
>an ice storm by the time it got here.  So no accumulation.  Meanwhile, I
>forgot to mention that the 4-bulb 4-foot fluorescent fixture in my kitchen
>had been dying for the last 6 months and now was totally not working.  A
>friend came over to help fix it tonight and for a variety of reasons, it
>took nearly 4 hours to do it.  (Does the magic sphere have a thing about
>the number 4?)  Had to buy 2 transformers, more bulbs, new drill bits etc.,
>but there's finally light in my kitchen - which is in the center of the
>house; no windows.  But, oddly, now the dining room light doesn't
>work......hmmmm......and the guy that checked the roof leak said I need a
>new roof...of course.
>
>Kitty
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Richard T. Apking <richa@midlands.net>
>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> Date: 4/7/2003 9:26:13 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Tx. skies
>>
>> Hi Kitty,
>> Sounds as though that if it wasn't for bad luck, you wouldn't have any
>luck
>> at all.
>> I've been down that path, where everything falls to s__t in a handbasket.
>> The English say something about a stiff upper lip, whatever that is. 
>Can't
>> see how that would help, but that's what they say.
>> The 12" that is on the way to you has already half melted, that's the good
>> part about spring snows, they usually don't last too long.
>> Keep smiling, that way no one will know what you are up to.  Rich
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Kitty Morrissy" <kmrsy@earthlink.net>
>> To: "Agardenchat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 4:58 PM
>> 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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Kemp TX/zone 8A



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